Chapter 1 - Earth in Reverse Gear
The Observed Changes
Chronic droughts
Receding glaciers
Acidification of oceans
Habitats destroyed and species driven out of the planet
Chapter 2- A Glimpse of Natural Climatic History
The ongoing climate change
Solar Irradiance and Earth's Climate
Radiative Forcing
The terra incognita of Climate Change
Chapter 3- Understanding the warming process
The Green House Gases and their Effect
The Carbon Factor
Properties of Carbon dioxide
Carbon in the Terrestrial System
The Soil Carbon
Man Made Carbon Sources
Energy Intensive Cement Production Industry
Sources of carbon dioxide emission in cement manufacturing
Carbon dioxide in the Ocean
Biological Calcification
The Janus faced-Nitrogen
Processes responsible for nitrogen flow through the biosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere
Major anthropogenic sources of inorganic nitrogen in aquatic ecosystems
Chapter 4- Nature's Reaction to Anthropogenic Activities
Increased Vulnerability to Natural/Man Made Disasters
Population and Extreme Weather Nexus
Human species is under serious threat
Water distresses
Risk to Marine Ecosystem and Corals
Changing temperatures and forests
Rising Seas
Droughts and Fire
Chapter 5-Reducing Carbon Growth
Can we postpone 'Energy Apocalypse'?
The Future
The Solar Energy
The Wind Energy
The Hydro/Geothermal Energy Energy for Batteries (Lithium: the new gasoline)
The Biomass Energy
The Biogas Energy
The Hydrogen Energy
Energy from Waste
On Way out
Coal
The Hydrocarbons
The Debate on Nuclear Energy
Environmental Effects of Nuclear Power Plants
About the Author: Asheem Kumar Srivastav is an Indian Forest Service Officer in the rank of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests. His career has combined positions in government and international organisations including the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Traffic International, and the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. He was instrumental in the preparation of the Integrated Coastal Zone Management project for the Government of India. He also has provided strategic, managerial, and technical inputs in a range of ecosystems of Asian countries including Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. A forester by training, he holds double masters in natural resource management and in zoology from the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy and Delhi University, respectively. He has also been trained in natural resource management and forestry at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Wolverhampton, UK, as well as the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
