Changing climates

Welcome to an introductory course in the Greenhouse effect and Climate Change: Science, Scenarios and Possible Impacts.

by Maris Klavins, Janis Zaloksnis, Janis Brizga, Ieva Rucevska , Sven Åke Bjørke and Trista Patterson

This e-book offers easy-read texts, graphics, pictures, quizzes, activities, videos, experiments and links to more extensive readings.

The main chapters of this book are:

1 The natural greenhouse effect.
- What may alter it and how it might vary in time?
2 The enhanced greenhouse effect
- What is it?
3 Impacts
- Signs and consequences
4 Ecosystems
- Ecology and ecosystem services
5 Green economy
- Can shortsighted thirst for profit be limited by longer term environmental considerations?
6 Greener future?
- Do we have a chance?
7. Climate changes in Latvia
- What is happening?