Energy and Climate Change: An Introduction to Geological Controls, Interventions and Mitigations

Energy and Climate Change: An Introduction to Geological Controls, Interventions and Mitigations examines the Earth system science context of the formation and use of fossil fuel resources, and the implications for climate change. It also examines the historical and economic trends of fossil fuel usage and the ways in which these have begun to affect the natural system (i.e., the start of the Anthropocene). Finally, the book examines the effects we might expect in the future looking at evidence from the "deep time" past, and looks at ways to mitigate climate change by using negative emissions technology (e.g. bioenergy and carbon capture and storage, BECCS), but also by adapting to perhaps a higher than "two degree world," particularly in the most vulnerable, developing countries. Energy and Climate Change is an essential resource for geoscientists, climate scientists, environmental scientists, and students; as well as policy makers, energy professionals, energy statisticians, energy historians and economists.

Provides an overarching narrative linking Earth system science with an integrated approach to energy and climate changeIncludes a unique breadth of coverage from modern to "deep time" climate change; from resource geology to economics; from climate change mitigation to adaptation; and from the industrial revolution to the AnthropoceneReadable, accessible, and well-illustrated, giving the reader a clear overview of the topic

1. The carbon cycle, fossil fuels and climate change 2. Natural global warming: climate change in "deep time" 3. Artificial global warming: the "fossil economy" 4. The coming industrial revolution? Fossil fuels and developing countries 5. Geology and the reduction of emissions 6. Climate change adaptation: geological aspects 7. Feedbacks and tipping points 8. The geological macroscope 9. Energy and climate change: geological controls, interventions and mitigations