目次

1. Introduction to the science of the carbon cycle, fossil fuels and climate changea. The carbon cycleb. How fossil fuels are formedc. How fossil fuel formation and combustion change climate2. Natural global warming: climate change in 'deep time'a. The rock recordb. The Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximumc. The end of the Younger Dryasd. The Permian-Triassic boundary3. Artificial global warming: the 'fossil economy'a. The start of the 'fossil economy': the UK, the industrial revolution and coalb. The growth of oil as a fuelc. The growth of gas as a fueld. Oil, gas and coal resource and economics, and 'unburnable' carbone. The transition of energy systems 4. The coming industrial revolution? fossil fuels and developing countriesa. Developing countries - which will use their fossil fuels and why?b. The 'Paris agreement' and the '1.5 degree world'c. Emissions reduction d. Negative emissions 5. Adapting to climate change a. Earth system science and adaptationb. Tipping points c. Developing countries are the most vulnerable: case studies in sea level rise and groundwater vulnerability6. Cycles within cycles: some conclusionsa. Earth's resilienceb. 1769 all over again?