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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 and Explosion      Innovations      Paradigm shift is inevitable      Bottlenecks to sustainability      Back to Basics