Elementary Geography
... climate to countries on the opposite side . You see , therefore , that winds and mountains , though they cannot produce either heat or moist- ure , have much to do with making the climate of a place dry or moist , warm or cool . Another ...
Understanding Climate's Influence on Human Evolution
... climate-evouliton relationship. At present there are few continuous quantitative paleoenvironmental records situated close to hominin fossil localities. By bringing the evidence of climate change and evolutionary events into close ...
Tree Rings and Climate
This book looks at the spatial and temporal variations in tree-ring growth and how they can be used to reconstruct past climate. Factors and conditions that appear most relevant to tree-ring research are highlighted.
Global Climate Change
Earth’s climate is changing. This book investigates the scientific, environmental, social, political, and economic aspects of climate change.
Climate Change and Energy Insecurity
This book offers the most comprehensive international assessment of the challenges and solutions for tackling the global insecurity arising from climate change and energy provision and use.
Forecast
Forecast provides the answers. Global warming will spur the spread of many diseases. Italy has already experienced its first climate-change epidemic of a tropical disease, and malaria is gaining ground in Africa.
Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.
Climate Change and Groundwater
In spite of its paramount importance, the issue of 'Climate Change and Groundwater' has been neglected. This volume presents some of the current understanding of the topic.
The Kyoto Protocol
These important features make this book an indispensable working tool for policy makers, negotiators, academics and all those actively involved and interested in climate change issues in both the developed and developing world.
Climate Change and Disaster Resilience
This book brings together lucid essays and case studies from both scholars and individuals on the front lines who manage international collaborations, lead local communities, provide services for people impacted by disasters, and drive ...
Climate of Extremes
This includes news stories on hurricanes being pumped up by global warming, the rapid melting of Greenland and Antarctica causing a sea-level rise of 20 feet over the next 90 years, the increasing pace of global warming, and a swiftly ...
Atmosphere, Weather, and Climate
"From clear explanations of basic physical and chemical principles of the atmosphere to descriptions of regional climates and their changes, this popular text presents a comprehensive coverage of global climatology."--Cover
Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, Second Edition
This edition was well received, with notable reviews.
Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, Second Edition
This edition was well received, with notable reviews.
Desert Edens
Uncovering this history, Desert Edens looks at how arid environments and an increasing anxiety about climate in the colonial world shaped this upsurge in ideas about climate engineering.
Climate Alarmism Reconsidered
Demonstrates how the balance of evidence supports a benign enhanced greenhouse effect, and how the case for mandatory greenhouse gas reductions depends on unrealistic assumptions.
Climate Change Impacts for the Conterminous USA
In this volume, an improved Integrated Assessment methodology is used to analyze climate change impacts on agriculture, water resources, unmanaged ecosystems, irrigation, and land use in the United States and the economic implications of ...
Global Climate Change and Human Health
This book shows how human health will be —and already has been — affected and how health care practitioners need to start preparing.
Climate Change
In this second edition, leading climate researcher Barrie Pittock revisits the effects that global warming is having on our planet, in light of ever-evolving scientific research.
Climate Change and Global Energy Security
In this book, Marilyn Brown and Benjamin Sovacool offer detailed assessments of the most advanced commercially available technologies for strengthening global energy security, mitigating the effects of climate change, and enhancing ...