Screen LibraryClimate change : biological and human aspects /
"This book is about biology and human ecology as they relate to climate change. Let's take it as read that climate change is one of the most urgent and fascinating science-related issues of our time and that you are interested in the subject: for if you were not you would not be reading th...
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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"This book is about biology and human ecology as they relate to climate change. Let's take it as read that climate change is one of the most urgent and fascinating science-related issues of our time and that you are interested in the subject: for if you were not you would not be reading this now. Indeed, there are many books on climate change but nearly all, other than the voluminous Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, tend to focus on a specialist aspect of climate, be it weather, palaeoclimatology, modelling and so forth. Even books relating to biological dimensions o "The second edition of this acclaimed text has been fully updated and substantially expanded to include the considerable developments (since publication of the first edition) in our understanding of the science of climate change, its impacts on biological and human systems, and developments in climate policy... Written in an accessible style, this book provides a broad review of past, present and likely future climate change from the viewpoints of biology, ecology, human ecology and Earth system science."--p. [4] of cover. |
| Carrier Form: | xxii, 558 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781107018433 (hbk.) 1107018439 (hbk.) 9781107603561 (pbk.) : 1107603560 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | QH543 |
| CLC: | P467-09 |
| Call Number: | P467-09/C874/2nd.ed. |
| Contents: | An introduction to climate change -- Principal indicators of past climates -- Past climate change -- The Oligocene to the Quaternary : climate and biology -- Present climate and biological change -- Current warming and likely future impacts -- The human ecology of climate change -- Sustainability and policy. |