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Lädt ... Global Environments through the Quaternary: Exploring Evironmental Change (2013. Auflage)von David Anderson (Autor), Andrew Goudie (Autor), Adrian Parker (Autor)
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We are in the grip of global warming: sea levels are rising; glaciers are melting, Arctic sea ice is thinning, meteorological events are becoming more extreme. But how do these changes compare with the environmental changes that have occurred in the past? How can they be put into perspective?What can we learn from the past to help us better understand how natural and human factors may interact to change our climate and environment in the future?Global Environments through the Quaternary delves into the environmental changes that have taken place during the Quaternary: the last 2.6 million years of geological history and time during which humans have evolved and spread across the Earth. Taking the reader through the Pleistocene and theHolocene, the book describes the evidence that has helped us to characterize environmental changes during these two epochs; it then explores the changes captured by more recent meteorological records in the period up to the present day. Throughout, it aims to convey the relevance ofpaleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic studies to current environmental and climatic concerns. Climate change research foretells of potentially catastrophic consequences in the future and, even now, early indicators of those changes are evident in the retreating Greenland ice sheet, meltingpermafrost, changes in fish distributions in northern waters, and more besides. The book examines changes to the physical environment throughout the Quaternary, putting current concerns into perspective, and closes with a discussion of the causes of climatic and environmental change over differenttimescales - and the complex interactions between human impacts and natural processes.With climate change - itself but part of the perpetual process of environmental change - as important a topic of debate now as at any other time, Global Environments through the Quaternary is essential reading for any student seeking a balanced, objective overview of this truly interdisciplinarysubject.Online Resource Centre:The Online Resource Centre to accompany Global Environments through the Quaternary features:For students:* Links to external sources of useful informationFor registered adopters of the book:* Figures from the book, available to download Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)551.79Natural sciences and mathematics Earth sciences & geology Geology, Hydrology Meteorology Historical geology Quaternary; Postpliocene; GlacialKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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Areas covered are pre-Quaternary Earth history, with emphasis on climate; sources of evidence for paleoclimates and dating methods; Pleistocene climates; Holocene climates; climate and environmental change during recorded history; sea level changes in the Quaternary; human influences on climate; and a review of all suggested mechanisms for climate change. The authors almost come across as anthropogenic climate change skeptics; they’re not, they’re just interested in in the climates and environments of the entire Quaternary – 2.6 million years – and human affects on climate are only present for a trivial amount of that time, so although acknowledged they don’t get much text space. (One thing that interested me was the discovery that post-glacial isostatic rebound in the Baltic is such that it would become a fresh-water lake in a few thousand years – except for human influenced sea level rise).
Lots of useful illustrations, maps and graphs; reading lists for each chapter and an overall bibliography. Goes well with Paleoclimatology and The Holocene. ( )