Climates of hunger : mankind and the world's changing weather /

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"In recent years, world climate changes have drawn more attention than at any other time in history. What we once called "crazy weather," just a few years ago, is now beginning to be seen as a part of a logical and, in part, predictable pattern, an awesome natural force that we must d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Bryson, Reid A. (Autor), Murray, Thomas J., 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison ; London : University of Wisconsin Press, 1977.
Temas:
Climatic changes.
Paleoclimatology.
Droughts.
Climate Change
Climat > Changements.
Paléoclimatologie.
Sécheresses.
climate change.
drought.
NATURE > Weather.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology.
Paleoclimatology
Droughts
Climatic changes
Climate > Changes > Effects, to 1977
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue
  • Two Tales of Famine. A Drought in Ancient Greece ; The Case of the Missing Farmers ; Weather of Indian Times
  • Our Climates Since A.D. 900. One Thousand Years in Iceland ; The Flow of Wine, Water, and Ice ; The Past 1,000 Years: Europe, the North Atlantic, the United States
  • The Monsoons Fail. Death in the Sahel ; A Manmade Desert ; The Enduring Problem
  • A Perspective on Climate Change. In the Beginning ; How Climate Changes ; Pollutants in the Air ; The Lessons of Climatic History.

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