Weather, Climate & Human Affairs
Author : H. H. Lamb
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Release : 2011
Category : Climatology
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Author : H. H. Lamb
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,25 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Climatology
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Page : 364 pages
File Size : 37,34 MB
Release : 1989
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Author : H. H. Lamb
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 12,24 MB
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1136639616
First published in 1988, this is a reissue of a groundbreaking collection of essays written by Hubert Lamb, one of the world’s foremost experts on weather and climate and a uniquely authoritative voice in the history of climatology. Hubert Lamb is able to provide a mature assessment of the effect of weather on people, and vice versa. His is a uniquely authoritative voice in the current debates about today’s environment and the prospects for the future. After a general introduction the book is divided into three parts. The first part consists of a chronological series of portraits of climate and its impact on human affairs and the environment. These extend from the warm climates of the geological past to the current drought in Africa. There are several studies of the last few centuries and, in particular, of the various effects of the so-called ‘little Ice Age’. The second part is concerned with the causes and mechanisms of climate and weather changes, including chapters discussing Christmas weather, fronts and volcanoes. In the final part Hubert Lamb looks to the future, and attempts to put into perspective some of the pessimistic forecasts currently available. The text, which is consistently authoritative but always readable, is augmented by numerous maps, diagrams and photographs.
Author : Hubert H. Lamb
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,68 MB
Release : 2012-11-22
Category : Climatology
ISBN : 9780415682244
This collection of essays is written by one of the world's foremost experts on weather and climate. Six of the chapters have not been published before. The rest have been thoroughly revised. The author provides an authoritative voice in the current debates about today's environment and the prospects for the future.
Author : H. H. Lamb
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Page : 392 pages
File Size : 34,45 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Climatic changes
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Discusses the causes and mechanisms of climate and weather changes, looks at their effects and at the future of climatology.
Author : H. H. Lamb
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 25,61 MB
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1136639624
First published in 1988 this is a reissue of a groundbreaking collection of essays written by Hubert Lamb, one of the world’s foremost experts on weather and climate and a uniquely authoritative voice in the history of climatology. Six of the chapters have not been published before. The rest, taken from a variety of sources, were thoroughly revised and brought right up to date for the book's initial publication – taking account, for example, of the Chernobyl disaster, the risks of nuclear power, and the ozone controversy.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 46,42 MB
Release : 2001-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309072786
Since the dawn of medical science, people have recognized connections between a change in the weather and the appearance of epidemic disease. With today's technology, some hope that it will be possible to build models for predicting the emergence and spread of many infectious diseases based on climate and weather forecasts. However, separating the effects of climate from other effects presents a tremendous scientific challenge. Can we use climate and weather forecasts to predict infectious disease outbreaks? Can the field of public health advance from "surveillance and response" to "prediction and prevention?" And perhaps the most important question of all: Can we predict how global warming will affect the emergence and transmission of infectious disease agents around the world? Under the Weather evaluates our current understanding of the linkages among climate, ecosystems, and infectious disease; it then goes a step further and outlines the research needed to improve our understanding of these linkages. The book also examines the potential for using climate forecasts and ecological observations to help predict infectious disease outbreaks, identifies the necessary components for an epidemic early warning system, and reviews lessons learned from the use of climate forecasts in other realms of human activity.
Author : H. H. Lamb
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 46,28 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780415127349
With the inclusion of new material, preface and illustrations, this 2nd edition of Lamb's acclaimed book covers issues of past and present climates, impacts on human affairs and an understanding of the problems of forecasting.
Author : Nels Winkless
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Page : 248 pages
File Size : 28,22 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Nature
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Author : Gernot Wagner
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 30,58 MB
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1400880769
How knowing the extreme risks of climate change can help us prepare for an uncertain future If you had a 10 percent chance of having a fatal car accident, you'd take necessary precautions. If your finances had a 10 percent chance of suffering a severe loss, you'd reevaluate your assets. So if we know the world is warming and there's a 10 percent chance this might eventually lead to a catastrophe beyond anything we could imagine, why aren't we doing more about climate change right now? We insure our lives against an uncertain future—why not our planet? In Climate Shock, Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman explore in lively, clear terms the likely repercussions of a hotter planet, drawing on and expanding from work previously unavailable to general audiences. They show that the longer we wait to act, the more likely an extreme event will happen. A city might go underwater. A rogue nation might shoot particles into the Earth's atmosphere, geoengineering cooler temperatures. Zeroing in on the unknown extreme risks that may yet dwarf all else, the authors look at how economic forces that make sensible climate policies difficult to enact, make radical would-be fixes like geoengineering all the more probable. What we know about climate change is alarming enough. What we don't know about the extreme risks could be far more dangerous. Wagner and Weitzman help readers understand that we need to think about climate change in the same way that we think about insurance—as a risk management problem, only here on a global scale. With a new preface addressing recent developments Wagner and Weitzman demonstrate that climate change can and should be dealt with—and what could happen if we don't do so—tackling the defining environmental and public policy issue of our time.