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Climate Change, Ethics and Human Security

Edited by Karen O'Brien, Asunción Lera St. Clair, Berit Kristoffersen ...

Presenting human security perspectives on climate change, this volume raises issues of equity, ethics and environmental justice, as well as our capacity to respond to what is increasingly considered to be the greatest societal challenge for humankind. Written by international experts, it argues that climate change must be viewed as an issue of human security, and not an environmental problem that ... Read more

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Presenting human security perspectives on climate change, this volume raises issues of equity, ethics and environmental justice, as well as our capacity to respond to what is increasingly considered to be the greatest societal challenge for humankind. Written by international experts, it argues that climate change must be viewed as an issue of human security, and not an environmental problem that
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Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum

How Humans Took Control of Climate

by William F. Ruddiman ...

Series series Princeton Science Library
The impact on climate from 200 years of industrial development is an everyday fact of life, but did humankind's active involvement in climate change really begin with the industrial revolution, as commonly believed? Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum has sparked lively scientific debate since it was first published--arguing that humans have actually been changing the climate for some 8,000 years--as a ... Read more

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The impact on climate from 200 years of industrial development is an everyday fact of life, but did humankind's active involvement in climate change really begin with the industrial revolution, as commonly believed? Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum has sparked lively scientific debate since it was first published--arguing that humans have actually been changing the climate for some 8,000 years--as a
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Weather We Like It or Not!: Cool Games to Play on A Rainy Day

Weather for Kids - Earth Sciences

by Baby Professor ...

Series series Children's Weather Books
Mr. Sun is hiding to let the rain fall down. What exciting game can you play when it's all puddles outside? Turn the pages of this book to find the perfect game to play without getting wet. This book is literally a sea of knowledge that will entertain you and your family the whole day! Order your copy today! ... Read more

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Mr. Sun is hiding to let the rain fall down. What exciting game can you play when it's all puddles outside? Turn the pages of this book to find the perfect game to play without getting wet. This book is literally a sea of knowledge that will entertain you and your family the whole day! Order your copy today!
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Weather We Like It or Not!: Cool Games to Play on A Cloudy Day

Weather for Kids - Earth Sciences

by Baby Professor ...

Series series Children's Weather Books
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Open the pages of this book to learn about cool games that will involve your family and friends during a cloudy day. Educationally entertaining games are perfect bonding activities that will tests your skills at leadership and communication. Don't miss out on an opportunity to improve teamwork. Grab a copy of this picture book today!
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Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

A Multi-Disciplinary and Cross-Country Perspective

Edited by Kurt Schwabe, Jeffery D. Connor, Liliana Meza González, Jose Albiac, Rashid M. Hassan ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Offering a cross-country examination and comparison of drought awareness and experience, this book shows how scientists, water managers, and policy makers approach drought and water scarcity in arid and semi-arid regions of Spain, Mexico, Australia, South Africa and the United States. ... Read more

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Offering a cross-country examination and comparison of drought awareness and experience, this book shows how scientists, water managers, and policy makers approach drought and water scarcity in arid and semi-arid regions of Spain, Mexico, Australia, South Africa and the United States.
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Economics of Climate Change: The Contribution of Forestry Projects

by Wolfram Kägi ...

Series Book 21 - Environment & Policy
Climate change is one of the major global environmental problems, one that has the potential to confront us with great costs during the decades to come. Climate change is caused by emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide (CO). As z deforestation leads to CO emissions and growing forests sequester CO, forestry z z projects provide us with options to mitigate CO effects. This ... Read more

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Climate change is one of the major global environmental problems, one that has the potential to confront us with great costs during the decades to come. Climate change is caused by emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide (CO). As z deforestation leads to CO emissions and growing forests sequester CO, forestry z z projects provide us with options to mitigate CO effects. This
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The Whys and Whats of Weather

by Steven P. Roberts ...

Weather science writer and analyst Steven Roberts invites you to come along as he goes well beyond discussing blizzards, climate change, El Niño, flash flooding and hurricanes. Here, you'll learn about the Alberta Clipper, cell splitters, diurnal swing, omega blocks, snow bombs, train echo wave patterns, wintercanes and much more. Includes numerous links to online photos of weather phenomena. ... Read more

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Weather science writer and analyst Steven Roberts invites you to come along as he goes well beyond discussing blizzards, climate change, El Niño, flash flooding and hurricanes. Here, you'll learn about the Alberta Clipper, cell splitters, diurnal swing, omega blocks, snow bombs, train echo wave patterns, wintercanes and much more. Includes numerous links to online photos of weather phenomena.
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Law and Economics of International Climate Change Policy

by John O. Niles, Eric Levy, R. Schwarze ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
International climate change policy can be broadly divided into two periods: A first period, where a broad consensus was reached to tackle the risk of global warming in a coordinated global effort, and a second period, where this consensus was finally framed into a concrete policy. The first period started at the "Earth Summit" of Rio de Janeiro in 1992, where the United Nations Framework ... Read more

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International climate change policy can be broadly divided into two periods: A first period, where a broad consensus was reached to tackle the risk of global warming in a coordinated global effort, and a second period, where this consensus was finally framed into a concrete policy. The first period started at the "Earth Summit" of Rio de Janeiro in 1992, where the United Nations Framework
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Climate Change, Climate Science and Economics

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by G. Cornelis van Kooten ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This volume enables readers to understand the complexity associated with climate change policy and the science behind it. For example, the author describes the criticism and defense of the widely known “hockey stick” temperature graph derived from combining instrumental data and proxy temperature indications using tree ring, ice core and other paleoclimatic data.Readers will also learn that global ... Read more

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This volume enables readers to understand the complexity associated with climate change policy and the science behind it. For example, the author describes the criticism and defense of the widely known “hockey stick” temperature graph derived from combining instrumental data and proxy temperature indications using tree ring, ice core and other paleoclimatic data.Readers will also learn that global
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Hurricanes and Climate Change

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Edited by Jennifer M. Collins, Kevin Walsh ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This book provides research that shows tropical cyclones are more powerful than in the past with the most dramatic increases occurring over the North Atlantic and with the strongest hurricanes. Although such increases are correlated with warming oceans and are consistent with the thermodynamic theory of hurricane intensity, there remains doubt about the interpretation, integrity, and meaning of ... Read more

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This book provides research that shows tropical cyclones are more powerful than in the past with the most dramatic increases occurring over the North Atlantic and with the strongest hurricanes. Although such increases are correlated with warming oceans and are consistent with the thermodynamic theory of hurricane intensity, there remains doubt about the interpretation, integrity, and meaning of
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Flexible Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System Model

A Modeling Tool for the Climate Change Research Community

Edited by Tianjun Zhou, Yongqiang Yu, Yimin Liu, Bin Wang ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Coupled climate system models are of central importance for climate studies. A new model known as FGOALS ( the Flexible Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System model), has been developed by the Sate Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (LASG/IAP, CAS), a first-tier national ... Read more

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Coupled climate system models are of central importance for climate studies. A new model known as FGOALS ( the Flexible Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System model), has been developed by the Sate Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (LASG/IAP, CAS), a first-tier national
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Cost-Benefit Analyses of Climate Change

The Broader Perspectives

by Ferenc Toth ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) was founded in 1992 as a "Blue List" research institute, with the Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology and the Ministry for Science, Research and Culture of the federal state of Brandenburg each provid ing half ofthe funding. PIK currently has a staff of 100 (1997), including about 75 scientists and guest ... Read more

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