How will future climates be different from today’s worldーand what consequences will changes in climate have for societies and their development strategies? This book is a primer on the essential sc……続きを見る
Drought risk management involves three pillars: drought early warning, drought vulnerability and risk assessment, and drought preparedness, mitigation, and response. This book collects in one place ……続きを見る
著者:Laura Westra
出版社: Springer International Publishing
発売日: 2020年06月11日
There is a lot written on climate change from various points of view, but this is the first work that demonstrates the connection between the hunger of the poor, the deprivation of safe and healthy ……続きを見る
著者:Julia Puaschunder
出版社: Springer International Publishing
発売日: 2020年06月13日
This book examines international climate change mitigation and adaptation regimes with the aim of proposing fair climate stability implementation strategies. Based on the current endeavors to financ……続きを見る
Engaged Research for Community Resilience to Climate Change is a guide to successfully integrating science into urban, regional, and coastal planning activities to build truly sustainable communitie……続きを見る
The Hidden Link Between Earth's Magnetic Field and Climate offers a new framework of understanding and interpretation for both well-known and less known relations between different geophysical and m……続きを見る
Life on our planet depends upon having a climate that changes within narrow limits – not too hot for the oceans to boil away nor too cold for the planet to freeze over. Over the past billion years E……続きを見る
This book presents a collection of proposed offshore and nearshore settlements in response to the emerging consequences of climate change. These settlements are counterpoints to megacities with unsu……続きを見る
**The Financial Times' Travel Book of the Year 2018** How many snowflakes does it take to build a snowman? Where is the snowiest place on Earth? When will the last snowflake fall? Snow has a lot in ……続きを見る
Large-scale tree planting is advocated to provide additional atmospheric cooling and further reduce global warming. This raises a question about the present time: do trees cool or warm the atmospher……続きを見る
著者:Thomas Cronin
出版社: Columbia University Press
発売日: 2009年11月09日
The field of paleoclimatology relies on physical, chemical, and biological proxies of past climate changes that have been preserved in natural archives such as glacial ice, tree rings, sediments, co……続きを見る
著者:Mark Denny
出版社: Columbia University Press
発売日: 2017年01月17日
How do meteorologists design forecasts for the next day's, the next week's, or the next month's weather? Are some forecasts more likely to be accurate than others, and why? Making Sense of Weather a……続きを見る
著者:Vivien Gornitz
出版社: Columbia University Press
発売日: 2013年03月19日
The Earth's climate is already warming due to increased concentrations of human-produced greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and the specter of rising sea level is one of global warming's most far-r……続きを見る
Climate change threatens the economy of the United States in myriad ways, including increased flooding and storm damage, altered crop yields, lost labor productivity, higher crime, reshaped public-h……続きを見る
著者:Sten Odenwald
出版社: Columbia University Press
発売日: 2002年08月14日
On March 13, 1989, the entire Quebec power grid collapsed, automatic garage doors in California suburbs began to open and close without apparent reason, and microchip production came to a halt in th……続きを見る
This book comprehensively introduces all aspects of the physiology, stress responses and tolerance to abiotic stresses of the Fabaceae plants. Different plant families have been providing food, fodd……続きを見る
An introduction to the global carbon cycle and the human-caused disturbances to it that are at the heart of global warming and climate change.
The most colossal environmental disturbance in human hi……続きを見る
This book examines the political themes and policy perspectives related to, and influencing, climate change adaptation. It provides an informed primer on the politics of adaptation, a topic largely ……続きを見る
How scientists used transformative new technologies to understand the complexities of weather and the atmosphere, told through the intertwined careers of three key figures.
“The goal of meteorology ……続きを見る
A detailed study of research on the psychology of expertise in weather forecasting, drawing on findings in cognitive science, meteorology, and computer science.
This book argues that the human cogni……続きを見る
An examination of environmental satellite data sharing policies, offering a model of data-sharing policy development, case and practical recommendations for increasing global data sharing.
Key to un……続きを見る
This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.
Renewable resources such as wind, solar, and geothermal are often perceived as being the answer to the fossil fuel crisis. Ironically, however, ……続きを見る
出版社: Springer International Publishing
発売日: 2020年07月08日
The book addresses the vital and interwoven areas of energy, environment, and the economy within the field of sustainability research. Fundamental technical details, empirical data, and case studies……続きを見る
出版社: Springer International Publishing
発売日: 2020年07月10日
This book is the standard reference based on roughly 20 years of research on atmospheric rivers, emphasizing progress made on key research and applications questions and remaining knowledge gaps. Th……続きを見る