Title Climate change : biological and human aspects / Jonathan Cowie

Edition 2nd ed Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource Contents 1. An introduction to climate change: Weather and climate ; The greenhouse effect ; The carbon cycle ; Natural changes in the carbon cycle ; Pacemaker of the glacial-interglacial cycles ; Non-greenhouse influences on climate ; The water cycle, climate change and biology ; From theory to reality -- 2. Principal indicators of past climates: Terrestrial biotic climatic proxies ; Marine biotic climatic proxies ; Non-biotic indicators ; Other indicators ; Interpreting indicators ; Conclusions -- 3. Past climate change: Early biology and climate of the Hadean and Archaean eons (4.6-2.5 bya) ; Major bio-climatic events of the Proterozoic eon (2.5-0.542 bya) ; Major bio-climatic events of the pre-Quaternary Phanerozoic (542-2 mya) ; Summary -- 4. The Oligocene to the Quaternary : climate and biology: The Oligocene (33.9-23.03 mya) ; The end Miocene (9-5.3 mya) ; The Pliocene (5.3-2.6 mya) ; The current ice age ; The last glacial ; Interglacials and the present climate ; Summary 5. Present climate and biological change: Recent climate change ; Human change arising from the Holocene climate ; Climate and business as usual in the 21st century ; Current human influences on the carbon cycle -- 6. Current warming and likely future impacts: Current biological symptoms of warming ; Case study: climate and natural systems in the USA and Canada ; Case study: climate and natural systems in the UK ; Case study: climate and natural systems in Australasia ; Biological responses to greenhouse trends beyond the 21st century ; Possible surprise responses to greenhouse trends in the 21st century and beyond -- 7. The human ecology of climate change: Population (past, present and future) and its environmental impact ; Energy supply ; Human health and climate change ; Climate change and food security ; The biology of reducing anthropogenic climate change ; Summary and conclusions -- 8. Sustainability and policy: Key developments of sustainability policy ; Global energy sustainability and carbon ; Energy policy and carbon ; Possible future energy options ; Future human and biological change Summary "This book is about biology and human ecology as they relate to climate change. Let's take it as read that climate change is one of the most urgent and fascinating science-related issues of our time and that you are interested in the subject: for if you were not you would not be reading this now. Indeed, there are many books on climate change but nearly all, other than the voluminous Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, tend to focus on a specialist aspect of climate, be it weather, palaeoclimatology, modelling and so forth. Even books relating to biological dimensions of climate change tend to be specialist, with a focus that may relate to agriculture, health or palaeoecology. These are, by and large, excellent value provided that they cover the specialist ground which readers seek. However, the biology of climate change is so broad that the average life-sciences student, or specialist seeking a broader context in which to view their own field, has difficulty in finding a wide-ranging review of the biology and human ecology of climate change. Non-bioscience specialists with an interest in climate change (geologists, geographers, atmospheric chemists, etc.) face a similar problem"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Climatic changes -- History Bioclimatology. Paleoclimatology. Climatic changes Human beings -- Effect of environment on. Human ecology. Environmental health. Ecology. Acclimatization. Environmental Health Climate Change Ecology Environmental Exposure -- adverse effects Acclimatization climate change. human ecology. ecology. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control. Environmental health Ecology Acclimatization Bioclimatology Climatic changes Human beings -- Effect of environment on Human ecology Paleoclimatology Paläoklima Biologie Klimaänderung Humanökologie Climatologie. Climat - Changements. Bioclimatologie. Effets du climat. Paléoclimatologie. Klimatförändringar. Människans påverkan på naturen. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2012013138 ISBN 9781139087735 1139087738 9781107603561 1107603560 9781283860567 1283860562 9781139840682 1139840681 9781139845410 1139845411

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