Historical Perspectives on Climate ChangeOxford University Press, 14 jul 2005 - 208 páginas This intriguing volume provides a thorough examination of the historical roots of global climate change as a field of inquiry, from the Enlightenment to the late twentieth century. Based on primary and archival sources, the book is filled with interesting perspectives on what people have understood, experienced, and feared about the climate and its changes in the past. Chapters explore climate and culture in Enlightenment thought; climate debates in early America; the development of international networks of observation; the scientific transformation of climate discourse; and early contributions to understanding terrestrial temperature changes, infrared radiation, and the carbon dioxide theory of climate. But perhaps most important, this book shows what a study of the past has to offer the interdisciplinary investigation of current environmental problems. |
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... global warming before 1957 examines public awareness of climate issues and the work of individuals such as G. S. Callendar, Gilbert Plass, and Roger Revelle. The epilogue argues for a view of global change and its human dimensions ...
... global warming before 1957 examines public awareness of climate issues and the work of individuals such as G. S. Callendar, Gilbert Plass, and Roger Revelle. The epilogue argues for a view of global change and its human dimensions ...
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... Huntington 9 Global Warming? The Early Twentieth Century 10 Global Cooling, Global Warming: Historical Dimensions Notes Bibliography Index Historical Perspectives on Climate Change Introduction Apprehending Climate Change This.
... Huntington 9 Global Warming? The Early Twentieth Century 10 Global Cooling, Global Warming: Historical Dimensions Notes Bibliography Index Historical Perspectives on Climate Change Introduction Apprehending Climate Change This.
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... climate modelers first doubled the CO2 in a computerized atmosphere, we fear that the Earth may experience a sudden and possibly catastrophic warming caused by industrial pollution. These and other environmental problems were brought to ...
... climate modelers first doubled the CO2 in a computerized atmosphere, we fear that the Earth may experience a sudden and possibly catastrophic warming caused by industrial pollution. These and other environmental problems were brought to ...
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... climate ought to be and how it ought to change. Joseph Fourier, John Tyndall, Svante Arrhenius, T. C. Chamberlin, and ... global warming. What did the populace fear about the heavens? What did they anticipate might happen? How was their ...
... climate ought to be and how it ought to change. Joseph Fourier, John Tyndall, Svante Arrhenius, T. C. Chamberlin, and ... global warming. What did the populace fear about the heavens? What did they anticipate might happen? How was their ...
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... globe have generated calls for climate prediction and control. Although today's climate concerns are dominated by the fear of global warming, for most of human history the dominant sentiment has been that “warmer is better.” There are ...
... globe have generated calls for climate prediction and control. Although today's climate concerns are dominated by the fear of global warming, for most of human history the dominant sentiment has been that “warmer is better.” There are ...
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The Expansion of Observing Systems | |
Climate Discourse Transformed | |
Joseph Fouriers Theory of Terrestrial Temperatures | |
John Tyndall Svante Arrhenius and Early Research on Carbon Dioxide and Climate | |
T C Chamberlin and the Geological Agency of the Atmosphere | |
The Climatic Determinism of Ellsworth Huntington | |
Global Warming? The Early Twentieth Century | |
Historical Dimensions | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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