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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... and index. ISBN 0195189736 1. Climatic changes—Europe—History. 2. Climatic changes—United States—History. 3. Global environmental change—History. I. Title. QC981.8.C5F45 1998 306.4′5—DC21 9722545 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Printed in.
... and index. ISBN 0195189736 1. Climatic changes—Europe—History. 2. Climatic changes—United States—History. 3. Global environmental change—History. I. Title. QC981.8.C5F45 1998 306.4′5—DC21 9722545 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Printed in.
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... environmental problems? This project began as a study of climatic change ideas in early America. My research led me to Enlightenment sources in Europe and to the accounts of early explorers and settlers in the New World. The study ...
... environmental problems? This project began as a study of climatic change ideas in early America. My research led me to Enlightenment sources in Europe and to the accounts of early explorers and settlers in the New World. The study ...
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... environmental determinist Ellsworth Huntington. A penultimate chapter on 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 ...
... environmental determinist Ellsworth Huntington. A penultimate chapter on 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 ...
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... environmental change at Colby College. My students expanded my horizons and provided me with many new insights. My very special, hardworking research assistants at Colby filed, abstracted, editorialized, and commiserated with me on ...
... environmental change at Colby College. My students expanded my horizons and provided me with many new insights. My very special, hardworking research assistants at Colby filed, abstracted, editorialized, and commiserated with me on ...
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... environmental problems were brought to our attention mainly by scientists and engineers, but the problems belong to us all. Recently, policyoriented social scientists, public officials, and diplomats have turned their attention to the ...
... environmental problems were brought to our attention mainly by scientists and engineers, but the problems belong to us all. Recently, policyoriented social scientists, public officials, and diplomats have turned their attention to the ...
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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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