Our Affair with El Niño: How We Transformed an Enchanting Peruvian Current into a Global Climate HazardPrinceton University Press, 5 jun 2018 - 296 páginas Until 1997, few people had heard of the seasonal current that Peruvians nicknamed El Niño. But when meteorologists linked it to devastating floods in California, severe droughts in Indonesia, and strange weather everywhere, its name became entrenched in the common parlance faster than a typhoon making landfall. Bumper stickers appeared bearing the phrase "Don't blame me; blame El Niño." Stockbrokers muttered "El Niño" when the market became erratic. |
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... Global Climate Hazard S. George Philander. S. GEORGE PHILANDER OUR AFFAIR WITH EL NIÑO How We Transformed an Enchanting Peruvian Current into a Global Climate Hazard Our Affair with El Niño Our Affair How We Transformed. Cover.
... El Niño when that phe- nomenon was a curiosity known to few . Countless stimulating discussions and conversations at innumerable meetings of that convivial group of dear friends taught me what I know about El Niño and provided me with ...
... El Niño ! ” This slogan , which appears on bumper stickers and T - shirts , at- tests to the recognition and notoriety El Niño gained in 1997 when he apparently caused innumerable weather - related disasters worldwide . Although ...
... El Niño and also the cultural , historical , and political factors that influence scientific research on El Niño . El Niño is so multifaceted that it can be of assistance with a very serious problem we face , bridging the gulf between ...
... El Niño . That phenomenon is neither strictly oceanic nor strictly atmospheric but is attributable to interactions between the two media . It has therefore been necessary to merge the traditionally separate disciplines of meteorology ...
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OUR DILEMMA | 63 |
COMMON GROUND | 91 |
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SCIENCE | 159 |
COPING WITH HAZARDS | 235 |
Becoming Custodians of Planet Earth | 251 |
NOTES AND REFERENCES | 259 |
INDEX | 273 |
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