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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... decades has brought enormous changes , but we differ in our assessments of those changes . I assure those who do not share some of the opinions expressed in this book that I look forward to further stimulating discussions . It is a ...
... decades . It is as if we , passionate and capri- cious , have been having a turbulent affair with steadfast , aloof El Niño ! Our relationship is rapidly approaching a critical juncture because constant El Niño is about to become fickle ...
... decades . For example , meteorologists have transformed weather prediction from an augury into a reliable source of important information , a splendid achievement that most people take for granted . Now scientists are turning their ...
... that occurs every few years , have had little experience up to now but , in due course , will become more practiced . When we turn to global warming and related climate changes decades hence , we face a serious problem . 6 Prologue.
... decades hence , we face a serious problem . The available instrumental records are far too short for stringent tests of models that are used for predictions , and such records will con- tinue to be inadequate for a considerable time to ...
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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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Our Affair with El Niño: How We Transformed an Enchanting Peruvian Current ... S. George Philander Vista previa restringida - 2004 |
Our Affair with El Nino: How We Transformed an Enchanting Peruvian Current ... S. George Philander Vista previa restringida - 2006 |
Our Affair with El Nino: How We Transformed an Enchanting Peruvian Current ... S. George Philander Vista previa restringida - 2006 |