Read Books Online and Download eBooks, EPub, PDF, Mobi, Kindle, Text Full Free.
Download Biological Consequences Of Global Climate Change full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Biological Consequences Of Global Climate Change ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author : Christine Ann Ennis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Biological Consequences of Global Climate Change written by Christine Ann Ennis and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Murray Gates
Publisher : Sinauer Associates, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Climate Change and Its Biological Consequences written by David Murray Gates and published by Sinauer Associates, Incorporated. This book was released on 1993 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the forces that shape the earth's climate and how climate change, particularly greenhouse warming, may impact ecosystems and agriculture. Past climates and past ecosystem changes are reviewed in order to best understand the future. Scientists are predicting a 3 C increase in the Earth's climate within 75 to 100 years. This rate of temperature change and the warmer conditions will stress many organisms and probably realign some ecosystems. Special events, such as El Nino and the stratospheric ozone hole, are significant features of global change considered.
Author : The Royal Society
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309302021
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Climate Change written by The Royal Society and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-02-26 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate Change: Evidence and Causes is a jointly produced publication of The US National Academy of Sciences and The Royal Society. Written by a UK-US team of leading climate scientists and reviewed by climate scientists and others, the publication is intended as a brief, readable reference document for decision makers, policy makers, educators, and other individuals seeking authoritative information on the some of the questions that continue to be asked. Climate Change makes clear what is well-established and where understanding is still developing. It echoes and builds upon the long history of climate-related work from both national academies, as well as on the newest climate-change assessment from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It touches on current areas of active debate and ongoing research, such as the link between ocean heat content and the rate of warming.
Author : Lee Hannah
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 012799923X
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (279 download)
Download or read book Climate Change Biology written by Lee Hannah and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-11-17 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate Change Biology, 2e examines the evolving discipline of human-induced climate change and the resulting shifts in the distributions of species and the timing of biological events. The text focuses on understanding the impacts of human-induced climate change by drawing on multiple lines of evidence, including paleoecology, modeling, and current observation. This revised and updated second edition emphasizes impacts of human adaptation to climate change on nature and greater emphasis on natural processes and cycles and specific elements. With four new chapters, an increased emphasis on tools for critical thinking, and a new glossary and acronym appendix, Climate Change Biology, 2e is the ideal overview of this field. Expanded treatment of processes and cycles Additional exercises and elements to encourage independent and critical thinking Increased on-line supplements including mapping activities and suggested labs and classroom activities.
Author : Robert L. Peters
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300059304
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (593 download)
Download or read book Global Warming and Biological Diversity written by Robert L. Peters and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biological effects of global warming should be of concern to all thinking individuals, for warming could cause profound disruption of natural ecosystems and could threaten many species with extinction. This important book--the first to discuss in detail the consequences of global warming for ecosystems--includes commentary by distinguished scientists on many aspects of this critical problem. Experts describe responses of animals and plants to previous climate changes, interactions between various environmental components (precipitation and soil chemistry, for example), and synergisms between climate change and human activities such as deforestation. They consider many specific ecosystems, including tropical forests, the deciduous forests of eastern North America, the forests of the Pacific Northwest, Mediterranean-type ecosystems in California, arctic tundra, and arctic marine systems. Offering discussions that are both factual and speculative, the volume points the way to future investigations of the implications of global warming.
Author :
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1845937481
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)
Download or read book Climate Change Biology written by and published by CABI. This book was released on 2011 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change has moved from being a contested phenomenon to the top of the agenda at global summits. Climate Change Biology is the first major textbook to address the critical issue of how climate change may affect life on the planet, and particularly its impact on human populations. Presented in four parts, the first deals extensively with the physical evidence of climate change and various modelling efforts to predict its future. Biological responses are addressed in the second part, from the individual's physiology to populations and ecosystems, and further to considering adaptation and evolution. The third part examines the specific impact climate change may have on natural resources, agriculture and forestry. The final part considers research on the cutting edge of impact prediction and the practical and philosophical limitations on our abilities to predict these impacts. This text will be a useful asset to the growing number of both undergraduate and graduate courses on impacts of climate change, as well as providing a succinct overview for researchers new to the field.
Author : Thomas E. Lovejoy
Publisher : The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
ISBN 13 : 9788179930847
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Climate Change and Biodiversity written by Thomas E. Lovejoy and published by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: climate changes have had dramatic repercussions, including large numbers of extinctions and extensive shifts in species ranges
Author :
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9780080567068
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)
Download or read book Advances in Ecological Research written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1992-03-25 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concepts and concerns regarding the global effects of a continued increase in the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases have enjoyed a high visibility in newspapers and scientific journals. This concern is now being translated into big-science projects. These international projects aim to understand better the processes of climate and ecosystem changes and impacts and are being designed under the aegis of the World Climate Research Programme and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. Biological and climatic systems are intertwined in processes leading to impacts and feedbacks and so it has emerged that climatologists, atmospheric scientists, terrestrial and marine ecologists must collaborate in research programmes, else the bases of their future projections are incomplete. This special volume of Advances in Ecological Research brings together eight papers which propose and demonstrate the two major components of current climate change research, future prediction and interdisciplinary approach.
Author : Martin Beniston
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134852363
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Mountain Environments in Changing Climates written by Martin Beniston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home to large numbers of people, sources of water, centres of tourism, and sensitive ecological zones, mountain environments share distinctive climactic characteristics. Once regarded as economically non-viable regions, mountains now attract major investment as sites of tourism, hydro-power and communication routes. This book brings together some of the current work on the physical and human ecology of mountain environments, the impacts of climate change, the processes involved and their observation and prediction.
Author : F. I. Woodward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Ecological Consequences of Global Climate Change written by F. I. Woodward and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ADVANCES IN ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH V22.
Author : Jonathan Cowie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780521873994
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (739 download)
Download or read book Climate Change written by Jonathan Cowie and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Review of future climate change for life sciences and environmental science students, and policy-makers.
Author : Thomas E. Lovejoy
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300206119
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Biodiversity and Climate Change written by Thomas E. Lovejoy and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential, up-to-date look at the critical interactions between biological diversity and climate change that will serve as an immediate call to action The physical and biological impacts of climate change are dramatic and broad-ranging. People who care about the planet and manage natural resources urgently need a synthesis of our rapidly growing understanding of these issues. In this all-new sequel to the 2005 volume Climate Change and Biodiversity, leading experts in the field summarize observed changes, assess what the future holds, and offer suggested responses. From extinction risk to ocean acidification, from the future of the Amazon to changes in ecosystem services, and from geoengineering to the power of ecosystem restoration, this book captures the sweep of climate change transformation of the biosphere.
Author : Jonathan Cowie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139852132
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (398 download)
Download or read book Climate Change written by Jonathan Cowie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this acclaimed text has been fully updated and substantially expanded to include the considerable developments (since publication of the first edition) in our understanding of the science of climate change, its impacts on biological and human systems, and developments in climate policy. Written in an accessible style, it provides a broad review of past, present and likely future climate change from the viewpoints of biology, ecology, human ecology and Earth system science. It will again prove to be invaluable to a wide range of readers, from students in the life sciences who need a brief overview of the basics of climate science, to atmospheric science, geography, geoscience and environmental science students who need to understand the biological and human ecological implications of climate change. It is also a valuable reference text for those involved in environmental monitoring, conservation and policy making.
Author : Vladimir I. Vernadsky
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461217504
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)
Download or read book The Biosphere written by Vladimir I. Vernadsky and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Vladimir Vernadsky was a brilliant and prescient scholar-a true scientific visionary who saw the deep connections between life on Earth and the rest of the planet and understood the profound implications for life as a cosmic phenomenon." -DAVID H. GRINSPOON, AUTHOR OF VENUS REVEALED "The Biosphere should be required reading for all entry level students in earth and planetary sciences." -ERIC D. SCHNEIDER, AUTHOR OF INTO THE COOL: THE NEW THERMODYNAMICS OF CREATIVE DESTRUCTION
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309044944
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Global Environmental Change written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global environmental change often seems to be the most carefully examined issue of our time. Yet understanding the human sideâ€"human causes of and responses to environmental changeâ€"has not yet received sustained attention. Global Environmental Change offers a strategy for combining the efforts of natural and social scientists to better understand how our actions influence global change and how global change influences us. The volume is accessible to the nonscientist and provides a wide range of examples and case studies. It explores how the attitudes and actions of individuals, governments, and organizations intertwine to leave their mark on the health of the planet. The book focuses on establishing a framework for this new field of study, identifying problems that must be overcome if we are to deepen our understanding of the human dimensions of global change, presenting conclusions and recommendations.
Author : Joseph B. Knox
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520912012
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Global Climate Change and California written by Joseph B. Knox and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California's extraordinary ecological and economic diversity has brought it prosperity, pollution, and overpopulation. These factors and the state's national and international ties make California an essential test case for the impact of global climate change—temperature increases, water shortages, more ultraviolet radiation. The scientists in this forward-looking volume give their best estimates of what the future holds. Beginning with an overview by Joseph Knox, the book discusses the greenhouse effect, the latest climate modeling capabilities, the implications of climate change for water resources, agriculture, biological ecosystems, human behavior, and energy. The warning inherent in a scenario of unchecked population growth and energy use in California applies to residents of the entire planet. The sobering conclusions related here include recommendations for research that will help us all prepare for potential climate change.
Author : A.L. Berger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400924461
Total Pages : 715 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Climate and Geo-Sciences written by A.L. Berger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been widely recognized recently that in order to make scientific progress on large and important problems (eg, carbon dioxide effects on climate, viability of various sites for nuclear waste disposal etc.), it is necessary to integrate knowledge from wide ranging sets of disciplines. This is certainly true in the climate sciences, for progress in understanding the cause of the ice ages or the effects of industrial pollution on the future climate or even the likelihood of severe climatic consequences in the aftermath of nuclear war. All require state-of -the -art input from many geoscience disci plines climatology, oceanography, meteorology, chemistry, ecology, glaciology, geology, astronomy, space technology, computer technology, mathematics etc. Major international meetings have called for interaction of such geo-science disciplines to solve real world problems. To move beyond the rhetorical level, the NATO Special Programme on Global Transport Mechanisms in the Geo-Sciences whose activities started in 1983, deci ded to organise his closing symposium on such a topic which focus on the relationship between climate and geo-sciences. This symposium was held at the end of May 1988 at the Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-Ia-Neuve, Belgium. One hundred-and-thirty participants from the 16 NATO countries and a number of non-NATO countries assembled for the Symposium. Another feature was the attendance by special invitation of 16 pro mising young scientists who might well become leading scientists on climate and geo-sciences in their respective countries in the next century.
