1st Edition
Climates of the British Isles Present, Past and Future
494 Pages
by
Routledge
494 Pages
by
Routledge
494 Pages
by
Routledge
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Our understanding of climate and its role in human affairs has changed markedly over recent years, as have climate observation systems and modelling capabilities. Reliance on recent weather statistics to provide a guide for future climate is no longer viable. Evidence of human-induced climate change has placed climate high on political and the media agendas. Climates of the British Isles... Read more
1: Introducing Climate Change; 1: The British Isles Climate; 2: Explaining the Climate of the British Isles; 3: Describing the Surface Climate of the British Isles; 2: Reconstructing the Past; 4: The Climates of Past Ages; 5: Reconstructing Late-Glacial and Holocene Climates; 6: Documenting the Medieval Climate; 3: Monitoring the Present; 7: Observing and Measuring the Weather; 8: Classifying the Winds and Weather; 9: The Changing Temperature of ‘Central England'; 10: Precipitation Variability and Drought; 11: Wind; 12: The Air that we Breathe; 13: ‘Phew! What a Scorcher'; 4: Forecasting the Future; 14: Forecasting the British Isles Weather; 15: Global Warming and the British Isles; 16: Climate Beyond the Twenty-First Century
Biography
Mike Hulme and Elaine Barrow are Senior Research Associates at the Climatic Reserach Unit, university of East Anglia.
'...a useful source of practical classroom information and material. At £17.99 the volume is reasonably priced, and the reviewer recommends it without reservation to scientist, teacher and weather enthusiast alike.' - Geographical Journal, March 99
