La Niña And The Making Of Climate Optimism

Author : Julia Miller
Publisher : Springer
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319761411

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La Niña and the Making of Climate Optimism by Julia Miller Pdf

This book examines the deep connection Australians have with their climate to understand contemporary views on human-induced climate change. It is the first study of the Australian relationship with La Niña and it explains how fundamental this relationship is to the climate change debate both locally and globally. While unease with the Australian environment was a hallmark of early settler relations with a new continent, this book argues that the climate itself quickly became a source of hope and linked to progress. Once observed, weather patterns coalesced into recognizable cycles of wet and dry years and Australians adopted a belief in the certainty of good seasons. It was this optimistic response to climate linked to La Niña that laid the groundwork for this relationship with the Australian environment. This book will appeal to scholars and students of the environmental humanities, history and science as well as anyone concerned about climate change.

Author : Michael H. Glantz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : 052178672X

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Currents of Change by Michael H. Glantz Pdf

Culture Bound is designed to give language teachers a basis for introducing a cultural component into their teaching. The articles give a perspective on how language and culture interact and explore in particular the difference between interacting with another culture and entering it: language students are encouraged to understand the new culture without necessarily embracing it. This selection brings together representative practical and theoretical material written by a variety of scholars and teachers in the field. The essays are organized under three headings: language, thought, and culture; cultural differences and similarities; and classroom applications. The collection as a whole brings both breadth and depth to a topic that has been strangely neglected despite its recognized importance.

Author : VINEET KUMAR,Joginder Singh
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000775310

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Microbial Technologies for Wastewater Recycling and Management by VINEET KUMAR,Joginder Singh Pdf

This book introduces the innovative and emerging microbial technologies for the treatment, recycling, and management of industrial, domestic, and municipal water and other wastewater in an environment-friendly and cost-effective manner. It discusses existing methods and technologies, up-gradation of existing technologies, and new technologies. It also highlights opportunities in the existing technologies along with industrial practices and real-life case studies.

Author : Henry F. Diaz,Vera Markgraf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521621380

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El Niño and the Southern Oscillation by Henry F. Diaz,Vera Markgraf Pdf

The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon is a recurrent feature of the climate in tropical regions. In this volume leading experts summarize information gained over the past decade concerning diverse aspects of ENSO, which have led to marked improvements in our ability to forecast its development months or seasons in advance. This volume compares ENSO's modern morphology and variability with its recent historic and prehistoric behaviour. It expands and updates Diaz and Markgraf's earlier volume El Niño: Historical and Paleoclimatic Aspects of the Southern Oscillation (1992, Cambridge University Press). The volume will be of importance to a broad range of scientists in meteorology, oceanography, hydrology, geosciences, ecology, public health, emergency management response and mitigation, and decision-making. It will also be used as a supplementary textbook and reference source in graduate courses in environmental studies.

Author : Christiana Figueres,Tom Rivett-Carnac
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780593080931

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The Future We Choose by Christiana Figueres,Tom Rivett-Carnac Pdf

A cautionary but optimistic book about the world’s changing climate and the fate of humanity, from Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac—who led negotiations for the United Nations during the historic Paris Agreement of 2015. The authors outline two possible scenarios for our planet. In one, they describe what life on Earth will be like by 2050 if we fail to meet the Paris Agreement’s climate targets. In the other, they lay out what it will be like to live in a regenerative world that has net-zero emissions. They argue for confronting the climate crisis head-on, with determination and optimism. The Future We Choose presents our options and tells us what governments, corporations, and each of us can, and must, do to fend off disaster.

Author : Bruno Voituriez,Guy Jacques
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : UCSD:31822035384106

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El Niño by Bruno Voituriez,Guy Jacques Pdf

El Nino, caprice of the heavens, scapegoat for every calamity? The general public cannot really understand what is behind the El Nino phenomenon. The book offers a tour of the Earth's climate to understand one of its normal but extreme components.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : PSU:000049649826

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New Directions for Climate Research and Technology Initiatives by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science Pdf

Author : S. George H. Philander
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : El Niño Current
ISBN : 0125532350

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El Niño, La Niña, and the Southern Oscillation by S. George H. Philander Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:48065450

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El Nino/La Nina by Anonim Pdf

The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) presents a collection of reports and data related to El Nino and La Nina. These weather events are a disruption of the ocean and atmospheric systems in the tropical portion of the Pacific Ocean. The storms disturb weather and climate around the world. Satellite images, maps, and graphs of some El Nino and La Nina storms are available online.

Author : International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UCSD:31822031329097

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Proceedings of the International Forum on Climate Prediction, Agriculture and Development by International Research Institute for Climate Prediction Pdf

Author : Deborah G. Johnson,Jameson M. Wetmore
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262361828

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Technology and Society, second edition by Deborah G. Johnson,Jameson M. Wetmore Pdf

Writings by thinkers ranging from Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain to Bruno Latour that focus on the interconnections of technology, society, and values. Technological change does not happen in a vacuum; decisions about which technologies to develop, fund, market, and use engage ideas about values as well as calculations of costs and benefits. In order to influence the development of technology for the better, we must first understand how technology and society are inextricably bound together. These writings--by thinkers ranging from Bruno Latour to Francis Fukuyama--help us do just that, examining how people shape technology and how technology shapes people. This second edition updates the original significantly, offering twenty-one new essays along with fifteen from the first edition. The book first presents visions of the future that range from technological utopias to cautionary tales and then introduces several major STS theories. It examines human and social values and how they are embedded in technological choices and explores the interesting and subtle complexities of the technology-society relationship. Remedying a gap in earlier theorizing in the field, many of the texts illustrate how race and gender are intertwined with technology. Finally, the book offers a set of readings that focus on the sociotechnical challenges we face today, treating topics that include cybersecurity, geoengineering, and the myth of neutral technology.

Author : Bill McKibben
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780307399205

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Eaarth by Bill McKibben Pdf

The bestselling author of Deep Economy shows that we’re living on a fundamentally altered planet — and opens our eyes to the kind of change we’ll need in order to make our civilization endure. Twenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming. Those warnings went mostly unheeded; now, he insists, we need to acknowledge that we’ve waited too long, and that massive change is not only unavoidable but already under way. Our old familiar globe is suddenly melting, drying, acidifying, flooding, and burning in ways that no human has ever seen. We’ve created, in very short order, a new planet, still recognizable but fundamentally different. We may as well call it Eaarth. That new planet is filled with new binds and traps. A changing world costs large sums to defend—think of the money that went to repair New Orleans, or the trillions of dollars it will take to transform our energy systems. But the endless economic growth that could underwrite such largesse depends on the stable planet we’ve managed to damage and degrade. We can’t rely on old habits any longer. Our hope depends, McKibben argues, on scaling back—on building the kind of societies and economies that can hunker down, concentrate on essentials, and create the type of community (in the neighborhood, but also on the Internet) that will allow us to weather trouble on an unprecedented scale. Change—fundamental change—is our best hope on a planet suddenly and violently out of balance.

Author : Mike Davis
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781781683606

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Late Victorian Holocausts by Mike Davis Pdf

Examining a series of El Niño-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned around the globe in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davis discloses the intimate, baleful relationship between imperial arrogance and natural incident that combined to produce some of the worst tragedies in human history. Late Victorian Holocausts focuses on three zones of drought and subsequent famine: India, Northern China; and Northeastern Brazil. All were affected by the same global climatic factors that caused massive crop failures, and all experienced brutal famines that decimated local populations. But the effects of drought were magnified in each case because of singularly destructive policies promulgated by different ruling elites. Davis argues that the seeds of underdevelopment in what later became known as the Third World were sown in this era of High Imperialism, as the price for capitalist modernization was paid in the currency of millions of peasants' lives.

Author : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1807 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781009178464

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The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Pdf

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of human-induced climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. This IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate is the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the observed and projected changes to the ocean and cryosphere and their associated impacts and risks, with a focus on resilience, risk management response options, and adaptation measures, considering both their potential and limitations. It brings together knowledge on physical and biogeochemical changes, the interplay with ecosystem changes, and the implications for human communities. It serves policymakers, decision makers, stakeholders, and all interested parties with unbiased, up-to-date, policy-relevant information. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Author : Brent McCusker,Waquar Ahmed,Maano Ramutsindela,Patricia Solís
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429833304

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The Routledge Handbook of Development and Environment by Brent McCusker,Waquar Ahmed,Maano Ramutsindela,Patricia Solís Pdf

The handbook seeks to illuminate the key concepts in the study of development-environment through showcasing some of the Majoritarian (formerly "Developing") world’s scholars in order to explore theoretical connections through critical/radical theory, “small” theory, various conceptual frameworks, and non-Western and subaltern viewpoints. The volume examines the themes around the study of the relationship between economic and social development and the environment. Part 1 covers theoretical and conceptual approaches to the study of development and environment by examining the diverse ways in which people perceive, understand, and act upon the world around them. Cross-scalar topics such as neo-liberalism and globalization, human rights, climate change, sustainability, and technology are covered in Part 2. The book shifts to examinations of resources and production in Part 3, where authors with a focus on one or more environmental resources or types of economic production are presented. Topics range from water, agriculture, and food, to energy, bioeconomy, and mining. The fourth section presents chapters where people are at the center of the development-environment nexus through topics such as gender relations, children, health, and cities. Finally, policy and governance of development and environment are explored in Part 5. The section includes both academics and practitioners who have worked with policy makers and are policy makers themselves. The book is primarily intended for scholars and graduate students in geography, environmental studies, and development studies for whom it will provide an invaluable and up-to-date guide to current thinking across the range of disciplines, which converge in the study of development and environment.