Author: Wilfried SchröderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmospheric physics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Past, Present, and Future Trends in Geophysical Research
Author: Wilfried SchröderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmospheric physics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: New Insights From Recent Studies in Historical Astronomy: Following in the Footsteps of F. Richard Stephenson
Author: Wayne OrchistonPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319076140
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
This book contains papers from a conference held to celebrate the 70th birthday of one of the world’s foremost astronomical historians, Professor F. Richard Stephenson, the latest recipient of the American Astronomical Society’s highest award for research in astronomical history, the LeRoy Doggett Prize. Reflecting Professor Stephenson’s extensive research portfolio, this book brings together under one cover papers on four different areas of scholarship: applied historical astronomy (which Stephenson founded); Islamic astronomy; Oriental astronomy and amateur astronomy. These papers are penned by astronomers from Canada, China, England, France, Georgia, Iran, Japan, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Portugal, Thailand and the USA. Its diverse coverage represents a wide cross-section of the history of astronomy community. Under discussion are ways in which recent research using historical data has provided new insights into auroral and solar activity, supernovae and changes in the rotation rate of the Earth. It also presents readers with results of recent research on leading historical figures in Islamic and Oriental astronomy, and aspects of eighteenth and nineteenth century Australian, British, German and Portuguese amateur astronomy, including the fascinating ‘amateur-turned-professional syndrome’.
Earth Sciences History
Author: Geophysical Abstracts
Author: Chronique de l'U.G.G.I.
Author: International Union of Geodesy and GeophysicsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geodesy
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Climate Since A.D. 1500
Author: Raymond S. BradleyPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415120302
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Environmental Issues in the Mediterranean
Author: John B. ThornesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134729855
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 761
Book Description
The Mediterranean has been subject to changing human settlement and land use patterns for millennia, and has a history of human exploitation in an inherently unstable landscape. Environmental Issues in the Mediterranean reviews both physical and social aspects of this region, in relation to its environment. Ideal for students who are studying a range of environmental issues, but want to see them linked within one regional context. The book begins with an introduction to the Mediterranean region, its history, physical and human geography and its environmental problems. It then goes on to examine: * The Dynamic Environment - climate variables and fluctuations, vegetation, the hydrological cycle of the basin and its watershed, processes of erosion, fire and the Mediterranean Sea *The Human Impact on the Environment - prehistoric and historic land use, traditional agriculture, rural and urban settlement and use of mineral resources * The Mediterranean Environment Under Increasing Pressure - the present human landscape, changes in agriculture in the 20th century, the impact of depopulation, pollution, water resources, desertification and potential climatic change. It then concludes with a discussion of the region's on-going environmental issues of water resources, land degradation, agricultural intensification and tourism, and considers how these can be approached using management techniques and national and regional policies.
History of Oriental Astronomy
Author: S.M. AnsariPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401598622
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Proceedings of the Joint Discussion-17 at the 23rd IAU General Assembly, organised by the Commission 41, held in Kyoto, Japan, August 25-26, 1997
Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene
Author: Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 012813576X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 2290
Book Description
Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene, Five Volume Set presents a currency-based, global synthesis cataloguing the impact of humanity’s global ecological footprint. Covering a multitude of aspects related to Climate Change, Biodiversity, Contaminants, Geological, Energy and Ethics, leading scientists provide foundational essays that enable researchers to define and scrutinize information, ideas, relationships, meanings and ideas within the Anthropocene concept. Questions widely debated among scientists, humanists, conservationists, politicians and others are included, providing discussion on when the Anthropocene began, what to call it, whether it should be considered an official geological epoch, whether it can be contained in time, and how it will affect future generations. Although the idea that humanity has driven the planet into a new geological epoch has been around since the dawn of the 20th century, the term ‘Anthropocene’ was only first used by ecologist Eugene Stoermer in the 1980s, and hence popularized in its current meaning by atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen in 2000. Presents comprehensive and systematic coverage of topics related to the Anthropocene, with a focus on the Geosciences and Environmental science Includes point-counterpoint articles debating key aspects of the Anthropocene, giving users an even-handed navigation of this complex area Provides historic, seminal papers and essays from leading scientists and philosophers who demonstrate changes in the Anthropocene concept over time