Global Environments through the Quaternary: Exploring Environmental Change - Brossura

Anderson, David E.; Goudie, Andrew S.; Parker, Adrian G.

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ISBN 10: 0198742266 ISBN 13: 9780198742265

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2007

Riassunto

We are in the grip of global warming, so we are told: sea levels are rising; glaciers are melting; meteorological events are becoming more extreme. But to what extent are these differences a deviation from the norm or merely part of an ongoing cycle of change? How can they be put into perspective? Global Environments through the Quaternary delves into the environmental changes that have taken place during the Quaternary: the two to three million years during which man has inhabited the Earth. Taking the reader through the Pleistocene and the Holocene, the book describes the evidence that has helped us to characterize environmental changes during these two epochs. It then explores the changes captured by more recent meteorological records in the period up to the present day. Current climate change research foretells of potentially catastrophic sea-level changes in the future; chapter seven examines sea-level changes throughout the Quaternary, putting current concerns into perspective. The book closes with a look at the environmental basis of climate change - and the impact of human activity upon it. Global Environments through the Quaternary captures our current understanding of the field within in a vibrant, two-colour text design, using many custom-drawn figures to help students visualise the concepts being presented. With climate change - itself but part of a the perpetual process of environmental change - as fierce a topic of debate now as at any other time, Global Environments through the Quaternary is essential reading for any students seeking a balanced, objective overview of this truly interdisciplinary subject. Online Resource Centre: The Online Resource Centre features figures from the book available to download, to facilitate lecture preparation

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Recensione:

Overall, this is an excellent all-round textbook on environmental change. It is well worth a purchase - essential for libraries - and is a welcome addition to the Quaternary literature. (Geological Magazine, 2008)

L'autore:

David Anderson teaches geography at Eton College and is Senior Research Associate at the Oxford Centre for the Environment. Andrew Goudie is Master of St Cross College, Oxford, and Professor of Geography at the Oxford Centre for the Environment. Adrian Parker is a Reader in the Department of Anthropology and Geography, Oxford Brookes University.

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• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0198742266
• ISBN 13: 9780198742265
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 392