This volume addresses livelihood vulnerabilities due to climate change-induced socio-environmental stresses among different communities in various geographical locations in India, and discusses how the people and communities can become resilient to these stresses.
The Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation addresses the scientific, social, political and cultural aspects of climate change in an integrated and coherent way.
The portending process of climate change, induced by the anthropogenic accumulations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, is likely to generate effects that will cascade through the biosphere, impacting all life on earth and bearing upon human endeavors.
Climate Change and Rainfall Extremes in Africa: Occurrence, Impacts and Adaptation provides the latest developments on extreme rainfall in Africa, along with an analysis of current impacts, future implications, and community adaptations.
This book explores the relationship between the increased frequency, types, and severity of natural disasters and the significant increase in the number of social and violent disorders.
Im Urlaub liebe ich es, am Strand oder in den Bergen einfach nur dazuliegen und den Wolken am Himmel zuzuschauen – sofern es sich nicht um eine eintönige graue Decke handelt.
A compact introduction to observing, predicting, and understanding the weatherNote: this ebook for black and white devices was originally created and printed in colour.
Earned Outstanding Academic Title distinction for Earth Sciences titles 2010 from the library magazine CHOICE While the human imprint is becoming increasingly apparent, Earth's climate has shifted dramatically and frequently during the last few million years, alternating between ice ages, when vast glaciers covered Northern Europe and much of North America, and interglacials - warm periods much like today.
The saga of the greatest tornado chaser who ever lived: a tale of obsession and daring and an extraordinary account of humanity's high-stakes race to understand nature's fiercest phenomenon from Brantley Hargrove, ';one of today's great science writers' (The Washington Post).
In seinem bahnbrechenden Werk 'Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane (Illustriert)' nimmt uns der renommierte Geologe und Polarforscher Alfred Wegener auf eine faszinierende Reise durch die Theorie der Kontinentalverschiebung.