Meteorology and climatology

Mathematical modelling has become in recent years an essential tool for the prediction of environmental change and for the development of sustainable policies.

Information-based decision-making during drought, often brings out some of the excellent practices that are prevalent in society / individuals.

Originally published in Russian in 2006, this is the first English translation of this important book on paleoceanography and paleoclimatology.

Strong atmosphere-hydrology-biosphere feedbacks including human activity affect the rate and sign of changes in the Earth's system and have impacts on socioeconomic relationships.

The era of the exploration of the World Ocean is not yet over: some areas still lack an adequate number of observations.

Somos los del tiempo de TVE, los mismos que entramos cada día en vuestras casas para avanzaros si viene una ola de calor, lluvias torrenciales o la nevada del siglo.

A nuestro alrededor, el silencio; nosotros estamos al calor de un fuego encendido.

Los estudios que integran el presente volumen constituyen resultados de investigaciones de primera mano desarrolladas por los componentes del Grupo de Investigacion en Historia y Clima de la Universidad de Alicante, a las que se incorporan contribuciones de expertos de otras universidades espanolas.

"Muchas veces me preguntan si de verdad está cambiado el clima.

Medios de comunicación y organizaciones ambientales nos advierten con insistencia sobre una inminente catástrofe ambiental de carácter global.

Non c'è da stupirsi che gli esseri umani si siano da sempre interessati alla meteorologia, data la sua utilità: da essa dipendono i raccolti, i voli aerei o la possibilità di riempire silenzi imbarazzanti in ascensore.

No es de extrañar que la Meteorología haya interesado desde siempre al ser humano, habida cuenta de su utilidad: de ella dependen las cosechas, la seguridad aérea o la posibilidad de rellenar incómodos silencios en el ascensor.

This book focuses on the risks that climate change poses for the health sector.

The land degradation due to salinity and waterlogging is a global phenomenon, afflicting about one billion hectares within the sovereign borders of at least 75 countries.

This book brings together recent advances in the area of abiotic stress tolerance in various vegetables, fruit crops, plantation crops and tuber crops.

The book presents recent research on marine ecology in different parts of the world.

Land degradation caused by salinity and waterlogging is a global problem afflicting about one billion hectares and endangering the food security of at least 75 countries.

This book examines various facets of the development process such as aid, poverty, caste networks, corruption, and judicial activism.

This book is a comprehensive overview of the fungi that are clinically relevant for animals and humans.

This volume addresses in detail both livestock's role in climate change and the impacts of climate change on livestock production and reproduction.

The ever increasing emission of carbon dioxide due to rapid industrialization, urbanization, unplanned tourism and alteration of land use pattern is causing unprecedented changes to marine biodiversity.

Insect science is fast changing as insects are evolving to a plethora of newer chemical molecules, climate change, management tactics and transformation of the landscapes.

This book focuses on land and disaster governance in Asian countries.

Issues linking climate change and economic growth are now at the centre of discussions regarding development strategies especially in the context of developing countries.

Climate change, a global phenomenon, has attracted scientists to contribute in anticipatory research to mitigate adverse impacts, which are more important for horticulture, considering that the scenario is in the midst of revolution, reaching the production level of 250 million tonnes in India.

Climate change has been addressed since last decade based on the influence of human activities like production of industrial effluents, land use changes and other activities due to development of the society.

Angelo Secchi was a key figure in 19th century science.

The International Conference on Water, Energy, and Environment for Sustainability (IC-WEES) 2022 is a flagship conference of National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan.

Emissions of CO2 have come to be regarded as the main factor in climate change in recent years, and how to control them has become a pressing issue.

Since the late 1960s the Indonesian state of East Kalimantan has witnessed a marked increase in the impact of human activities chiefly commercial logging and agricultural exploitation.

This book summarizes three years of extensive research conducted in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Vietnam as part of the CECAR - Asia project, which was intended to enhance resilience to climate and ecosystem changes by developing mosaic systems to strengthen resilience of bio-production systems through the integration of large-scale modern agriculture systems with traditional, decentralized small-scale systems.

This book outlines the performance and management of mangroves in the changing climatic scenario of the Asia-Pacific region and draws examples and lessons from the national and community-driven mangrove conservation programs of relevant countries including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Japan as well as the Pacific islands.

This book consists of the articles from thespecial issue of Hot Spots in the Climate System in the Journal of Oceanography,Vol.

This book demonstrates the challenges and opportunities of climate change actions in developing countries and primarily focuses on case studies in Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country.

This book is aimed at graduate students and research scientists interested in gaining a deeper understanding of atmospheric chemistry, fundamental photochemistry, and gas phase and heterogeneous reaction kinetics.

This book covers diverse environmental issues such as climate change; biodiversity preservation; prevention of air, water, and soil pollution; and resource recycling.

This book is an excellent resource for scientists, political decision makers, and students interested in the impact of peatlands on climate change and ecosystem function, containing a plethora of recent research results such as monitoring-sensing-modeling for carbon-water flux/storage, biodiversity and peatland management in tropical regions.

Reading this book will lead to new insights compelling to an international audience into how cities address the sustainability challenges they face.

This book draws examples from food security issues in Bangladesh.

The purpose of this publication is to elucidate the biological aspect of the abiotic stress response from the field to the molecular level in horticultural plants.

This book focuses on exploring the linkages between natural disasters and sustainable development at the global, regional, and national levels.

In this book, an interdisciplinary research group of faculty members, researchers, professionals, and planners contributed to an understanding of the dynamics and dimensions of emerging challenges and risks in megacities in the rapidly changing urban environments in Asia and examined emerging resilience themes from the point of view of sustainability and public policy.

The book presents an overview of recent advances in knowledge related to the assessment and management of groundwater resources, giving special attention to the uncertainties related to climate change and variability.

The over-exploitation of important earth resources such as land and water has led to a number of environment-related problems the world over.

Sustainability of rural communities is threatened by a plethora of factors including climate change and disasters which interact in an intricate manner in making rural people vulnerable and poor.

Since 2008, the Global Center of Excellence (COE) at Kyoto University, Japan, has been engaged in a program called "e;Energy Science in the Age of Global Warming-Toward a CO2 Zero-Emission Energy System.

This book consists of the articles from the special issue of "e;New developments in mode-water research: Dynamic and climatic effects"e; in the Journal of Oceanography, Vol.

Since 2008, the Global Center of Excellence (COE) at Kyoto University, Japan, has been engaged in a program called "e;Energy Science in the Age of Global Warming-Toward a CO2 Zero-Emission Energy System.

The book outlines the climate change adaptation (CCA) actions in Bangladesh drawing examples and lessons from different projects and programs in the country.

The Global COE is setting out a zero-emission technology roadmap and is promoting socioeconomic studies of energy, studies of new technologies for renewable energies, and research for advanced nuclear energy.