Climate Change. Biological and Human Aspects
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Author(s): J. Cowie
Publisher: Cambridge International Science Publishing
ISBN: 9780521696197
Format: softback
487pp
Price: £27.99
Review Date: 01 October 2007
Review: This textbook provides a review of past, present and likely future climate change from the viewpoints of biology, ecology and human ecology. The correct temperature and water are essential to all forms of life. Climate is important in determining where species live and climate change is critical. A knowledge of the presence of past species can indicate the climate then. Humans are not only subject to the effects of climate change, they re is also evidence that our way of living is currently altering the global climate. There are chapters on: principle indicators of past climates; past climate change; the Oligocene to the Quaternary; present climate and biological change; current warming and future impacts; the human ecology of climate change; and sustainability and policy.