Little Ice Ages Vol2 Ed2

Jean M Grove (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

328 Seiten

2004 | 2nd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-33423-5 (ISBN)

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Since The Little Ice Age was published in 1988, interest in climatic history has grown rapidly and research in the area has flourished. A vast amount of new data has become available from sources such as ice cores, speleothems and tree rings. The picture that we have of past climates and glacier oscillations has extended further into the past and has become more detailed. However, the knowledge of climate change on the decennial and centennial timescale, to which glacier history can contribute, is scarce and is in demand when attempting to predict future change, especially with regard to global warming. New chapters and material have been included throughout the book, which tend to confirm and elaborate on the conclusions of the first edition. The glacial evidence has been presented in the context of the oceanographic and icecap studies that have provided such exciting results. Little Ice Ages is structured in three parts: Part 1 details the evidence for glacier variations in the last thousand years in different parts of the world and the associated climatic fluctuations. Part 2 brings together the evidence for the timing of glacier variations in the course of the Holocene. Part 3 views the Holocene record in a longer time context, especially as it appears in ice cores, and goes on to consider the likely causes of climatic variability on a Little Ice Age timescale and some of its physical, biological and human consequences. It becomes apparent in Little Ice Ages that the glacier record provides a valuable indication of the nature of climatic fluctuations on the land areas of the globe. The record points to periods of cooling which were more numerous and less continuous than was believed to be the case twenty years ago. There appears to be no single explanation for the variability. Volcanism, solar variability and ocean currents have all played their parts and prediction continues to present many problems. Some authorities have thrown doubt on the existence of the Little Ice Age, but Little Ice Age makes the case for a climatic sequence that can usefully be called the Little Ice Age and which had predecessors occurring at intervals of several centuries throughout much of the last 10,000 years.

The late Jean M. Grove was Fellow and Director of Studies in Geography at Girton College, Cambridge.

VOLUME II: PART 2 THE HOLOCENE 15 GLACIAL HISTORY OF THE HOLOCENE PART 3 CONTEXT, CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES 16 THE LITTLE ICE AGE IN CONTEXT: ICE CORE EVIDENCE OF QUATERNARY ENVIRONMENTAL FLUCTUATIONS 17 CAUSES OF THE LITTLE ICE AGE AND SIMILAR FLUCTUATIONS 18 CONSEQUENCES OF THE LITTLE ICE AGE CLIMATIC FLUCTUATION 19 A SUMMING UP

Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
ISBN-10	0-415-33423-3 / 0415334233
ISBN-13	978-0-415-33423-5 / 9780415334235
Zustand	Neuware