Spatial Impacts of Climate Change (eBook)

Denis Mercier (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2021 | 1. Auflage
336 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-119-81791-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Climate change has been a central concern over recent years,
with visible and highly publicized consequences such as melting
Arctic ice and mountain glaciers, rising sea levels, and the
submersion of low-lying coastal areas during mid-latitude and
tropical cyclones.

This book presents a review of the spatial impacts of
contemporary climate change, with a focus on a systematic,
multi-scalar approach. Beyond the facts rises in temperature,
changes in the spatial distribution of precipitation, melting of the
marine and terrestrial cryosphere, changes in hydrological
regimes at high and medium latitudes, etc. it also analyzes the
geopolitical consequences in the Arctic and Central Asia, changes
to Mediterranean culture and to viticulture on a global scale, as
well as impacts on the distribution of life, for example, in the
Amazon rainforest, in large biomes on a global scale, and for
birds.

Autor

Denis Mercier is Professor of Geography at Sorbonne University and a member of the Laboratory of Physical Geography: Quaternary and Current Environments. His research focuses on the impacts of climate change on the polar environment and the risks of flooding and sea submergence.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.3.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Schlagworte: Bauingenieur- u. Bauwesen • Civil Engineering & Construction • Environmental impact • Geographie • Geography • Umweltbelastung
• ISBN-10: 1-119-81791-9 / 1119817919
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-81791-8 / 9781119817918