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Wolfgang Behringer introduces us to the latest historical research on the development of the earth's climate; he shows what may today be considered secure knowledge, which changes have taken place in the past, and how they hindered or promoted the advance of Homo sapiens. The book first offers some elements of scientific orientation, then examines in greater detail the connection between the climate and cultural development since the middle ages. Behringer's exciting study graphically portrays the difficulties that our ancestors had to face and the solutions they came up with, and also discusses sometimes balmier periods such as the age of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. It will give us new heart to think of climate change as the number one challenge for our generation and to develop more positive approaches to the issue.
Wolfgang Behringer introduces us to the latest historical research on the development of the earth's climate; he shows what may today be considered secure knowledge, which changes have taken place in the past, and how they hindered or promoted the advance of Homo sapiens. The book first offers some elements of scientific orientation, then examines in greater detail the connection between the climate and cultural development since the middle ages. Behringer's exciting study graphically portrays the difficulties that our ancestors had to face and the solutions they came up with, and also discusses sometimes balmier periods such as the age of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. It will give us new heart to think of climate change as the number one challenge for our generation and to develop more positive approaches to the issue.
Introduction 1
1. What Do We Know about the Climate? 8
Sources of Climate History 8
Causes of Climate Change 14
The Palaeoclimate since the Formation of the Planet 20
2. Global Warming: The Holocene 31
Children of the Ice Age 31
Global Warming and Civilization 39
From Roman Optimum to Medieval Warm Period 60
3. Global Cooling: The Little Ice Age 85
The Concept of the Little Ice Age 85
The Changing Environment 88
Dance of Death 103
Winter Blues 115
4. Cultural Consequences of the Little Ice Age 121
The Wrathful God 121
Sin Economics as the Motor of Change 133
The Cool Sun of Reason 146
5. Global Warming: The Modern Warm Period 168
Apparent Uncoupling from the Forces of Nature 168
The Discovery of Global Warming 182
Reactions to Climate Change 191
6. Epilogue: Sins against the Environment and Greenhouse Climate 206
Notes 218
Further reading 262
Index 264
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Geowissenschaften |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 280 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780745645292 |
| ISBN-10: | 0745645291 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 1A745645290 |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Behringer, Wolfgang |
| Übersetzung: | Camiller, Patrick |
| Hersteller: |
Polity Press
John Wiley & Sons |
| Maße: | 229 x 151 x 29 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Wolfgang Behringer |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 21.12.2009 |
| Gewicht: | 0,521 kg |
Introduction 1
1. What Do We Know about the Climate? 8
Sources of Climate History 8
Causes of Climate Change 14
The Palaeoclimate since the Formation of the Planet 20
2. Global Warming: The Holocene 31
Children of the Ice Age 31
Global Warming and Civilization 39
From Roman Optimum to Medieval Warm Period 60
3. Global Cooling: The Little Ice Age 85
The Concept of the Little Ice Age 85
The Changing Environment 88
Dance of Death 103
Winter Blues 115
4. Cultural Consequences of the Little Ice Age 121
The Wrathful God 121
Sin Economics as the Motor of Change 133
The Cool Sun of Reason 146
5. Global Warming: The Modern Warm Period 168
Apparent Uncoupling from the Forces of Nature 168
The Discovery of Global Warming 182
Reactions to Climate Change 191
6. Epilogue: Sins against the Environment and Greenhouse Climate 206
Notes 218
Further reading 262
Index 264
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Geowissenschaften |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 280 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780745645292 |
| ISBN-10: | 0745645291 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 1A745645290 |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Behringer, Wolfgang |
| Übersetzung: | Camiller, Patrick |
| Hersteller: |
Polity Press
John Wiley & Sons |
| Maße: | 229 x 151 x 29 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Wolfgang Behringer |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 21.12.2009 |
| Gewicht: | 0,521 kg |
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