Paleoclimate, global change, and the future / Keith D. Alverson, Raymond S. Bradley, Thomas F. Pedersen (eds.).

Published:: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2003]
Copyright Date:: ©2003
Physical Description:: xiv, 220 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Additional Creators:: Alverson, Keith D., 1965-, Bradley, Raymond S., 1948-, and Pedersen, Thomas F., 1951-

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Global change--the IGBP series, 1619-2435

Contents:

THE SOCIETAL RELEVANCE OF PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH: A paleo-perspective on earth system function -- Past climate variability, human societies and human impacts -- Hydrological variability -- Ecosystem processes -- Landcover change -- Biodiversity -- Testing climate models with paleodata -- A paleo-perspective on future global change -- THE LATE QUATERNARY HISTORY OF ATMOSPHERIC TRACE GASES AND AEROSOLS: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CLIMATE AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES: Introduction: anthropogenic and natural changes -- The significance of past atmospheric records -- Glacial-interglacial cycles -- Abrupt climatic changes during the last ice age -- The Holocene -- The last millennium -- THE HISTORY OF CLIMATE DYNAMICS IN THE LATE QUATERNARY: Climate change under orbital forcing -- Interaction among climate system components on millennial time scales -- Climate modes on interannual to centennial scales -- THE LATE QUATERNARY HISTORY OF BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING OF CARBON: Continental processes and their impact on atmospheric CO2 -- Marine processes that affect atmospheric CO2 -- Impact of marine processes on atmospheric CO2 -- TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE DYNAMICS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM: PAST AND FUTURE: The roles of the terrestrial biosphere in the climate system -- Terrestrial biosphere changes in the past -- Terrestrial biosphere change of the future: out of the envelope and into a world of disequilibrium -- and THE CLIMATE OF THE LAST MILLENNIUM: Holocene climate variability -- Temperatures over the last millennium -- Uncertainties in large-scale temperature reconstructions -- The Medieval Warm Epoch and the Little Ice Age -- 20th century temperatures in perspective -- The Tropical ludo-Pacific -- Hydroclimatic variability in western North America -- North Atlantic region -- The Southern Hemisphere -- Forcing Factors: causes of temperature change in the last millennium -- Anthropogenic and natural climate forcings over the past millennium: model results -- Detecting twentieth century climate change -- THE ROLE OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES IN PAST ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Natural and human-induced processes of environmental change -- Past human impacts on the atmosphere -- Paleo-perspectives on acidification, eutrophication and the ecological status of lakes, coastal waters and peatlands -- Past human impacts as a result ofland-use and land-cover changes -- A paleo-perspective on human activity and bio-diversity -- Past human impacts on erosionrates, sediment yields and fluvial systems Environmental sustainability and human vulnerability in the perspective of the paleorecords -- Some future research priorities -- CHALLENGES OF A CHANGING EARTH: PAST PERSPECTIVES, FUTURE CONCERNS: Understanding earth system variability -- Nonlinear dynamics in the earth system -- Is the past irrelevant to the future? -- Human vulnerability to future climate change.

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ISBN:

3540424024 (alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-216) and index.

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