This ground-breaking text addresses predictable modification in the climate system in the context of global warming. Ideal for researchers and advanced students, it explores current thinking on natural climate change. INDICE: Contributors.Abbreviations.1. Holocene climate variability and global warming. Richard W. Battarbee.2. Holocene climate research progress, paradigms, and problems. H. John B. Birks.3. The role of people in the Holocene. Frank Oldfield.4. Modelling the climate of the Holocene. Michel Crucifix.5. The early to mid-Holocene thermal optimum in the North Atlantic. Eystein Jansen, Carin Andersson, Matthias Moros, Kerim H. Nisancioglu, Birgitte F. Nyland, and Richard J. Telford.6. Holocene climate change and the evidence for solar and other forcings. Juerg Beer and Bas van Geel.7. Climate of the past millennium: combining proxy data and model simulations. Hugues Goosse, Michael E. Mann, and Hans Renssen.8. Latitudinal linkages in late-Holocene moisture-balance variation. Dirk Verschuren and Dan J. Charman.9. Holocene rapid land-cover changes evidence and theory. Martin Claussen.10. Holocene perspectives on future climate change. Ray Bradley.Index
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-5905-0
- Editorial: Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés