Climate, History and the Modern World by Hubert H Lamb

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Climate, History and the Modern World by Hubert H Lamb

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With the inclusion of new material, preface and illustrations, this 2nd edition of Lamb's acclaimed book covers issues of past and present climates, impacts on human affairs and an understanding of the problems of forecasting.

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Climate, History and the Modern World by Hubert H Lamb

We live in a world that is increasingly vulnerable to climatic shocks - affecting agriculture and industry, government and international trade, not to mention human health and happiness. Serious anxieties have been aroused by respected scientists warning of dire perils that could result from upsets of the climatic regime. In this internationally acclaimed book, Emeritus Professor Hubert Lamb examines what we know about climate, how the past record of climate can be reconstructed, the causes of climatic variation, and its impact on human affairs now and in the historical and prehistoric past. This 2nd Edition includes a new preface and postscript reviewing the wealth of literature to emerge in recent years, and discusses implications for a deeper understanding of the problems of future climatic fluctuations and forecasting.

`.. he has succeeded in placing himself at the strategic centre of the problem. From there he has been able to undertake fascinating excursions into all sorts of fields ... the crowning achievement of a splendid career.' - Times Literary Supplement

Hubert H. Lamb is Emeritus Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences and was the Founder and first Director of the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia.
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ISBN 13 9780415127356
ISBN 10 0415127351
Title Climate, History and the Modern World
Author Hubert H Lamb
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Binding type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 1995-07-20
Number of pages 458
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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