California’s extraordinary ecological and economic diversity has brought it prosperity, pollution, and overpopulation. These factors and the state’s national and international ties make California an essential test case for the impact of global climate change—temperature increases, water shortages, more ultraviolet radiation. The scientists in this forward-looking volume give their best estimates of what the future holds.
Beginning with an overview by Joseph Knox, the book discusses the greenhouse effect, the latest climate modeling capabilities, the implications of climate change for water resources, agriculture, biological ecosystems, human behavior, and energy.
The warning inherent in a scenario of unchecked population growth and energy use in California applies to residents of the entire planet. The sobering conclusions related here include recommendations for research that will help us all prepare for potential climate change.
This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.
California’s extraordinary ecological and economic diversity has brought it prosperity, pollution, and overpopulation. These factors and the state’s national and international ties make California an essential test case for the impact of global climate ch
Beginning with an overview by Joseph Knox, the book discusses the greenhouse effect, the latest climate modeling capabilities, the implications of climate change for water resources, agriculture, biological ecosystems, human behavior, and energy.
The warning inherent in a scenario of unchecked population growth and energy use in California applies to residents of the entire planet. The sobering conclusions related here include recommendations for research that will help us all prepare for potential climate change.
This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.
California’s extraordinary ecological and economic diversity has brought it prosperity, pollution, and overpopulation. These factors and the state’s national and international ties make California an essential test case for the impact of global climate ch
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Joseph B. Knox, division leader of atmospheric and geophysical sciences at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is Director of the National Institute for Global Environmental Change in Davis, California. Ann Foley Scheuring is a professional editor and writer affiliated with the University of California, Davis.
Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 228 ● ISBN 9780520912014 ● Taille du fichier 8.1 MB ● Éditeur Ann Foley Scheuring & Joseph B. Knox ● Maison d’édition University of California Press ● Publié 2023 ● Édition 1 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 9229989 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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