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
€43.99
Circa l’autore
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.
Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 228 ● ISBN 9780520912014 ● Dimensione 8.1 MB ● Editore Ann Foley Scheuring & Joseph B. Knox ● Casa editrice University of California Press ● Pubblicato 2023 ● Edizione 1 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 9229989 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
Richiede un lettore di ebook compatibile con DRM
Altri ebook dello stesso autore / Editore
2.598 Ebook in questa categoria
