Handbook Of Climate Change And Agroecosystems: Impacts, Adaptation, And Mitigation (Hardcover)

The portending process of climate change, induced by the anthropogenic accumulations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, is likely to generate effects that will cascade through the biosphere, impacting all life on earth and bearing upon human endeavors. Of special concern is the potential effect on agriculture and global food security.Anticipating these effects demands that scientists widen their field of vision and cooperate across disciplines to encompass increasingly complex interactions. Trans-disciplinary cooperation should aim to generate effective responses to the evolving risks, including actions to mitigate the emissions of greenhouse gases and to adapt to those climate changes that cannot be avoided.This handbook presents an exposition of current research on the impacts, adaptation, and mitigation of climate change in relation to agroecosystems. It is offered as the first volume in what is intended to be an ongoing series dedicated to elucidating the interactions of climate change with a broad range of sectors and systems, and to developing and spurring effective responses to this global challenge. As the collective scientific and practical knowledge of the processes and responses involved continues to grow, future volumes in the series will address important aspects of the topic periodically over the coming years.

General

Imprint:	Imperial College Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	ICP Series on Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation, 1
Release date:	September 2010
First published:	September 2010
Editors:	Daniel Hillel • Cynthia Rosenzweig
Dimensions:	248 x 173 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	452
ISBN-13:	978-1-84816-655-4
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Meteorology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming Promotions
LSN:	1-84816-655-9
Barcode:	9781848166554

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