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Weather, Climate and Climate Change: Human Perspectives "
provides an up-to-date and accessible analysis of one of the
most crucial and contentious issues facing the world today - the
processes and consequences of natural and human-induced changes in
the structure and function of the climate system. The theory of,
and evidence for, climate change forms a central role in the text
along with how weather and climate impacts on environment and
society. Examining the issues as a continuum, the authors present
an argument that is both highly topical and contextualised for
students and academics alike.
Features include:
- An introductory examination of the major components of the
climate system including coverage of the impact of mass and energy
on wind motion, atmosphere/ocean interactions, synoptic weather
systems, local and urban climates, air pollution episodes, ice
cores and ice ages, global warming and climate extremes including
drought, storm and flood.
- A detailed analysis of how future weather and climates can be
modelled.
- An investigation of climate and climate change within a
regional framework and through the examination of the climate of
high, middle and low latitudes.
- Case studies which illustrate and synthesise the main themes
within the text.
- A chapter on AClimate-human adjustmentA which draws on case
studies from both the developed and the developing world to explore
critical issues such as the varying adaptive capacity,
vulnerability and risk of regions and societies to extreme weather
events.
- Latest scientific developments which are integrated in context
throughout the text.
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Weather, Climate and Climate Change "will be essential reading
to students, academics and professionals in the fields of climate,
meteorology and global climate change and of broader interest to
those in physical geography and environmental studies/science in
general."
Greg OAHare is Professor of Geography at the University of
Derby.
John Sweeney is Senior Lecturer in Geography at National
University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland.
Rob Wilby is the Climate Change Science Manager at the
Environment Agency, having taken leave of absence from the
Department of Geography, King's College London."
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