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"Big freeze" conditions, storms, severe flooding, droughts, and
heatwaves - recent extremes in weather, with their resultant
physical, economic and human losses, highlight the vulnerability of
society to changes in the atmosphere. Atmospheric pollution,
urbanization, natural atmospheric disasters are causing dramatic
changes in climatic environments. This study examines the effects
of climate on physical, biological and cultural environments.
Specialist contributors from Europe, North America and Australasia
examine the impacts of changing climates on the functioning and
development of physical biological environments including glaciers,
water resources, landforms, soils, vegetation and animals. Weather
and climate effects day-to-day activities and lifestyles from the
clothes we wear to the buildings we design, and the food and energy
we produce. This book focuses on the relationship between climate
and a wide range of human activities and responses relating to
health and comfort, building design, transport systems, agriculture
and fisheries, tourism and social, industrial and legal issues.
'Big freeze' conditions, storms, severe flooding, droughts, and heatwaves - recent extremes in weather, with their resultant physical, economic and human losses, highlight the vulnerability of society to changes in the atmosphere. Atmospheric pollution, urbanization, natural atmospheric disasters are causing dramatic changes in climatic environments. Applied Climatology examines the effects of climate on physical, biological and cultural environments. Specialist contributors from Europe, N. America and Australasia examine the impacts of changing climates on the functioning and development of physical biological environments including glaciers, water resources, landforms, soils, vegetation and animals. Weather and climate effects day-to-day activities and lifestyles from the clothes we wear to the buildings we design, and the food and energy we produce. This book focusses on the relationship between climate and a wide range of human activities and responses relating to health and comfort, building design, transport systems, agriculture and fisheries, tourism and social, industrial and legal issues. Climate-environment relationships and impacts on human activities are predicted to change dramatically if global warming accelerates at the rates currently proposed. Applied Climatology examines the characteristics and consequences of the changing global climate and considers the future for both natural and human environments.
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