02392nam a2200337Ia 4500 322199 20160527191417.0 130520s2013 enk b 001 0 eng c 2012013138 9781107018433 (hbk.) 1107018439 (hbk.) 9781107603561 (pbk.) 1107603560 (pbk.) DLC DLC DLC pcc QH543 .C69 2013 551.6 C8748c2 23 Cowie, Jonathan. 214030 Local Climate change biological and human aspects Jonathan Cowie. 2nd ed. Cambridge [England] New York Cambridge University Press 2013. xxii, 558 p. ill., maps 26 cm. "This book is about biology and human ecology as they relate to climate change. Let's take it as read that climate change is one of the most urgent and fascinating science-related issues of our time and that you are interested in the subject: for if you were not you would not be reading this now. Indeed, there are many books on climate change but nearly all, other than the voluminous Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, tend to focus on a specialist aspect of climate, be it weather, palaeoclimatology, modelling and so forth. Even books relating to biological dimensions of climate change tend to be specialist, with a focus that may relate to agriculture, health or palaeoecology. These are, by and large, excellent value provided that they cover the specialist ground which readers seek. However, the biology of climate change is so broad that the average life-sciences student, or specialist seeking a broader context in which to view their own field, has difficulty in finding a wide-ranging review of the biology and human ecology of climate change. Non-bioscience specialists with an interest in climate change (geologists, geographers, atmospheric chemists, etc.) face a similar problem"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. Climatic changes History. 74402 Local Human ecology 113116 Local Human beings Effect of environment on. 113106 Local Climatic changes Environmental aspects. 74402 Local Paleoclimatology 147045 Local Bioclimatology. 202185 Local 239864 239864 0 0 ddc 0 551_600000000000000_C8748C2 0 evl 144339 10 10 1 2016-05-27 Amazon 55.18 513826 0 551.6 C8748c2 80000002505637 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:322199 z:Presup. 2012-13 6