Climates of Hunger: Mankind and the World's Changing Weather
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Book Overview
In recent years, world climate changes have drawn more attention than at any other time in history. What we once called "crazy weather," just a few years ago, is now beginning to be seen as a part of a logical and, in part, predictable pattern, an awesome natural force that we must deal with if man is to avoid disaster of unprecedented proportions.
Climates of Hunger is a book of paramount importance for our time. It will be essential reading not only for professionals in the field--including agricultural meteorologists, political scientists, geographers, sociologists, and business counselors--but for all who are concerned in any way with environmental trends, world and domestic food supplies, and their effects on human institutions.Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0299073742
ISBN13:9780299073749
Release Date:January 1979
Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
Length:188 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.6" x 8.7"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Climate Change
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
As a student of Prof. Bryson in the '60s, I greatly appreciated his insight into both the constancy of climate change and the impact of human populations on macro climates. It is important in this day when so many have discovered climate change and think it is a recent phenomena that there is a voice, like Prof. Bryson's, to remind us that climate change has always been part of the planet. Bryson's view today is raised along with many paleoclimatologists against the voice of panic and those preaching the doom of the planet due to a modest increase in CO2 (no where near historic levels). Bryson's wisdom and decades of study is the voice of reason today and needs to be listened to.
Climates of Hunger -- Climate change primer still standing
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Reid Bryson, a premier prof. at the premier climatology program wrote this for non-technical audiences in 1978. The "Global Warming" apostles need to go back to this book, because climate change is not just warming. Bryson connects the dots between regional climates in a global pattern, based on shifting jet streams. Warming in one location occurs simultaneously with cooling in another. Drought in one location occurs simultaneously with increased precip in another location. Since climate is ephemoral, the history of climates is read in ice cores, tree rings, plant and animal paleontology, written history, crop yield records, and parish birth and death records. A rigorous approach in any of these areas could only reach a small and specialized audience; the population ready for such an approach in all these fields doesn't exist. Climates of Hunger uses case studies drawn from the best rigorous climate science of the day; for less 'sketchiness', refer to the references. Bryson "wrote the book" in the 70s; public interest needs the depth of understanding beyond 'warming' now.
Good book for weather and history buffs
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This book is pretty good. It describes man's impact on climate with some case studies to back it up. Additionally, the book goes into attempting to reconstruct past climates through different methods. Although some of the conclusions that were drawn could be considered sketchy, it's an excellent book and I would recommend it to anyone with an interest in climates, history, or global warming.
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