Currents of change : Impacts of El Niño and La Niña on climate and society
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Currents of change : Impacts of El Niño and La Niña on climate and society
Cambridge University Press, 2001
2nd ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-248) and index
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Droughts, hurricanes and floods are generated worldwide by the periodic warming and cooling of the tropical Pacific Ocean's surface waters. El Nino's impacts are now widely known, but the equally serious consequences of its counterpart, La Nina, are only now being highlighted. Although both phenomena have generally been associated with death and destruction, there are benefits in understanding more about their occurrence, their strength and their impacts worldwide, so that their worst effects can be forecast and mitigated. This new edition of Currents of Change explains in simple terms what El Nino and La Nina are and how they can be forecast. Examining for the first time the major El Nino of 1997-1998, this book explores what we can learn from past events, what we can do to ameliorate the worst excesses of these phenomena and how climate change might affect them in future decades.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface to second edition
- Preface to first edition
- 1. Introduction
- 2. El Nino
- 3. A tale of two histories
- 4. The biography of El Nino
- 5. The biography of La Nina
- 6. The 1982-1983 El Nino: a case of an anomalous anomaly
- 7. Forecasting El Nino
- 8. Forecasting the 1997-1998 El Nino
- 9. Teleconnections
- 10. El Nino's ecological impacts: The Galapagos
- 11. Methods used to identify El Nino
- 12. El Nino and health
- 13. The media, El Nino and La Nina: a study in media-rology
- 14. Why do ENSO events continue to surprise us?
- 15. What people need to know about El Nino
- 16. Usable science
- Appendix
- References.
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