Little ice ages : ancient and modern
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Little ice ages : ancient and modern
（Routledge studies in physical geography and environment, 5）
Routledge, 2004
2nd ed
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- v. 1
- v. 2
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First published 1988 as The Little Ice Age by Methuen
Includes bibliographical references (v. 2: p. [644]-714) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: set ISBN 9780415099486
Description
The evidence for the Little Ice Age, the most important fluctuation in global climate in historical times, is most dramatically represented by the advance of mountain glaciers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and their retreat since about 1850. The effects on the landscape and the daily life of people have been particularly apparent in Norway and the Alps. This major book places an extensive body of material relating to Europe, in the form of documentary evidence of the history of the glaciers, their portrayal in paintings and maps, and measurements made by scientists and others, within a global perspective.
It shows that the glacial history of mountain regions all over the world displays a similar pattern of climatic events. Furthermore, fluctuations on a comparable scale have occurred at intervals of a millennium or two throughout the last ten thousand years since the ice caps of North America and northwest Europe melted away. This is the first scholarly work devoted to the Little Ice Age, by an author whose research experience of the subject has been extensive. This book includes large numbers of maps, diagrams and photographs, many not published elsewhere, and very full bibliographies. It is a definitive work on the subject, and an excellent focus for the work of economic and social historians as well as glaciologists, climatologists, geographers, and specialists in mountain environment.
Table of Contents
VOLUME I, 1 INTRODUCTION 1, PART 1 THE LITTLE ICE AGE OF THE SECOND MILLENNIUM, VOLUME II PART 2 THE HOLOCENE, PART 3 CONTEXT, CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES
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v. 1 ISBN 9780415334228
Description
Since The Little Ice Age was published in 1988, interest in climatic history has grown rapidly and research in the area has flourished. A vast amount of new data has become available from sources such as ice cores, speleothems and tree rings. The picture that we have of past climates and glacier oscillations has extended further into the past and has become more detailed. However, the knowledge of climate change on the decennial and centennial timescale, to which glacier history can contribute, is scarce and is in demand when attempting to predict future change, especially with regard to global warming. New chapters and material have been included throughout the book, which tend to confirm and elaborate on the conclusions of the first edition. The glacial evidence has been presented in the context of the oceanographic and icecap studies that have provided such exciting results. Little Ice Ages is structured in three parts:
Part 1 details the evidence for glacier variations in the last thousand years in different parts of the world and the associated climatic fluctuations.
Part 2 brings together the evidence for the timing of glacier variations in the course of the Holocene.
Part 3 views the Holocene record in a longer time context, especially as it appears in ice cores, and goes on to consider the likely causes of climatic variability on a Little Ice Age timescale and some of its physical, biological and human consequences.
It becomes apparent in Little Ice Ages that the glacier record provides a valuable indication of the nature of climatic fluctuations on the land areas of the globe. The record points to periods of cooling which were more numerous and less continuous than was believed to be the case twenty years ago. There appears to be no single explanation for the variability. Volcanism, solar variability and ocean currents have all played their parts and prediction continues to present many problems. Some authorities have thrown doubt on the existence of the Little Ice Age, but Little Ice Age makes the case for a climatic sequence that can usefully be called the Little Ice Age and which had predecessors occurring at intervals of several centuries throughout much of the last 10,000 years.
Table of Contents
Volume I 1 Introduction Part 1 The Little Ice Age of the Second Millennium 2 Icelandic glaciers and sea ice 3. Scandinavia 4.The Mont Blanc Massif 5. The Otztal, Eastern Alps 6. Switzerland 7. Southern Europe: The Pyrennees, Maritime Alps and Apennines 8. Asia 9. North America 10. Arctic Islands 11. Low latitudes: tropical Latin America, East Africa and New Guinea 12. Southern Hemisphere mid latitudes: the Southern Andes and New Zealand 13. Antartica and the Sub-Antartic Islands 14. Little Ice Age climate
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v. 2 ISBN 9780415334235
Description
Since The Little Ice Age was published in 1988, interest in climatic history has grown rapidly and research in the area has flourished. A vast amount of new data has become available from sources such as ice cores, speleothems and tree rings. The picture that we have of past climates and glacier oscillations has extended further into the past and has become more detailed. However, the knowledge of climate change on the decennial and centennial timescale, to which glacier history can contribute, is scarce and is in demand when attempting to predict future change, especially with regard to global warming. New chapters and material have been included throughout the book, which tend to confirm and elaborate on the conclusions of the first edition. The glacial evidence has been presented in the context of the oceanographic and icecap studies that have provided such exciting results. Little Ice Ages is structured in three parts: Part 1 details the evidence for glacier variations in the last thousand years in different parts of the world and the associated climatic fluctuations. Part 2 brings together the evidence for the timing of glacier variations in the course of the Holocene. Part 3 views the Holocene record in a longer time context, especially as it appears in ice cores, and goes on to consider the likely causes of climatic variability on a Little Ice Age timescale and some of its physical, biological and human consequences. It becomes apparent in Little Ice Ages that the glacier record provides a valuable indication of the nature of climatic fluctuations on the land areas of the globe. The record points to periods of cooling which were more numerous and less continuous than was believed to be the case twenty years ago. There appears to be no single explanation for the variability. Volcanism, solar variability and ocean currents have all played their parts and prediction continues to present many problems. Some authorities have thrown doubt on the existence of the Little Ice Age, but Little Ice Age makes the case for a climatic sequence that can usefully be called the Little Ice Age and which had predecessors occurring at intervals of several centuries throughout much of the last 10,000 years.
Table of Contents
VOLUME II: PART 2 THE HOLOCENE 15 GLACIAL HISTORY OF THE HOLOCENE PART 3 CONTEXT, CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES 16 THE LITTLE ICE AGE IN CONTEXT: ICE CORE EVIDENCE OF QUATERNARY ENVIRONMENTAL FLUCTUATIONS 17 CAUSES OF THE LITTLE ICE AGE AND SIMILAR FLUCTUATIONS 18 CONSEQUENCES OF THE LITTLE ICE AGE CLIMATIC FLUCTUATION 19 A SUMMING UP
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