Climatic change and its impacts
Subtitle: an overview focusing on Switzerland
By: by Martin Beniston
Series: Advances in global change research -- 19
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Climatic changes -- Switzerland; Climatic changes
Description: "This book draws upon recent scientific work by the author, as well as by close colleagues working within scientific networks both in Switzerland and Europe, in order to provide the reader with up-to-date information on climate processes in the course of the 20th and 21st centuries. This book is intended for students from the undergraduate level onwards and researchers interested in climate issues specific to the alpine region."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-286)
Table of contents: title: Climate, the environment, and humankind: lessons from the past; title: The climate system; title: Natural forcing of the climate system; title: Anthropogenic forcing of the climate system; title: Modeling and observing climate; title: Current and future climatic change; title: Climate in Switzerland since 1900; title: Climate trends and impacts in Switzerland in the 21st Century; title: Conclusions