El Niño in history
Subtitle: storming through the ages
By: César N. Caviedes.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Gainesville, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Weather; El Niño Current -- Environmental aspects; La Niña Current -- Environmental aspects
Description: "Cesar Caviedes provides the first comprehensive historical account of El Nino, the fascinating and disruptive weather phenomenon that has affected weather cycles all over the globe for thousands of years. Combining scientific accuracy with readable presentation, he brings together all existing information, references, and clues about past El Nino occurrences and their impact on political, military, social, economic, and environmental history.

This sweeping demonstration of the impact of climatic fluctuation on human history will be fascinating to the scientific community as well as to the general public."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-273) and index.
Table of contents: title: Grasping the basic concepts; title: Searching for past El Niños; title: Tracing early occurrences; title: Raging seas of El Niño; title: Droughts in the tropics; title: Altered states: from El Niño to La Niña; title: Imprints of El Niño in world history; title: Traces in the misty past; title: Where else to look?