Climate has changed repeatedly during the three million years in which humans have occupied the Earth. Ice cap expansion and contraction, desrtification etc. Andrew Goudie shows that these changes are repetitive and will continue. Howeverin recent decades humans have started to modify global climates through changingthe gas content of the atmosphere and modifying the Earth's vegetative cover. Goudie argues that even minimal alteration of climate could have monumental consequences. We face: increased exposure to disease, drought hazards, reduced agricultural productivity. All these issues crucial to the Earth's future are covered in this thought-provoking book.
- ISBN10 0297819291
- ISBN13 9780297819295
- Publish Date 29 December 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 March 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 60
- Language English