Currents of Change
Impacts of El Nińo and La Nińa on Climate and Society
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Product details:
- Edition number 2, Revised
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 23 November 2000
- ISBN 9780521786720
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages268 pages
- Size 229x152x15 mm
- Weight 400 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 65 b/w illus. 19 tables 0
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Short description:
Explores in simple terms the effects and ramifications of El Ni&&&241;o and La Ni&&&241;a events.
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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 Ni&&&241;o's impacts are now widely known, but the equally serious consequences of its counterpart, La Ni&&&241;a, 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 Ni&&&241;o and La Ni&&&241;a are and how they can be forecast. Examining for the first time the major El Ni&&&241;o 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.
From reviews of the first edition: '... for atmospheric scientists, the book provides a meaningful perspective of the human component of the phenomena described. For the social scientist, it is an account of El Ni&&&241;o that will help clear up any misrepresentations derived from popular accounts. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book.' John Oliver, International Journal of Climatology
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements; Preface to second edition; Preface to first edition; 1. Introduction; 2. El Ni&&&241;o; 3. A tale of two histories; 4. The biography of El Ni&&&241;o; 5. The biography of La Ni&&&241;a; 6. The 1982-1983 El Ni&&&241;o: a case of an anomalous anomaly; 7. Forecasting El Ni&&&241;o; 8. Forecasting the 1997-1998 El Ni&&&241;o; 9. Teleconnections; 10. El Ni&&&241;o's ecological impacts: The Galapagos; 11. Methods used to identify El Ni&&&241;o; 12. El Ni&&&241;o and health; 13. The media, El Ni&&&241;o and La Ni&&&241;a: a study in media-rology; 14. Why do ENSO events continue to surprise us?; 15. What people need to know about El Ni&&&241;o; 16. Usable science; Appendix; References.
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