Climatic Change: Evidence, Causes, and Effects

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Climatic Change

Evidence, Causes, and Effects

Edited by: Harlow Shapley
In collaboration with: Harlow Shapley , Carleton S. Coon , Paul B. Sears , Hurd C. Willett , H. Wexler , John Wolbach , Donald H. Menzel , Barbara Bell , P. L. Bhatnagar , Max Krook , A. J. J. van Woerkom , Dirk Brouwer , Richard Foster Flint , John T. Hack , C. C. Nikiforoff , J. Laurence Kulp , Edmund Schulman , John H. Conover , Victor Conrad , Elso S. Barghoorn , Edwin H. Colbert and Edward S. Deevey, Jr.

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1953

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Geosciences Atmospheric Science and Climatology

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1. ON CLIMATE AND LIFE Harlow Shapley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
2. CLIMATE AND RACE Carleton S. Coon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	13
3. CLIMATE AND CIVILIZATION Paul B. Sears Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	35
4. ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC CIRCULATION AS FACTORS IN GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CHANGES OF CLIMATE Hurd C. Willett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	51
5. RADIATION BALANCE OF THE EARTH AS A FACTOR IN CLIMATIC CHANGE H. Wexler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	73
6. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF GEOGRAPHICAL CAUSES OF CLIMATIC CHANGE John Wolbach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	107
7. ON THE CAUSES OF THE ICE AGES Donald H. Menzel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	117
8. SOLAR VARIATION AS AN EXPLANATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE Barbara Bell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	123
9. INTERNAL CONSTITUTION OF THE SUN AND CLIMATIC CHANGES P. L. Bhatnagar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	137
10. INTERSTELLAR MATTER AND THE SOLAR CONSTANT Max Krook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	143
11. THE ASTRONOMICAL THEORY OF CLIMATE CHANGES A.J.J. van Woerkom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	147
12. THE POLAR MOTION AND CHANGES IN THE EARTH'S ORBIT Dirk Brouwer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	159
13. EVIDENCE FROM GLACIAL GEOLOGY AS TO CLIMATIC VARIATIONS Richard Foster Flint Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	165
14. GEOLOGIC EVIDENCE OF LATE PLEISTOCENE CLIMATES John T. Hack Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	179
15. PEDOGENIC CRITERIA OF CLIMATIC CHANGES C. C. Nikiforoff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	189
16. CLIMATIC CHANGES AND RADIOISOTOPE DATING J. Laurence Kulp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	201
17. TREE-RING EVIDENCE FOR CLIMATIC CHANGES Edmund Schulman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	209
18. CLIMATIC CHANGES AS INTERPRETED FROM METEOROLOGICAL DATA John H. Conover Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	221
19. CLIMATIC CHANGES OR CYCLES? Victor Conrad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	231
20. EVIDENCE OF CLIMATIC CHANGE IN THE GEOLOGIC RECORD OF PLANT LIFE Elso S. Barghoorn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	237
21. THE RECORD OF CLIMATIC CHANGES AS REVEALED BY VERTEBRATE PALEOECOLOGY Edwin H. Colbert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251
22. PALEOLIMNOLOGY AND CLIMATE Edward S. Deevey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	275
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	v

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October 1, 2013

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9780674367166

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February 5, 1953

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674367159

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5th printing 1970. Reprint 2014

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12

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318

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https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674367166

eBook ISBN: 9780674367166

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Climatology.

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