Climate change history bibliographies in harvard style. Throughout history, people have moved to adjust to changes in their environment, but more recently climate change and its impacts have sparked renewed interest among academics and the international community in the relationship between migration, the environment and climate change. Climate change in prehistory by william james burroughs. Although this bibliography focused on papers reporting on california, authoritative reports providing information at the national or global level were summarized if the information included california or was considered relevant to the state.
One thing he mentions is the change in the hydrological cycle. This book serves as a broad, accessible guide to the science behind this often political and heated debate by providing scientific detail and evidence in language that is clear to both the nonspecialist and the serious student. War, climate change and catastrophe in the seventeenth century yale university press, 20. Bibliography of historical climatology environmental. This is a list of climate change books that describe. Bence joness firsthand journal written for the royal agricultural society of england in 1873. The truth about the coming climate catastrophe and our last chance to save humanity, by james hansen the great warming. Exquisitely illustrated, the text introduces the basic science underlying both the natural progress of climate change and the effect of human activity on the deteriorating health of our planet.
The bibliography presented on this section presents a list of some of the work carried out by historians. Contribution of working group i to the fifth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change. We live in a world that is increasingly vulnerable to climatic shocks affecting agriculture and industry, government and international trade, not to mention human health and happiness. His prior work principally featured comparatively small spaces over modest spans of time. Help us build a bibliography on public history and climate change. He drifts on into talking about the weather and how it is changing. Sakarlak ponor and kepez cave, mersin, southern turkey, journal of cave and.
Climate change compels us to rethink many of our traditional means of historical understanding, and demands new ways of relating human knowledge, action and representations to the dimensions of. Publicaffairs, 2019 falls clearly in the first camp. Climate change is geared toward a variety of students and general readers who seek the real science behind global warming. Jan 02, 2020 climate change presents perhaps the most profound challenge ever confronted by human society. Climate change is an aspect of environmental science that has been studied throughout the centuries. Climate change and the course of global history studies. In this internationally acclaimed book, emeritus professor hubert lamb.
Although this bibliography focused on papers reporting on california, authoritative reports providing information at the national or global level were summarized if the information included. Written in an accessible manner by a skillful historian of meteorology, this short book only 194 pages offers an insightful overview of the history of how western civilization has understood changes in the climate. The environmental history of premodern eurasia a very short bibliography adger, w. Bibliography of historical climatology environmental history. A hypertext history of how scientists came to partly understand what people are doing to cause climate change.
The discovery of global warming february 2019 a hypertext history of how scientists came to partly understand what people are doing to cause climate change. Climate change and the course of global history by john l. American war imagines a future where the ramifications of climate changethe drowning of coastal cities, mass migration, lack of resources, and failed attempts to regulate fossile fuel useare the root cause of a civil war in the second half of the 21st century. For these reasons many workers will find useful pointers to the literature in the fields interacting with, but outside of, their own. Chinese climate history, whaling and past climate, and a new handbook for university students. This website created by spencer weart supplements his much shorter book, which tells the history of climate change research as a single story. Although considered uncritical by historians, this book was well received among scientists and continues to be cited outside the discipline of history. This second edition of climate change is an accessible and comprehensive guide to the science behind global warming. Climate change is more than a discrete issue demanding political attention and response.
On this website you will find a more complete history in dozens of essays on separate topics, updated annually. Btw, this is only valid for bibtex, since biblatex uses a very. Annotated bibliography on global climate change 712 words. Climate change denial books and conservative think tanks. The truth about the coming climate catastrophe and our last chance to save humanity bloomsbury usa. Normally, as seems to be the case here, we reference collections chapters, which are selfcontained texts within a collection although in book form. Climate change earth sciences bibliographies cite this for me.
In this internationally acclaimed book, emeritus professor hubert lamb examines what we know about climate, how the past record of climate can be reconstructed, the causes of climatic variation, and its impact on human affairs now and in the historical and prehistoric past. Smerdon provide a broad, informative introduction to the science that underlies our understanding of the climate system and the effects of human activity on the. The public historian will be publishing a special section on environmental sustainability later this year, and an alldigital publication from the public history commons, public history in a changing climate, is scheduled to be available by conference time. This bibliography is the first comprehensive collection of resources which specifically. This handbook is a definitive analysis drawing on the best thinking on questions of how climate change affects human systems, and how societies can, do, and should respond. Climate change is the longterm alteration in earths climate and weather patterns. Explore some of the research on climate change across the disciplines below. Dec 01, 2014 his prior work principally featured comparatively small spaces over modest spans of time. Climate change concludes with a look toward the future, discussing climate model projections, exploring the economic and technological realities of energy production, and presenting a view of the global warming challenge through the lens of risk. New book series climate change and history research.
There are a number of historical and scientific theories that suggest there is a link between climate change and human advancement from prehistoric to modern times. A changing climate permeates political life as material processes of planetary change reverberate in our bodies, affecting subterranean processes of attention and evoking bodily responses at and below the threshold of awareness. It may be a change in average weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions i. The publics opinion on global warming is also mentioned in the book. A new climate history of australia, reconstructions of crimean and indian climates, and the tipping points project. Human activity causes global warming global warming.
Annotated bibliography global warming a global issue. Detection of anthropogenic climate change in the worlds oceans. Wildebeest on savannah grasslands, kenya africa african grasslands emerge in the years just before human beings first evolved, the world was a wetter place than it is now, and a lot of africa was covered in tropical jungle, full of fruit trees and small animals. This bibliography is the first comprehensive collection of.
The field of climate ethics also known as climate justice includes questions about how global society should respond to the creation of such risks and who. Part i argues that geological, environmental, and climatic history explain the pattern and pace of biological and human evolution. The book notes the global and historical successes of cap and trade mechanisms, such as the clean air act of 1990. References advancing the science of climate change the.
Dagomar degroot born february 26, 1985 is an environmental historian, author, and professor at georgetown university. How some countries have solved climate change and the rest can follow new york. There are a variety of hypotheses on climate change ranging from those that believe that the rapid change in climate is cyclical, and earth is currently experiencing a period of rapid change that will dissipate. This is a list of climate change books that describe, as a major theme, the effects of human activity on climate change. List of books and articles about climate change online. This annotated bibliography on global climate change contains 27 articles designed to expand the breadth and depth of information presented in the global change information packet. The human dimensions of global environmental change more generally, and climate change in particular. These are the sources and citations used to research climate change. Climate change and the course of global history presents the first global study by a historian to fully integrate the earthsystem approach of the new climate science with the material history of humanity. He speaks on climate change mainly in the united states and canada, and. Akgoz, murat, and muhsin eren, traces of earthquakes in the caves. Annotated bibliography on global climate change 712. Bibliography climate change and history research initiative.
It argues unequivocally that nuclear is the only source that can decarbonize the planet and replace the two primary polluters, coal and. Historical perspectives on climate change and millions of other books are. Climate change, its influence on agriculture, and the course of irish history in the 18th and 19th century climate change played a significant role in changing irelands agriculture in the 18th and 19th century. General interest climate change and the course of global history by john l.
Climate change and the rise and fall of civilizations, by brian m. A rough journey, brooke throws caution to the solar wind, offering a 631page global history of humankind that spans a quarter of a million years. Thetext publishing company, 2005 fleming, james rodger, historical perspectives on climate change oxford, oxford university press, 1998. Each chapter features profiles of scientists who advanced our understanding of the material discussed. Security and climate change tyndall center working paper no. Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks forand in many cases is already. He cofounded the climate history network, an organization of scholars who study past climate change, and established, a popular website that explains why studying past climate change matters today.
Climate change is the longterm change in global weather patterns, associated especially with increases in temperature, precipitation, and storm activity benson, 2008. The recent most comprehensive maximalist understanding of plague. By the year 2050, earths population will be closing in on 10 billion people. Apr 07, 2020 american war imagines a future where the ramifications of climate change the drowning of coastal cities, mass migration, lack of resources, and failed attempts to regulate fossile fuel useare the root cause of a civil war in the second half of the 21st century. An annotated bibliography for science fiction and climate change. The princeton university climate change and history research initiative is delighted to announce the launch of a new series in collaboration with oxford university press entitled.
Charting innovative directions in the environmental humanities, this book examines the cultural history of climate change under three broad headings. Starting with periods hundreds of thousands of years ago and continuing up to the present day, the book illustrates how natural climate variability affected early human societies, and. Climate change and the course of global history studies in. Note that the list is far from complete and that it is meant as a starting point for people interested in the subject. Serious anxieties have been aroused by respected scientists warning of dire perils that could result from upsets of the climatic regime. The problems considered are increasingly interdisciplinary. Climate change history bibliographies cite this for me. It took nearly a century of research and data to convince the vast majority. This bibliography is the first comprehensive collection of resources which specifically concentrates on migration, the environment and climate change. Global climate change this is an annotated bibliography for research on the causes of global climate change. This bibliography may seem long about 3000 items, but it has a great many omissions. Outspoken climate scientist james hansen has just completed his first book, due for release in december, 3 nature reports climate change 9 nov. Select student essay abstracts from a global history of. A new climate history working group, the suns impact on climate, and cold golden ages.
We present here an annotated bibliography on issues relating to changes in the concentrations of earth. The literature on climate change from an enhanced greenhouse effect is large and growing rapidly. Bibliographies climate change and history research initiative. Climate change and human history provides an uptodate and concise introduction to the relationship between human beings and climate change throughout history. A select annotated bibliography candice oster and paul starr as the australian scientist dr tim flannery has stated in a recent television commercial, climate change is the greatest threat facing humanity today. The history and legal structure of the global climate change regime. An annotated bibliography for science fiction and climate. Help us build a bibliography on public history and climate. Ebook or pdf edited book email encyclopedia article govt. I am researching on human activities that are responsible for global climate change. The research study has focused on the geographical balance of data that has been achieved from different observational researches since 1970. As part of that digital project, were compiling a bibliography of work that speaks in some way to the intersection of environmental. Jan 07, 2014 help us build a bibliography on public history and climate change 07 january 2014 cathy stanton advocacy, conference, digital history, profession, scholarship, sustainability, the public historian.
This bibliography was generated on cite this for me on monday, june 12, 2017. Climate change in prehistory weaves together studies of the climate with anthropological, archaeological and historical studies, and will fascinate all those interested in the effects of climate on human development and history. Broome 2012 provides an accessible booklength overview many key issues in climate ethics, along with a primer on climate science and climate economics. Journalist lisa palmers book hot hungry planet digs into the possibilities of famine and food scarcity and the innovations. Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. Climate change earth sciences bibliographies cite this. Academic references to climate change reconsidered. The articles cover a variety of topics related to global warming.
Climate change threatens to create serious risks, ranging from economic risks to increased risk of death and disease to the complete annihilation of small island states. Most articles were chosen from journals likely to be available in most mediumsized public or college libraries. Bibliographies climate change and history research. He speaks on climate change mainly in the united states and canada, and then moves on to its impact internationally.
Climate change in prehistory weaves together studies of the climate with anthropological, archaeological and historical studies, and will fascinate all those interested in the effects of climate on. Historical perspectives on climate change offers a most useful tutorial on this subject. Heat waves, extreme storms, and other scenes from a climate changed planet. Impacts of climate change and global warming change, i. Exquisitely illustrated, the text is geared toward students at a variety of levels.
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