El Niño in history : storming through the ages /

"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...

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Hauptverfasser:
Caviedes, César, Caviedes, Câesar
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, c2001.
Zusammenfassung:
"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."--Jacket.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiv, 279 p., [8] p. of plates ) ill. (some col.), maps ;
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-273) and index.
ISBN:
9780813026558
0813026555
Schlagworte:
Weather.
Marine Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences
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