Climatic Change and Its Impacts An Overview Focusing on Switzerland /

• Main Author: Beniston, Martin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
• Series: Advances in Global Change Research, 19
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Hydrogeology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Environmental management.; Ecotoxicology.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Environmental Management.

Climatic Change is a rapidly evolving domain that has prompted the publication of numerous scientific works in recent years, reflecting both the public and scientific interest in the topic. This book focuses upon climate processes, variability and change and applies the general principles related to...

Table of Contents:

• Climate, the environment, and humankind: lessons from the past
• The Climate System
• Natural Forcing of the Climate System
• Anthropogenic Forcing of the Climate System
• Modeling and Observing Climate
• Current and Future Climatic Change
• Climate in Switzerland Since 1900
• Climate Trends and Impacts in Switzerland in the 21st Century
• Conclusions.