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Book Historical Perspectives on Climate Change

Download or read book Historical Perspectives on Climate Change written by James Rodger Fleming and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-14 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This intriguing volume provides a thorough examination of the historical roots of global climate change as a field of inquiry, from the Enlightenment to the late twentieth century. Based on primary and archival sources, the book is filled with interesting perspectives on what people have understood, experienced, and feared about the climate and its changes in the past. Chapters explore climate and culture in Enlightenment thought; climate debates in early America; the development of international networks of observation; the scientific transformation of climate discourse; and early contributions to understanding terrestrial temperature changes, infrared radiation, and the carbon dioxide theory of climate. But perhaps most important, this book shows what a study of the past has to offer the interdisciplinary investigation of current environmental problems.

Book U S  Government Research Reports

Download or read book U S Government Research Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Meteorology in America  1800 1870

Download or read book Meteorology in America 1800 1870 written by James Rodger Fleming and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1800 and 1870 meteorology emerged as both a legitimate science and a government service in America. Challenging the widely held assumption that meteorologists were mere data-gatherers and that U.S. scientists were inferior to their European counterparts, James Rodger Fleming shows how the 1840s debate over the nature and causes of storms led to a meteorological crusade that would transform both theory and practice. Centrally located administrators organized hundreds of widely dispersed volunteer and military observers into systematic projects that covered the entire nation. Theorists then used these systems to observe weather patterns over large areas, making possible for the first time the compilation of accurate weather charts and maps. When in 1870 Congress created a federal storm-warning service under the U.S. Army Signal Office, the era of amateur scientists, volunteer observers, and adhoc organizations came to an end. But the gains had been significant, including advances in natural history and medical geography, and in understanding the general circulation of the earth's atmosphere.

Book Meteorology in America  1814 1874

Download or read book Meteorology in America 1814 1874 written by James Rodger Fleming and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Key to Meteorological Records Documentation

Download or read book Key to Meteorological Records Documentation written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A History of the United States Weather Bureau

Download or read book A History of the United States Weather Bureau written by Donald Robert Whitnah and published by Urbana : University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The History of Geophysics and Meteorology

Download or read book The History of Geophysics and Meteorology written by Stephen G. Brush and published by Scholarly Title. This book was released on 1985 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin

Download or read book The Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin written by Connecticut Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book National Union Catalog

Download or read book National Union Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes entries for maps and atlases