Verfasst von:	Funk, Christopher C. [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Drought, flood, fire
Titelzusatz:	how climate change contributes to catastrophes
Verf.angabe:	Chris Funk, University of California, Santa Barbara
Verlagsort:	Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY
Verlag:	Cambridge University Press
Jahr:	2021
Umfang:	viii, 325 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Diagramme, Illustrationen
Fussnoten:	Tabellen, Literaturhinweise, Index
Ang. zum Inhalt:	Climate extremes, climate attribution, extreme event attribution
	Welcome to an awesome planet : a series of delicate balances support earth's fragile flame
	The earth is a negentropic system, or "the bright side of empty"
	Do-it-yourself climate change science
	Temperature extremes - impacts and attribution : shocks, exposure, and vulnerability
	Precipitation extremes : observations and impacts
	Hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons
	Conceptual models of climate change and prediction, and how they relate to floods and fires
	Climate change made the 2015-16 El Nino more extreme
	Bigger La Ninas and the East African climate paradox
	Fire and drought in the Western United States
	Fire and Australia's black summer
	Driving toward +4 °C on a Dixie cup planet
	We can afford to wear a white hat
ISBN:	978-1-108-83987-7
	978-1-108-81379-2
Abstract:	"Every year, droughts, floods, and fires impact hundreds of millions of people and cause massive economic losses. Climate change is making these catastrophes more dangerous. Now. Not in the future: NOW. This book describes how and why climate change is already fomenting dire consequences, and will certainly make climate disasters worse in the near future. Chris Funk combines the latest science with compelling stories, providing a timely, accessible, and beautifully-written synopsis of this critical topic. The book describes our unique and fragile Earth system, and the negative impacts humans are having on our support systems. It then examines recent disasters, including heat waves, extreme precipitation, hurricanes, fires, El Niños and La Niñas, and their human consequences. By clearly describing the dangerous impacts that are already occurring, Funk provides a clarion call for social change, yet also conveys the beauty and wonder of our planet, and hope for our collective future"--
Schlagwörter:	(s)Klimaänderung    / (s)Wirkung    / (s)Auswirkung    / (s)Treibhauseffekt    / (s)Wirbelsturm    / (s)Niederschlag    / (s)Umweltkatastrophe    / (s)Brand    / (g)Erde
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Funk, Chris C: Drought, flood, fire. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021 |(DLC)2020056636
RVK-Notation:	AR 14120
K10plus-PPN:	1743962754
	Universitätsbibliothek
SignaturUB:	UBN/AR 14120 F982