Climate, History and the Modern World

In this internationally acclaimed book Hubert Lamb explores what we know aboutclimate how the past record of climate can be reconstructed the causes ofclimatic ... » 

In this internationally acclaimed book Hubert Lamb explores what we know aboutclimate how the past record of climate can be reconstructed the causes ofclimatic variation and its impact on human affairs now and in the historicaland prehistorical past.This second edition incorporates important new material on recent advances inweather forecasting global warming the ozone layer pollution and populationgrowth. Providing a valuable introduction to the problems and results of themost recent research activity this book extends our understanding of theinteractions between climate and history and discusses implications for futureclimatic fluctuations and forecasting. «