UID:
edocfu_9959235659302883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 279 p., [8] p. of plates )
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ill. (some col.), maps ;
ISBN:
0-8130-2655-5
Content:
"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.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Grasping the basic concepts -- Searching for past El Niños -- Tracing early occurrences -- Raging seas of El Niño -- Droughts in the tropics -- Altered states: from El Niño to La Niña -- Imprints of El Niño in world history -- Traces in the misty past -- Where else to look?
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8130-2099-9
Language:
English
