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Past Climates : Tree Thermometers, Commodities, and People by Leona Marshall Libby (1983, Hardcover)

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PublisherUniversity of Texas Press

ISBN-100292730195

ISBN-139780292730199

eBay Product ID (ePID)1443227

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Book TitlePast Climates : Tree Thermometers, Commodities, and People

Number of Pages158 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLife Sciences / Botany, Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, Global Warming & Climate Change

Publication Year1983

IllustratorYes

GenreScience

AuthorLeona Marshall Libby

FormatHardcover

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Item Weight22.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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SynopsisLeona Marshall Libby was a pioneer in modern climatic research, a field that gained great impetus in the late twentieth century because of the promise it holds for predicting future climatic trends. Libby's work led to remarkable new procedures for investigating long-term changes in precipitation and temperature and thereby greatly expanding our knowledge of past climates. As Professor Rainer Berger writes in his foreword: "In recent years, tree ring-based temperature data have been collected which go far beyond the records available to historians. These data can be analyzed by Fourier transforms which identify certain periodicities. . . . Climatic changes detected by tree rings have been checked against historic records. . . . The correspondence is astonishing. . . . "At present weather forecasting is becoming more accurate for periods on the order of days, weeks, and months. Climatic prognoses have also been attempted for very long times of tens of thousands of years. But the intermediate range in the decades and centuries has so far been an enigma. It is here where tree ring thermometry plays its trump cards. ". . . Its potential is enormous in assessing worldwide crop yields, water inventory, heating requirements, stockpiling policies, and construction planning as well as political and military prospects."

LC Classification NumberQC884.L5 1983