El Niño in history : storming through the ages / César N. Caviedes.

By:

Caviedes, César, 1936-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2001.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 279 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), mapsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0813026555
9780813026558

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Niño in history.DDC classification:

551.6 21

LOC classification:

GC296.8.E4 C39 2001eb

Other classification:

P732

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Contents:

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?

Review: "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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-273) and index.

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"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.

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