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Global warming and political intimidation : how politicians cracked down on scientists as the earth heated up / / Raymond S. Bradley
| Global warming and political intimidation : how politicians cracked down on scientists as the earth heated up / / Raymond S. Bradley |
| Autore | Bradley Raymond S. <1948-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.27/6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Global warming - Political aspects
Climate change mitigation - Political aspects Science - Political aspects Politics and culture |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-61376-250-X
1-61376-008-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The congressional hearings: the good, the bad and the ugly -- A letter from congress -- The hockey stick controversy -- The IPCC and the Nobel prize -- Global warming: a primer -- Climate futures: where are we heading? -- The doubt merchants: suppression of science and character assassination. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464152203321 |
Bradley Raymond S. <1948->
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| Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global warming and political intimidation : how politicians cracked down on scientists as the earth heated up / / Raymond S. Bradley
| Global warming and political intimidation : how politicians cracked down on scientists as the earth heated up / / Raymond S. Bradley |
| Autore | Bradley Raymond S. <1948-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.27/6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Global warming - Political aspects
Climate change mitigation - Political aspects Science - Political aspects Politics and culture |
| ISBN |
1-61376-250-X
1-61376-008-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The congressional hearings: the good, the bad and the ugly -- A letter from congress -- The hockey stick controversy -- The IPCC and the Nobel prize -- Global warming: a primer -- Climate futures: where are we heading? -- The doubt merchants: suppression of science and character assassination. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788675203321 |
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Bradley Raymond S. <1948->
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| Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global warming and political intimidation : how politicians cracked down on scientists as the earth heated up / / Raymond S. Bradley
| Global warming and political intimidation : how politicians cracked down on scientists as the earth heated up / / Raymond S. Bradley |
| Autore | Bradley Raymond S. <1948-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.27/6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Global warming - Political aspects
Climate change mitigation - Political aspects Science - Political aspects Politics and culture |
| ISBN |
1-61376-250-X
1-61376-008-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The congressional hearings: the good, the bad and the ugly -- A letter from congress -- The hockey stick controversy -- The IPCC and the Nobel prize -- Global warming: a primer -- Climate futures: where are we heading? -- The doubt merchants: suppression of science and character assassination. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810749303321 |
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Bradley Raymond S. <1948->
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| Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Paleoclimatology : reconstructing climates of the quaternary / / by Raymond S. Bradley
| Paleoclimatology : reconstructing climates of the quaternary / / by Raymond S. Bradley |
| Autore | Bradley Raymond S. <1948-> |
| Edizione | [Third edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam : , : Elsevier, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 675 pages ) : illustrations, maps (some color) ; |
| Disciplina | 551.609/01 |
| Soggetto topico |
Paleoclimatology - Quaternary
Geology, Stratigraphic - Quaternary |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-12-386995-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
; Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Sources of Paleoclimatic Information -- Levels of Paleoclimatic Analysis -- Modeling in Paleoclimatic Research -- The Nature of Climate and Climatic Variation -- The Climate System -- Feedback Mechanisms -- Energy Balance of the Earth and Its Atmosphere -- Timescales of Climatic Variation -- Variations of the Earth's Orbital Parameters -- Solar Forcing -- Volcanic Forcing -- Introduction and Overview -- Radioisotopic Methods -- Radiocarbon Dating -- Potassium-Argon Dating (40K/40Ar) -- Uranium-Series Dating -- Luminescence Dating: Principles and Applications -- Surface Exposure Dating -- Fission-Track Dating -- Paleomagnetism -- The Earth's Magnetic Field -- Magnetization of Rocks and Sediments -- The Paleomagnetic Timescale -- Geomagnetic Excursions -- Relative Paleointensity Variations -- Secular Variations of the Earth's Magnetic Field -- Dating Methods Involving Chemical Changes
Amino Acid Dating -- Obsidian Hydration Dating -- Tephrochronology -- Biological Dating Methods -- Lichenometry -- Dendrochronology -- Introduction -- Stable Isotope Analysis -- Stable Isotopes in Water: Measurement and Standardization -- Oxygen-18 Concentration in Atmospheric Precipitation -- Factors Affecting the Stable Isotope Record in Ice Cores -- Deuterium Excess -- Dating Ice Cores -- Radioisotopic Methods -- Seasonal Variations and Episodic Events -- Theoretical Models -- Chronostratigraphic Correlations -- Paleoclimatic Reconstruction from Ice Cores -- Ice-Core Records from Greenland -- Ice-Core Records from Antarctica -- Past Atmospheric Composition from Polar Ice Cores -- Greenhouse Gas Records in Ice Cores -- Ice-Core Records from Low Latitudes -- Introduction -- Paleoclimatic Information from Biological Material in Ocean Cores -- Oxygen Isotope Studies of Calcareous Marine Fauna -- Isotopic Composition of the Oceans -- Oxygen Isotope Stratigraphy -- Orbital Tuning -- Orbital Forcing: Evidence from the Marine Record Speleothems as Indicators of Sea-Level Variations -- Sedimentology and Inorganic Geochemistry -- Varves -- Pollen, Macrofossils, and Phytoliths -- Ostracods -- Diatoms -- Stable Isotopes -- Organic Biomarkers -- Introduction -- Periglacial Features -- Snowlines and Glaciation Thresholds -- The Climatic and Paleoclimatic Interpretation of Snowlines and ELAs -- The Age of Former Snowlines -- Mountain Glacier Fluctuations -- Evidence of Glacier Fluctuations -- The Record of Glacier Front Positions -- Lake-level Fluctuations -- Hydrologic Balance Models -- Hydrologic-Energy Balance Models -- Regional Patterns of Lake-Level Fluctuations -- Introduction -- Insects -- Paleoclimatic Reconstructions Based on Fossil Coleoptera -- Paleoclimatic Reconstruction Based on Aquatic Insects -- Former Vegetation Distribution from Plant Macrofossils -- Arctic Tree Line Fluctuations -- Alpine Tree Line Fluctuations -- Lower Tree Line Fluctuations and Rodent Middens -- Peat -- Introduction -- The Basis of Pollen Analysis Pollen Grain Characteristics -- Pollen Productivity and Dispersal: The Pollen Rain -- Sources of Fossil Pollen -- Preparation of the Samples -- Pollen Analysis of a Site: The Pollen Diagram -- Zonation of the Pollen Diagram -- Pollen Rain as a Representation of Vegetation Composition and Climate -- Maps of Modern Pollen Data -- Mapping Vegetation Change: Isopolls and Isochrones -- How Rapidly Does Vegetation Respond to Changes in Climate? -- Quantitative Paleoclimatic Reconstructions Based on Pollen Analysis -- Paleoclimatic Reconstruction from Long Quaternary Pollen Records -- Europe -- Sabana de Bogota, Colombia -- Central American Lowlands -- Amazonia -- Equatorial and Sub-Saharan Africa -- Northeastern Siberia -- Introduction -- Fundamentals of Dendroclimatology -- Sample Selection -- Cross Dating -- Standardization of Ring-Width Data -- Divergence -- Calibration of Tree-Ring Data -- Verification of Climatic Reconstructions -- Dendroclimatic Reconstructions -- Reconstructions of Temperatures over the Northern Hemisphere |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464864803321 |
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Bradley Raymond S. <1948->
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| Amsterdam : , : Elsevier, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Paleoclimatology : reconstructing climates of the quaternary / / by Raymond S. Bradley
| Paleoclimatology : reconstructing climates of the quaternary / / by Raymond S. Bradley |
| Autore | Bradley Raymond S. <1948-> |
| Edizione | [Third edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam : , : Elsevier, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 675 pages ) : illustrations, maps (some color) ; |
| Disciplina | 551.609/01 |
| Soggetto topico |
Paleoclimatology - Quaternary
Geology, Stratigraphic - Quaternary |
| ISBN | 0-12-386995-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
; Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Sources of Paleoclimatic Information -- Levels of Paleoclimatic Analysis -- Modeling in Paleoclimatic Research -- The Nature of Climate and Climatic Variation -- The Climate System -- Feedback Mechanisms -- Energy Balance of the Earth and Its Atmosphere -- Timescales of Climatic Variation -- Variations of the Earth's Orbital Parameters -- Solar Forcing -- Volcanic Forcing -- Introduction and Overview -- Radioisotopic Methods -- Radiocarbon Dating -- Potassium-Argon Dating (40K/40Ar) -- Uranium-Series Dating -- Luminescence Dating: Principles and Applications -- Surface Exposure Dating -- Fission-Track Dating -- Paleomagnetism -- The Earth's Magnetic Field -- Magnetization of Rocks and Sediments -- The Paleomagnetic Timescale -- Geomagnetic Excursions -- Relative Paleointensity Variations -- Secular Variations of the Earth's Magnetic Field -- Dating Methods Involving Chemical Changes
Amino Acid Dating -- Obsidian Hydration Dating -- Tephrochronology -- Biological Dating Methods -- Lichenometry -- Dendrochronology -- Introduction -- Stable Isotope Analysis -- Stable Isotopes in Water: Measurement and Standardization -- Oxygen-18 Concentration in Atmospheric Precipitation -- Factors Affecting the Stable Isotope Record in Ice Cores -- Deuterium Excess -- Dating Ice Cores -- Radioisotopic Methods -- Seasonal Variations and Episodic Events -- Theoretical Models -- Chronostratigraphic Correlations -- Paleoclimatic Reconstruction from Ice Cores -- Ice-Core Records from Greenland -- Ice-Core Records from Antarctica -- Past Atmospheric Composition from Polar Ice Cores -- Greenhouse Gas Records in Ice Cores -- Ice-Core Records from Low Latitudes -- Introduction -- Paleoclimatic Information from Biological Material in Ocean Cores -- Oxygen Isotope Studies of Calcareous Marine Fauna -- Isotopic Composition of the Oceans -- Oxygen Isotope Stratigraphy -- Orbital Tuning -- Orbital Forcing: Evidence from the Marine Record Speleothems as Indicators of Sea-Level Variations -- Sedimentology and Inorganic Geochemistry -- Varves -- Pollen, Macrofossils, and Phytoliths -- Ostracods -- Diatoms -- Stable Isotopes -- Organic Biomarkers -- Introduction -- Periglacial Features -- Snowlines and Glaciation Thresholds -- The Climatic and Paleoclimatic Interpretation of Snowlines and ELAs -- The Age of Former Snowlines -- Mountain Glacier Fluctuations -- Evidence of Glacier Fluctuations -- The Record of Glacier Front Positions -- Lake-level Fluctuations -- Hydrologic Balance Models -- Hydrologic-Energy Balance Models -- Regional Patterns of Lake-Level Fluctuations -- Introduction -- Insects -- Paleoclimatic Reconstructions Based on Fossil Coleoptera -- Paleoclimatic Reconstruction Based on Aquatic Insects -- Former Vegetation Distribution from Plant Macrofossils -- Arctic Tree Line Fluctuations -- Alpine Tree Line Fluctuations -- Lower Tree Line Fluctuations and Rodent Middens -- Peat -- Introduction -- The Basis of Pollen Analysis Pollen Grain Characteristics -- Pollen Productivity and Dispersal: The Pollen Rain -- Sources of Fossil Pollen -- Preparation of the Samples -- Pollen Analysis of a Site: The Pollen Diagram -- Zonation of the Pollen Diagram -- Pollen Rain as a Representation of Vegetation Composition and Climate -- Maps of Modern Pollen Data -- Mapping Vegetation Change: Isopolls and Isochrones -- How Rapidly Does Vegetation Respond to Changes in Climate? -- Quantitative Paleoclimatic Reconstructions Based on Pollen Analysis -- Paleoclimatic Reconstruction from Long Quaternary Pollen Records -- Europe -- Sabana de Bogota, Colombia -- Central American Lowlands -- Amazonia -- Equatorial and Sub-Saharan Africa -- Northeastern Siberia -- Introduction -- Fundamentals of Dendroclimatology -- Sample Selection -- Cross Dating -- Standardization of Ring-Width Data -- Divergence -- Calibration of Tree-Ring Data -- Verification of Climatic Reconstructions -- Dendroclimatic Reconstructions -- Reconstructions of Temperatures over the Northern Hemisphere |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789040103321 |
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Bradley Raymond S. <1948->
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| Amsterdam : , : Elsevier, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Paleoclimatology : reconstructing climates of the quaternary / / by Raymond S. Bradley
| Paleoclimatology : reconstructing climates of the quaternary / / by Raymond S. Bradley |
| Autore | Bradley Raymond S. <1948-> |
| Edizione | [Third edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam : , : Elsevier, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 675 pages ) : illustrations, maps (some color) ; |
| Disciplina | 551.609/01 |
| Soggetto topico |
Paleoclimatology - Quaternary
Geology, Stratigraphic - Quaternary |
| ISBN | 0-12-386995-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
; Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Sources of Paleoclimatic Information -- Levels of Paleoclimatic Analysis -- Modeling in Paleoclimatic Research -- The Nature of Climate and Climatic Variation -- The Climate System -- Feedback Mechanisms -- Energy Balance of the Earth and Its Atmosphere -- Timescales of Climatic Variation -- Variations of the Earth's Orbital Parameters -- Solar Forcing -- Volcanic Forcing -- Introduction and Overview -- Radioisotopic Methods -- Radiocarbon Dating -- Potassium-Argon Dating (40K/40Ar) -- Uranium-Series Dating -- Luminescence Dating: Principles and Applications -- Surface Exposure Dating -- Fission-Track Dating -- Paleomagnetism -- The Earth's Magnetic Field -- Magnetization of Rocks and Sediments -- The Paleomagnetic Timescale -- Geomagnetic Excursions -- Relative Paleointensity Variations -- Secular Variations of the Earth's Magnetic Field -- Dating Methods Involving Chemical Changes
Amino Acid Dating -- Obsidian Hydration Dating -- Tephrochronology -- Biological Dating Methods -- Lichenometry -- Dendrochronology -- Introduction -- Stable Isotope Analysis -- Stable Isotopes in Water: Measurement and Standardization -- Oxygen-18 Concentration in Atmospheric Precipitation -- Factors Affecting the Stable Isotope Record in Ice Cores -- Deuterium Excess -- Dating Ice Cores -- Radioisotopic Methods -- Seasonal Variations and Episodic Events -- Theoretical Models -- Chronostratigraphic Correlations -- Paleoclimatic Reconstruction from Ice Cores -- Ice-Core Records from Greenland -- Ice-Core Records from Antarctica -- Past Atmospheric Composition from Polar Ice Cores -- Greenhouse Gas Records in Ice Cores -- Ice-Core Records from Low Latitudes -- Introduction -- Paleoclimatic Information from Biological Material in Ocean Cores -- Oxygen Isotope Studies of Calcareous Marine Fauna -- Isotopic Composition of the Oceans -- Oxygen Isotope Stratigraphy -- Orbital Tuning -- Orbital Forcing: Evidence from the Marine Record Speleothems as Indicators of Sea-Level Variations -- Sedimentology and Inorganic Geochemistry -- Varves -- Pollen, Macrofossils, and Phytoliths -- Ostracods -- Diatoms -- Stable Isotopes -- Organic Biomarkers -- Introduction -- Periglacial Features -- Snowlines and Glaciation Thresholds -- The Climatic and Paleoclimatic Interpretation of Snowlines and ELAs -- The Age of Former Snowlines -- Mountain Glacier Fluctuations -- Evidence of Glacier Fluctuations -- The Record of Glacier Front Positions -- Lake-level Fluctuations -- Hydrologic Balance Models -- Hydrologic-Energy Balance Models -- Regional Patterns of Lake-Level Fluctuations -- Introduction -- Insects -- Paleoclimatic Reconstructions Based on Fossil Coleoptera -- Paleoclimatic Reconstruction Based on Aquatic Insects -- Former Vegetation Distribution from Plant Macrofossils -- Arctic Tree Line Fluctuations -- Alpine Tree Line Fluctuations -- Lower Tree Line Fluctuations and Rodent Middens -- Peat -- Introduction -- The Basis of Pollen Analysis Pollen Grain Characteristics -- Pollen Productivity and Dispersal: The Pollen Rain -- Sources of Fossil Pollen -- Preparation of the Samples -- Pollen Analysis of a Site: The Pollen Diagram -- Zonation of the Pollen Diagram -- Pollen Rain as a Representation of Vegetation Composition and Climate -- Maps of Modern Pollen Data -- Mapping Vegetation Change: Isopolls and Isochrones -- How Rapidly Does Vegetation Respond to Changes in Climate? -- Quantitative Paleoclimatic Reconstructions Based on Pollen Analysis -- Paleoclimatic Reconstruction from Long Quaternary Pollen Records -- Europe -- Sabana de Bogota, Colombia -- Central American Lowlands -- Amazonia -- Equatorial and Sub-Saharan Africa -- Northeastern Siberia -- Introduction -- Fundamentals of Dendroclimatology -- Sample Selection -- Cross Dating -- Standardization of Ring-Width Data -- Divergence -- Calibration of Tree-Ring Data -- Verification of Climatic Reconstructions -- Dendroclimatic Reconstructions -- Reconstructions of Temperatures over the Northern Hemisphere |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823457403321 |
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Bradley Raymond S. <1948->
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| Amsterdam : , : Elsevier, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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