First published in 1966 these collected papers, written by the distinguished and visionary climatologist Hubert H. Lamb, describe how climates come about and give a history of climatic changes from the last ice-age to the 1960s.
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978-0-415-67606-9 (9780415676069)
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1. Our Changing Climate, Past and Present 2. Fundamentals of Climate 3. On The Nature of Certain Climatic Epochs Which Differed from the Modern (1900-39) Normal 4. Mapping Methods Applied To The Study Of Climatic Variations And Vicissitudes 5. The Role of Atmosphere and Oceans In Relation To Climatic Changes And The Growth Of Ice-Sheets On Land 6. Trees and Climatic History In Scotland; A Radiocarbon Dating Test And Other Evidence 7. Britain's Climate in the Past 8. What Can We Find Out About The Trend Of Our Climate?