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FROM VOLUME 6, NUMBER 9, SEPTEMBER 1993
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Climate Change and
Its Biological Consequences, D.M. Gates, 280 pp., 1993, $18.95/£16.95
Focuses primarily on vegetative responses to climate change in North
America, south of the 49th parallel, with brief coverage of diverse topics from
Quaternary climate change to El Niño. Reviewed by D.J. Beerling in Nature,
p. 24, July 1, 1993, and by F. Pearce in New Scientist, p. 50, June 5,
Management and Planning: Theory and Case Studies (Natural Resour. Mgmt. &
Policy Ser.), D.A. Wilhite, Apr. 1993, $99.95 (Kluwer).
Part One emphasizes theory; Part Two looks at successes and failures of
previous assessments and responses. Part One concludes with an examination of
how changes in climate may alter climatic variability and the frequency and
intensity of extreme events, particularly drought.
and Human Health--Ciba Foundation Symposium 175, A.J.B. Zehnder,
Chairperson, 282 pp., June 1993, $82.50/£45 (Wiley).
Held in collaboration with the European Environmental Research Organization.
Discusses the direct and indirect effects of environmental change on human
health, including climate, sea level and chemical pollution.
Submerged Coasts: The
Effects of Rising Sea Level on Coastal Environments, E.C.F. Bird, 184 pp.,
1992(?), £25 (Wiley).
Studies coastal processes throughout the world and how they will respond in
different ways to sea level rise, and points out how (by actions such as damming
rivers, removing salt marshes, and protecting cliff faces) humans are ensuring
that coastlines are increasingly vulnerable to rising waters. Reviewed by F.
Pearce in New Scientist, pp. 45-46, Mar. 13, 1993.
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