Project Gutenberg 2011-10-26 Public domain in the USA. 118 Huntington, Ellsworth 1876 1947 Huntington, E. (Ellsworth) Visher, Stephen Sargent 1887 1967 22020363 Climatic Changes: Their Nature and Causes The uniformity of climate -- The variability of climate -- Hypotheses of climatic change -- The solar cyclonic hypothesis -- The climate of history -- The climatic stress of the fourteenth century -- Glaciation according to the solar cyclonic hypothesis -- Some problems of glacial periods -- The origin of loess -- Causes of mild geological climates -- Terrestrial causes of climatic changes -- Post-glacial crustal movements and climatic changes -- The changing composition of oceans and atmosphere -- The effect of other bodies on the sun -- The sun's journey through space -- The earth's crust and the sun. Produced by Robin Monks, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Climatic Changes: Their Nature and Causes" by Ellsworth Huntington and Stephen Sargent Visher is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book explores the intricate relationships between climate, geographical features, and living organisms, addressing the historical fluctuations of climate and their implications for both natural and human history. Its scientific approach aims to uncover the causes of climatic changes throughout Earth’s history, drawing connections to various factors like atmospheric composition and geological movements. The opening of this work sets the stage by emphasizing the vital role of climate in influencing life on Earth, both currently and throughout geological history. It discusses how climate affects various aspects of human life—including agriculture, health, and habitation—and suggests that understanding past climatic variations is crucial for predicting future changes. The authors begin to outline the significance of climate stability and variability by identifying different climatic sequences and positing that the Earth’s climate, while generally uniform over long geological timescales, has experienced periods of notable change that have significantly shaped the evolution of life. This comprehensive overview signals a rigorous examination of both the natural world and humanity's place within it, inviting readers to consider the profound implications of climatic phenomena. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Climatology Paleoclimatology Climatic changes QC Text Browsing: Environmental Issues Browsing: Science - General 781967 781983 2024-09-16T05:23:13.582753 2023-09-16T11:45:33.868950 text/html text/html 754289 2011-10-26T15:28:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 531368 2011-10-26T15:28:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 616432 2024-09-16T05:23:28.654931 application/epub+zip 622087 2024-09-16T05:23:17.247747 application/epub+zip 319696 2024-09-16T05:23:14.871783 application/epub+zip 2580970 2024-09-16T05:23:35.742674 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2548096 2024-09-16T05:23:26.425848 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 571164 2022-09-17T10:17:36.033203 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 647069 646847 2024-09-16T05:23:11.403767 2023-09-16T11:45:31.658926 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 646640 2011-10-26T15:28:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 219541 2011-10-26T15:28:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 647512 2011-10-26T15:28:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 219465 2011-10-26T15:28:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21670 2024-09-16T05:23:35.908621 application/rdf+xml 22199 2024-09-16T05:23:15.331764 image/jpeg 4568 2024-09-16T05:23:15.105740 image/jpeg 603490 2024-09-16T05:23:13.670796 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia