TY - BOOK ID - 125657371 TI - Climate change in deserts : past, present and future PY - 2014 SN - 131605599X 1316053636 1316082008 1316079643 113906178X 1316070182 1316074900 1316077276 1316072541 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Paleoclimatology. KW - Arid regions climate. KW - Climatic changes. KW - Deserts KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:125657371 AB - Reconstructing climatic changes in deserts and their margins at a variety of scales in space and time, this book draws upon evidence from land and sea, including desert dunes, wind-blown dust, river and lake sediments, glacial moraines, plant and animal fossils, isotope geochemistry, speleothems, soils, and prehistoric archaeology. The book summarises the Cenozoic evolution of the major deserts of the Americas, Eurasia, Africa and Australia and the causes of historic floods and droughts. The book then considers the causes and consequences of desertification and proposes four key conditions for achieving ecologically sustainable use of natural resources in arid and semi-arid areas. Climate Change in Deserts is an invaluable reference for researchers and advanced students interested in the climate and geomorphology of deserts: geographers, geologists, ecologists, archaeologists, soil scientists, hydrologists, climatologists and natural resource managers. ER -