TY - BOOK ID - 133492657 TI - Climate change in deserts : past, present and future PY - 2014 SN - 9781107016910 1107016916 PB - New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Paleoclimatology. KW - Arid regions climate. KW - Climatic changes. KW - Deserts KW - Paléoclimatologie KW - Climat aride KW - Climat KW - History. KW - Changements UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133492657 AB - "This book reconstructs climatic changes in deserts and their margins at a variety of scales in space and time. It 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 -