Global Environments through the Quaternary: Exploring Evironmental Change pdf

安德鲁·肖·古迪 教授（生于 1945 年）是牛津大学的一名地理学家，专门研究热带地区的沙漠地貌、沙尘暴、风化和气候变化。他还以关于人类对环境影响的教学和畅销教科书而闻名。他是 39 本书的作者、合著者、编辑或合编者（其中许多已经出现在多个版本中），并在学术期刊上发表了大约 200 篇论文。他将研究和一些教学与行政角色结合起来。 Goudie 于 1945 年 8 月 21 日出生于切尔滕纳姆。他曾在剑桥的 Dean Close 学校和三一学院接受教育（1967 年以优异成绩获得学士学位，1972 年获得硕士学位，1972 年获得博士学位）。 2002年获牛津大学理学博士学位。 自 1970 年以来，他一直在牛津大学工作。1976 年，他被任命为赫特福德学院的研究员。他于 1984 年被任命为地理学教授，并于 1984 年至 1994 年担任地理学院院长。从 1995 年至 1997 年，他担任牛津大学发展计划主席和大学副校长。他于 2003 年成为圣十字学院的硕士，并于 2011 年离职。 In 1970, he was elected a Member of the Institute of British Geographers (of which he was later a member of Council) and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.从 1980 年到 1988 年，他担任皇家地理学会的名誉秘书，并一直担任该学会的副主席。 1991 年，该协会授予他创始人奖章。同年，他被苏格兰皇家地理学会授予芒戈公园奖章。 2002 年，他被比利时皇家科学与艺术学院授予荣誉。他曾担任地理协会主席和国际地貌学家协会主席。他曾担任牛津大学出版社的代表。

Global Environments through the Quaternary: Exploring Evironmental Change pdf 安德鲁·肖·古迪

We are in the grip of global warming: sea levels are rising; glaciers are melting, Arctic sea ice is thinning, meteorological events are becoming more extreme. But how do these changes compare with the environmental changes that have occurred in the past? How can they be put into perspective? What can we learn from the past to help us better understand how natural and human factors may interact to change our climate and environment in the future?Global Environments through the Quaternary delves into the environmental changes that have taken place during the Quaternary: the last 2.6 million years of geological history and time during which humans have evolved and spread across the Earth. Taking the reader through the Pleistocene and the Holocene, the book describes the evidence that has helped us to characterize environmental changes during these two epochs; it then explores the changes captured by more recent meteorologicalrecords in the period up to the present day. Throughout, it aims to convey the relevance of palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic studies to current environmental and climatic concerns. Climate change research foretells of potentially catastrophic consequences in the future and, even now, early indicators ofthose changes are evident in the retreating Greenland ice sheet, melting permafrost, changes in fish distributions in northern waters, and more besides. The book examines changes to the physical environment throughout the Quaternary, putting current concerns into perspective, and closes with a discussion of the causes of climatic and environmental change over different timescales - and the complex interactions between human impacts and natural processes.With climate change - itself but part of the perpetual process of environmental change - as important a topic of debate now as at any other time, Global Environments through the Quaternary is essential reading for any student seeking a balanced, objective overview of this truly interdisciplinary subject.Online Resource CentreThe Online Resource Centre to accompany Global Environments through the Quaternary features:For students:· Links to external sources of useful informationFor registered adopters of the book:· Figures from the book, available to download