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Climate Development and History of the North Atlantic Realm

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Editors:
  1. Gerold Wefer

    1. Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany

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  2. Wolfgang H. Berger

    1. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Geological Research Division, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

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  3. Karl-Ernst Behre

    1. Niedersächsisches Institut für historische Küstenforschung, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

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  4. Eystein Jansen

    1. University of Bergen, Department of Geology, Bergen, Norway

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  • New data on climate development and the history of the settlement in Northern Europe

  • Summary of the results

  • Clear language, written for a broader audience

  • Includes interdisciplinary papers

  • Recommendations for future research on climate history

  • Additional information in the internet on: www.pangaea.de

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Concepts and Ideas

    1. Climate History and the Great Geophysical Experiment

      • Wolfgang H. Berger
      Pages 1-16

    2. Towards a History of Ideas on Anthropogenic Climate Change

      • Hans von Storch, Nico Stehr
      Pages 17-23

  3. Decadal to Millennial Variability

    1. Climate Dynamics of the North Atlantic and NW-Europe: An Observation-Based Overview

      • Jens Meincke
      Pages 25-40

    2. Holocene Climate Variability on Centennial-to-Millennial Time Scales: 1. Climate Records from the North-Atlantic Realm

      • Michael Schulz, André Paul
      Pages 41-54

    3. Holocene Climate Variability on Centennial-to-Millennial Time Scales: 2. Internal and Forced Oscillations as Possible Causes

      • André Paul, Michael Schulz
      Pages 55-73

    4. Solar Forcing of Climate Change in Recent Millennia

      • Judith Lean
      Pages 75-88

    5. Times of Quiet, Times of Agitation: Sverdrup’s Conjecture and the Bermuda Coral Record

      • Wolfgang H. Berger, Jürgen Pätzold, Gerold Wefer
      Pages 89-99

    6. A Case for Climate Cycles: Orbit, Sun and Moon

      • Wolfgang H. Berger, Jürgen Pätzold, Gerold Wefer
      Pages 101-123

    7. Tracing Climate-Variability: The Search for Climate Dynamics on Decadal to Millennial Time Scales

      • Michael Schulz, Wolfgang H. Berger, Michael Baillie, Jürg Luterbacher, Jens Meincke, Jörg F. W. Negendank et al.
      Pages 125-148

  4. Holocene Variability

    1. Holocene Climate and Past Volcanism: Greenland — Northern Europe

      • Claus U. Hammer
      Pages 149-163

    2. Holocene Climate Evolution of the North Atlantic Ocean and the Nordic Seas — a Synthesis of New Results

      • Nalân Koç, Eystein Jansen
      Pages 165-173

    3. Holocene Climatic History of Northern Europe — the Evidence from Lake Deposits

      • Jörg F. W. Negendank
      Pages 175-190

    4. Climate Changes During the Holocene Recorded by Lakes from Europe

      • Sandy P. Harrison, Ge Yu, Juri Vassiljev
      Pages 191-204

    5. The Post-Glacial Evolution of the Baltic Sea

      • Kay-Christian Emeis, Rudolf Endler, Ulrich Struck, Alexander Kohly
      Pages 205-221

    6. Holocene Climatic History of Northern Europe as Recorded by Vegetation Changes: Possible Influences Upon Human Activity

      • Brian Huntley
      Pages 223-232

    7. Late Glacial and Holocene Glacier Fluctuations and Climatic Variations in Southern Norway

      • Atle Nesje
      Pages 233-258

    8. Holocene Palaeoenvironmental Changes in North-West Europe: Climatic Implications and the Human Dimension

      • Brian Huntley, Mike Baillie, Jean M. Grove, Claus U. Hammer, Sandy P. Harrison, Stefanie Jacomet et al.
      Pages 259-298
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About this book

The global environment is changing rapidly under the impact of human activities, and an important element of this change is related to global c1imate modification. Can the study of c1imate and history help in devising strategies for coping with this change? What might be the type of information most useful in this context? What are the pitfalls awaiting the unwary? These are the kinds of questions that led us to bring together experts from the natural and social sci­ ences with a strong interest in history, to promote discussion between workers in different disciplines by focussing on a common topic of great interest to society. The meeting was arranged in the framework of a "Hanse Conference" within the interdisciplinary program of the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, a foundation set up to promote interdisciplinary studies in collaboration between the universities ofBremen and Oldenburg. The aim ofthe Hanse Conferences in general is to provide opportunities for experts from different fields of the sciences and humanities to come together and explore the larger framework oftopics of common interest. What unites the partici­ pants is their desire to look over the fence to neighboring disciplines. Young colleagues who wish to build an interdisciplinary career are particularly welcome. In the Hanse Conference on Climate and History, we have endeavoured to build bridges between the c1imate sciences and the sociological sciences concemed with environmental impacts on human activities. The geological sciences, we feIt, are especially well suited to the purpose because they al­ ready comprise historical aspects.

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"Can the study of climate and history help in devising strategies for coping with global environmental change? What might be the type of information most useful in this context? These and similar questions were discussed by experts from the natural and social sciences … during a four day workshop, and the resulting proceedings are presented in this title, with comprehensive papers of broad interest, thematic background papers, and reports of study groups." (Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, October, 2003)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Gerold Wefer

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Geological Research Division, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

    Wolfgang H. Berger

  • Niedersächsisches Institut für historische Küstenforschung, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

    Karl-Ernst Behre

  • University of Bergen, Department of Geology, Bergen, Norway

    Eystein Jansen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Climate Development and History of the North Atlantic Realm

  • Editors: Gerold Wefer, Wolfgang H. Berger, Karl-Ernst Behre, Eystein Jansen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04965-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-43201-2Due: 14 May 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07744-9Published: 14 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-04965-5Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 486

  • Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Oceanography

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