{"product_id":"9780792324485","title":"Towards an Integrated Impact Assessment of Climate Change: The MINK Study","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTowards an Integrated Impact Assessment of Climate Change: The MINK Study\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eRosenberg, Norman J.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral circulation models state that the central United States  (and other mid-latitude continental regions) will become warmer and  drier as the result of greenhouse warming. On this premise the  dustbowl period of the 1930s was selected as an analogue of climate  change and its weather records imposed on the Missouri--Iowa--Kansas  region to assess how current agriculture, forestry, water resources  and energy and the entire regional economy would be affected. The same  climate was also imposed on a MINK region forty years into the future,  by which time climate change may actually be felt, to assess whether  technological and societal change would alter the region's  vulnerability to climate change. Another premise of the study was that  people would not suffer the impacts of climate change passively, but  would use availabe tools to ease the stress. The rising atmospheric  concentration of carbon dioxide, expected to be the major cause of  greenhouse warming, also works to improve plant growth and reduce  plant water use. So the effects of this `Co\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e fertilization'  were also considered in the analysis. The results, some of them  surprising, of this first, fully-integrated analysis of climate change  impacts and responses are reported in this book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1993-07-31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792324485\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-011-2096-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 173\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44398663991436,"sku":"9780792324485","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792324485.jpg?v=1771522504","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780792324485","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}