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Geophysical Time Series and Climatic Change

A sceptic’s view

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Hydrological Models for Environmental Management

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series ((ASEN2,volume 79))

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In these days, the notion of ‘climate change’ has a distinctly negative and passive connotation. It raises concerns and worries, it is something that should be avoided, prevented, or at least minimized. It is seen as an inadvertent byproduct of the technology-dominated civilization, as the ultimate ‘pollution’ and we see ourselves as its victims. This was not always so. Just half a century ago, man was seen as the future master of climate. The connotation of climate change was ‘control’ rather than ‘inadvertent byproduct’. Climate change was the aim, was seen as an instrument for bettering the human condition, and sometimes was exalted as the ultimate triumph of technology and the human genius.

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    V. Klemeš (Consultant in Water Resources and Hydrology)

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  1. Water Problems Institute, Moscow, Russia

    Mikhail V. Bolgov

  2. Department of Geophysics, University of Oslo, Norway

    Lars Gottschalk

  3. IGC, Sweden

    Irina Krasovskaia

  4. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK

    Robert J. Moore

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Klemeš, V. (2002). Geophysical Time Series and Climatic Change. In: Bolgov, M.V., Gottschalk, L., Krasovskaia, I., Moore, R.J. (eds) Hydrological Models for Environmental Management. NATO Science Series, vol 79. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0470-1_9

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