Further Readings

CHAPTER 701 Further Reading

Geographer’s Toolkit

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  1. Thomas, David S. G., and Andrew Goudie, eds. The Dictionary of Physical Geography, 3rd ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2000.

  2. de Blij, Harm. Why Geography Matters: More Than Ever. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.

  3. Jacobs, Frank. Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities. New York: Viking Studio, 2009.

  4. Monmonier, Mark. How to Lie with Maps, 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.

Chapter 1

  1. Molina, Mario, and Sherwood Rowland. “Stratospheric Sink for Chlorofluoromethanes: Chlorine Atom-Catalysed Destruction of Ozone.” Nature 249 (1974): 810–812.

  2. Murray, Christopher J. L., et al. “The State of U.S. Health, 1990–2010: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors.” JAMA 310 (2013): 591–606.

  3. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Stratospheric Ozone Monitoring and Research in NOAA. http://www.ozonelayer.noaa.gov/

  4. Pasachoff, Jay, and Vincent Schaefer. A Field Guide to the Atmosphere. Peterson Field Guides. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998.

  5. Wang, Yuan, Renyi Zhang, and R. Saravanan. “Asian Pollution Climatically Modulates Mid-Latitude Cyclones Following Hierarchical Modelling and Observational Analysis.” Nature Communications 5 (2013): doi:10.1038/ncomms4098

Chapter 2

  1. Malakoff, David, Jake Yeston, and Jesse Smith, “Getting Better to Get Bigger.” Introduction to the special issue “Scaling Up Alternative Energy” of Science 329 (August 13, 2010).

  2. Schiermeier, Quirin, Jeff Tollefson, Tony Scully, Alexandra Witze, and Oliver Morton, “Energy Alternatives: Electricity without Carbon.” Nature 454 (2008): 816–823.

  3. Wines, Michael. A Push Away from Burning Coal as an Energy Source. New York Times. November 14, 2013.

  4. Yergin, Daniel. The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World. New York: Penguin, 2011.

Chapter 3

  1. Burt, Christopher. Extreme Weather: A Guide and Record Book. New York: W.W. Norton, 2007.

  2. Fasullo, John T., and Kevin E. Trenberth. “A Less Cloudy Future: The Role of Subtropical Subsidence in Climate Sensitivity.” Science 9 (2012): 792–794.

  3. Koren, Ilan, Guy Dagan, and Orit Altaratz. “From Aerosol-Limited to Invigoration of Warm Convective Clouds.” Science 344 (2014): 1143–1146.

  4. Sherwood, Steven C., Sandrine Bony, and Jean-Louis Dufresne. “Spread in Model Climate Sensitivity Traced to Atmospheric Convective Mixing.” Nature 505 (2014): 37–42.

  5. World Meteorological Organization. International Cloud Atlas: Manual on the Observation of Clouds and Other Meteors. Geneva: World Meteorological Organization, 1975.

Chapter 4

  1. Burton, Tony, et al. The Wind Energy Handbook. 2nd ed. Chichester: Wiley, 2011.

  2. Carré, Matthieu,et al. “Holocene History of ENSO Variance and Asymmetry in the Eastern Tropical Pacific.” Science 345 (August 7, 2014): 1045–1048.

  3. Makani Power Airborne Wind Energy. http://www.google.com/makani/

  4. Marvel, Kate, Ben Kravitz, and Ken Caldeira. “Geophysical Limits to Global Wind Power.” Nature Climate Change 3 (2013): 118–121.

  5. Subramanian, Meera. “The Trouble with Turbines: An Ill Wind.” Nature 486 (2012): 310–311.

Chapter 5

  1. Cullen, Heidi. The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes from a Climate-Changed Planet. New York: Harper, 2010.

  2. Irfan, Umair. “El Niño Climate Pattern May Influence Disease Outbreaks Globally.” Scientific American, January 30, 2012.

  3. Trapp, Robert. “On the Significance of Multiple Consecutive Days of Tornado Activity.” Monthly Weather Review 142 (2014): 1452–1459.

  4. Yancheva, Gergana, et al. “Influence of the Intertropical Convergence Zone on the East Asian Monsoon.” Nature 445 (2007): 74–77.

Chapter 6

  1. Archer, David. Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2007.

  2. Cullen, Heidi. The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes from a Climate-Changed Planet. New York: Harper, 2010.

  3. DeConto, Robert M., et al. “Past Extreme Warming Events Linked to Massive Carbon Release from Thawing Permafrost.” Nature 484 (2012): 87–91.

  4. Diamond, Jared. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. New York: Viking Press, 2005.

  5. Dow, Kirstin, and Thomas E. Downing. The Atlas of Climate Change: Mapping the World’s Greatest Challenge, 3rd ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011.

  6. Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, et al. “The Northwest Passage Opens for Bowhead Whales.” Biology Letters 8 (2012): 270–273.

  7. Mathez, Edmond A. Climate Change: The Science of Global Warming and Our Energy Future. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009.

  8. Riser, Stephen, and M. Susan Lozier. “New Simulations Question the Gulf Stream’s Role in Tempering Europe’s Winters.” Scientific American 308 (February 1, 2013): 50–55.

  9. Zachos, James, et al. “Trends, Rhythms, and Aberrations in Global Climate 65 Ma to Present.” Science 292 (2001): 886–993.

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Chapter 7

  1. Cox, C. Barry, and Peter D. Moore. Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach, 7th rf. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2005.

  2. Estes, James A., et al. “Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth.” Science 333 (2011): 301–306.

  3. Hulme, Philip E. “Invasive Species Unchecked by Climate.” Science 335 (2012): 538–539.

  4. MacDonald, Glen. Biogeography: Introduction to Space, Time, and Life. Wiley, New York, 2003.

  5. Quammen, David. The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder. New York: Scribner, 2001.

  6. Rull, Valentí. “Origins of Biodiversity.” Science 331 (2011): 398–399.

Chapter 8

  1. Lenzen, M., et al. “International Trade Drives Biodiversity Threats in Developing Nations.” Nature 486 (2012): 109–112.

  2. Little, Jane Braxton. “Regrowing Borneo’s Rainforest—Tree by Tree.” Scientific American (December 1, 2008).

  3. Naidoo, R., et al. “A Newly Discovered Wildlife Migration in Namibia and Botswana is the Longest in Africa.” Oryx, 2014. doi: 10.1017/ S0030605314000222

  4. Quammen, David. The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction. New York: Scribner, 1997.

  5. Sandom, Christopher J., et al. “High Herbivore Density Associated with Vegetation Diversity in Interglacial Ecosystems.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (2014): 4162–4167.

Chapter 9

  1. Castle, Stephanie L., et al. “Groundwater Depletion During Drought Threatens Future Water Security of the Colorado River Basin.” Geophysical Research Letters 31 (August 28, 2014): 5904–5911. doi: 10.1002/2014GL061055

  2. Huggins, David R., and John P. Reganold. “No-Till: How Farmers Are Saving the Soil by Parking Their Plows.” Scientific American, July 2008.

  3. Kennett, Douglas, et al. “Development and Disintegration of Maya Political Systems in Response to Climate Change.” Science 338 (November 9, 2012): 788–791.

  4. Logan, William Bryant. Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth. New York: W.W. Norton, 2007.

  5. Petley, David. “Global Patterns of Loss of Life from Landslides.” Geology 40 (2012): 927–930.

  6. Reisner, Marc. Cadillac Desert: The American Desert and Its Disappearing Water. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.

  7. Scholes, M. C., and R. J. Scholes. “Dust Unto Dust.” Science 342 (November 1, 2013): 565–566.

Chapter 10

  1. Crist, Darlene Trew, Gail Scowcroft, and James M. Harding. World Ocean Census: A Global Survey of Marine Life. Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books, 2009.

  2. Dean, Cornelia. “Study Finds Hope in Saving Saltwater Fish.” New York Times, July 30, 2009.

  3. Earle, Sylvia A., and Linda K. Glover. Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2009.

  4. Farndon, John. Atlas of Oceans: An Ecological Survey of Underwater Life. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2011.

  5. Hinrichsen, Don. The Atlas of Coasts and Oceans: Ecosystems, Threatened Resources, Marine Conservation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011.

  6. Maina, Joseph, et al. “Global Gradients of Coral Exposure to Environmental Stresses and Implications for Local Management.” PLoS ONE 6 (August 10, 2011). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023064

  7. Pusceddu, A., et al. “Chronic and Intensive Bottom Trawling Impairs Deep-Sea Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (June 17, 2014): 8861–8866.

  8. Worm, Brian, et al. “Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services.” Science 314 (2006): 787–790.

Chapter 11

  1. Crowe, Sean A., et al. “Atmospheric Oxygenation Three Billion Years Ago.” Nature 501 (2013): 535–538.

  2. Crutzen, Paul. “Geology of Mankind.” Nature 415 (2002): 23.

  3. Hazen, Robert. The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet. New York: Viking, 2012.

  4. Kolbert, Elizabeth. “The Lost World.” The New Yorker, December 23 and 30, 2013.

  5. Vince, Gaia. “An Epoch Debate.” Science 334 (October 7, 2011): 32–37.

Chapter 12

  1. Hughes, Patrick. “Alfred Wegener (1880–1930): On the Shoulders of Giants.” Earth Observatory, NASA, February 8, 2001. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Wegener/wegener.php

  2. Kääb, Andreas, Etienne Berthier, Christopher Nuth, Julie Gardelle, and Yves Arnaud. “Contrasting Patterns of Early Twenty-First-Century Glacier Mass Change in the Himalayas.” Nature 488 (August 23, 2012): 495–498.

  3. Mitchell, Ross, Taylor Kilian, and David Evans. “Supercontinent Cycles and the Calculation of Absolute Palaeolongitude in Deep Time.” Nature 482 (February 9, 2012): 208–211.

  4. Redfern, Ron. Origins: The Evolution of Continents, Oceans and Life. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001.

Chapter 13

  1. Eves, Robert L. Water, Rock, and Time: The Geologic Story of Zion National Park. Springdale, Utah: Zion Natural History Association, 2005.

  2. Hand, Eric. “Injection Wells Blamed in Oklahoma Earthquakes.” Science 345 (July 4, 2014): 13–14.

  3. Hughes, David. “Energy: A Reality Check on the Shale Revolution.” Nature 494 (2013): 307–308.

  4. iLoveMountains.org. “The Human Cost of Coal: Mountaintop’s Removal’s Effect on Health and the Economy.” Accessed 03/16/2013. http://ilovemountains.org/the-human-cost

  5. McBrearty, Sally. “Palaeoanthropology: Sharpening the Mind.” Nature 491 (November 7, 2012): 531–532.

  6. Pellant, Chris. Smithsonian Handbooks: Rocks and Minerals. Washington, D.C.: Dorling Kindersley, 2002.

Chapter 14

  1. Hall, Stephen. “Scientists on Trial: At Fault?” Nature 477 (2001): 264–269.

  2. Klingaman, William. The Year without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2013.

  3. Revkin, Andrew. “With No Alert System, Indian Ocean Nations Were Vulnerable.” New York Times, December 27, 2004.

  4. Petersen, M.D., et al. “Documentation for the 2014 Update of the United States National Seismic Hazard Maps: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014–1091.” http://dx.doi.org 10.333/ofr20141091

  5. Wignall, Paul. “Earth Science: Lethal Volcanism.” Nature 477 (September 15, 2011): 285–286.

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Chapter 15

  1. Larsen, Isaac J., and David R. Montgomery. “Landslide Erosion Coupled to Tectonics and River Incision.” Nature Geoscience 5 (2012): 468–473.

  2. Parker, Robert N., et al. “Mass Wasting Triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake Is Greater Than Orogenic Growth.” Nature Geoscience 4 (2011): 449–452.

  3. Perkins, Sid. “Death Toll from Landslides Vastly Underestimated.” Nature (August 8, 2012). doi:10.1038/nature.2012.11140

  4. Qiu, Jane. “Landslide Risks Rise Up Agenda.” Nature 511 (July 15, 2014): 272–273.

  5. Stone, Richard, and Robert Service. “Even for Slide-Prone Region, Landslide Was Off the Chart.” Science 344 (April 4, 2014): 16–17.

  6. Turner, Keith, and Robert Schuster. Landslides: Investigation and Mitigation. Washington, D.C.: Transportation Research Board, 1996.

Chapter 16

  1. Egholm, David L., Mads F. Knudsen, and Mike Sandiford. “Lifespan of Mountain Ranges Scaled by Feedbacks Between Landsliding and Erosion by Rivers.” Nature 498 (June 26, 2013): 475–478.

  2. Frey, Philippe, and Michael Church. “How River Beds Move.” Science 325 (September 18, 2009): 1509–1510.

  3. Heffernan, Olive. “Adapting to a Warmer World: No Going Back.” Nature 491 (2012): 659–661.

  4. Jefferson, Anne. “Levees and the Illusion of Flood Control.” Scientific American Guest Blog, May 20, 2011. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com

  5. Kirwan, Matthew L., and J. Patrick Megonigal. “Tidal Wetland Stability in the Face of Human Impacts and Sea-Level Rise. Nature 504 (2013): 53–60.

  6. Lovett, Richard. “Dam Removals: Rivers on the Run.” Nature 511 (2014): 521–523.

  7. McPhee, John. The Control of Nature. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990.

  8. Nittrouer, Jeffrey A., et al. “Mitigating Land Loss in Coastal Louisiana by Controlled Diversion of Mississippi River Sand.” Nature Geoscience 5 (August 2012): 534–537.

Chapter 17

  1. Hanna, Edward, et al. “Ice-Sheet Mass Balance and Climate Change.” Nature 498 (2013): 51–59.

  2. Joughin, Ian, Benjamin E. Smith, and Brooke Medley. “Marine Ice Sheet Collapse Potentially Under Way for the Thwaites Glacier Basin, West Antarctica.” Science 344 (May 16, 2014): 735–738.

  3. Kerr, Richard. “Experts Agree Global Warming Is Melting the World Rapidly.” Science 338 (November 30, 2012): 1138.

  4. McClintock, James. Lost Antarctica: Adventures in a Disappearing Land. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

  6. Pokhrel, Yadu N., et al. “Model Estimates of Sea-Level Change Due to Anthropogenic Impacts on Terrestrial Water Storage.” Nature Geoscience 5 (2012): 389–392.

Chapter 18

  1. Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968.

  2. Bray, Warwick. “Under the Skin of Nazca.” Nature 358 (1992): 19.

  3. Holmes, Jonathan A. “How the Sahara Became Dry.” Science 320 (May 9, 2008): 752–753.

  4. Norris, Richard D., et al. “Sliding Rocks on Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park: First Observation of Rocks in Motion.” PLoS One 9 (August 27, 2014). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105948

  5. Thomas, David, Melanie Knight, and Giles Wiggs. “Remobilization of Southern African Desert Dune Systems by Twenty-First Century Global Warming.” Nature 435 (June 30, 2005): 1218–1221.

  6. Whitley, David. Introduction to Rock Art Research. 2nd ed. Walnut Grove, CA: Left Coast Press, 2011.

Chapter 19

  1. Chu, M. L., et al. “A Simplified Approach for Simulating Changes in Beach Habitat Due to the Combined Effects of Long-Term Sea Level Rise, Storm Erosion, and Nourishment.” Environmental Modelling and Software 52 (February 2014): 111–120.

  2. Hobbs, Carl. The Beach Book: The Science of the Shore. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012.

  3. Hoefel, Fernanda, and Steve Elgar. “Wave-Induced Sediment Transport and Sandbar Migration.” Science 299 (2003): 1885–1887.

  4. Storrs, Carina. “Slip-Sliding Away: Myrtle Beach Erosion Could Explain Sand Loss along the U.S. East Coast.” Scientific American (October 30, 2009). http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/myrtle-beach-south-carolina-coastline-erosion/

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