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Note: Contents Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Discovery 1.2 General Introduction 1.3 Just for Fun — An Isotope Biography of Mr. Polychaete Chapter 2. Isotope Notation and Measurement Overview 2.1 The Necessary Minimum for Ecologists 2.2 Why Use the 5 Notation? 2.3 Why Is 8 a Good Substitute for % Heavy Isotope? 2.4 8 and the Ratio-of-Ratios 2.5 Chapter Summary Chapter 3. Using Stable Isotope Tracers Overview 3.1 Isotope Circulation in the Biosphere 3.2 Landscape Ecology and Isotope Maps 3.3 Community Ecology and Invasive Species in Food Webs 3.4 Life History Ecology and Animal Migrations 3.5 Plants, Microbes, and Scaling Up 3.6 Chapter Summary Chapter 4. Isotope Chi ("I Chi") Overview 4.1 Chocolate Isotopes 4.2 Oxygen in the Sea 4.3 Equations for Isotope Chi ("I Chi") 4.4 Building an I Chi Gain-Loss Model, Step by Step 4.5 Errors in I Chi Models 4.6 Exact Equations for I Chi Models 4.7 Cows in a Pasture 4.8 Chapter Summary Chapter 5. Mixing Overview 5.1 Isotope Mixing in Food Webs 5.2 Isotope Sourcery 5.3 Mixing Mechanics 5.4 Advanced Mixing Mechanics 5.5 Mixing Assumptions and Errors or the Art and Wisdom of Using Isotope Mixing Models 5.6 River Sulfate and Mass-Weighted Mixing 5.7 A Special Muddy Case and Mixing Through Time 5.8 The Qualquan Chronicles and Mixing Across Landscapes 5.9 Dietary Mixing, Turnover, and a Stable Isotope Clock 5.10 Chapter Summary Chapter 6. Isotope Additions Overview 6.1 Addition Addiction 6.2 The Golden Spike Award for Isotopes 6.3 Chapter Summary Chapter 7. Fractionation Overview 7.1 Fractionation Fundamentals 7.2 Isotopium and Fractionation in Closed Systems 7.3 A Strange and Routine Case 7.4 A Genuine Puzzle — Fractionation or Mixing? 7.5 Cracking the Closed Systems 7.6 Equilibrium Fractionation, Subtle Drama in the Cold 7.7 A Supply/Demand Model for Open System Fractionation 7.8 Open System Fractionation and Evolution of the Earth's Sulfur Cycle 7.9 Open System Legacies 7.10 Conducting Fractionation Experiments 7.11 Chapter Summary Chapter 8. Scanning the Future Overview 8.1 The Isotope Scanner 8.2 Mangrove Maude 8.3 The Beginner's Advantage—Imagine! 8.4 Chapter Summary Appendix. Important Isotope Equations and Useful Conversions Index Supplemental Electronic Materials on the Accompanying CD A. Chapter 1 Color Figures and Cartoon Problems B. Chapter 2 Color Figures and Cartoon Problems Technical Supplement 2A: Measuring Spiked Samples Technical Supplement 2B: Ion Corrections Technical Supplement 2C: The Ratio Notation and The Power of 1 C. Chapter 3 Color Figures and Cartoons Problems D. Chapter 4 Color Figures and Cartoons Problems I Chi Spreadsheets E. Chapters 5 Color Figures and Cartoons Problems I Chi Spreadsheets F. Chapter 6 Color Figure and Cartoon Problems I Chi Spreadsheet Technical Supplement 6A: How Much Isotope Should I Add? Technical Supplement 6B: Noisy Data and Data Analysis with Enriched Samples G. Chapter 7 Color Figures and Cartoons Problems I Chi Spreadsheets Technical Supplement 7A: A Chemist's View of Isotope Effects Technical Supplement 7B: Derivations of Closed System Isotope Equations H. Chapter 8 Color Figures and Cartoons Problems I. All Problems for Chapters 1-8 J. All Answers to Problems for Chapters 1-8 K. All Figures and Cartoons L. All I Chi Spreadsheets M. A Reading List

Note: Contents: 1 The Coastal Zone - a Domain of Global Interactions. - 1.1 Introduction. - 1.2 What is the Coastal Zone?. - 1.3 System and Human Attributes of the Coastal Zone. - 1.3.1 Coastal Ecosystems. - 1.3.2 Variability in Coastal Ecosystems. - 1.4 Changes to the Coastal Zone. - 1.4.1 Pressures on the Coastal Zone from Natural Forcing. - 1.4.2 Pressures on the Coastal Zone from Human Forcing. - 1.4.3 Economics and Coastal Zone Change. - 1.5 Measuring Change and Status of the Coastal Zone at the Global Scale - LOICZ Approaches and Tools. - 1.5.1 Biogeochemical Fluxes of C, N and P. - 1.5.2 Typology Approach to Scaling and Globalisation. - 1.5.3 Socio-economic Evaluations. - 1.5.4 River Basins - Material Fluxes and Human Pressures. - 1.5.5 Key Thematic Issues. - 1.6 Responses to Change. - References. - 2 Dynamics of the Coastal Zone. - 2.1 Introduction. - 2.2 Impacts of Local, Regional and Global Sea-level Fluctuations. - 2.2.1 Processes and Mechanisms: Coastal Dynamics. - 2.2.2 Evolving Morphology and Boundary Conditions. - 2.2.3 Coastal Storms and Coastal Protection. - 2.3 Changes in the Flux of Water and Sediment. - 2.3.1 Processes and Mechanisms. - 2.3.2 Sediment Flux to the Coast: Climate versus Humans. - 2.4 Estuarine Interactions. - 2.5 Groundwater Inputs to the Coastal Zone. - 2.5.1 A New Understanding. - 2.5.2 Advective Porewater Exchange. - 2.5.3 Magnitude of Submarine Groundwater Discharge. - 2.5.4 Biogeochemical Implications. - 2.6 Influence of Human Activities on Material Fluxes. - 2.6.1 The Role of Dams and Other Land Transformations. - 2.6.2 Ecosystem Health and Diversity. - 2.6.3 The Vitality of Coastal Wetlands, Mangroves and Reefs. - 2.6.4 Sediment Dispersion and Grain Size Effects. - 2.7 Summary. - 2.7.1 Impacts of Local, Regional and Global Sea-level Fluctuations. - 2.7.2 Sediment Flux to the Coast. - 2.7.3 Dynamics at the Estuarine Interface. - 2.7.4 Groundwater Inputs. - 2.7.5 The Human Dynamic. - References. - 3 C, N, P Fluxes in the Coastal Zone. - 3.1 Introduction. - 3.1.1 The Coastal Zone and Fluxes. - 3.1.2 Elemental Cycles and Fluxes. - 3.2 Estimates of C, N and P Fluxes in the Coastal Zone. - 3.2.1 Current Information Availability. - 3.2.2 Fluxes and Variability of Fluxes. - 3.2.3 Non-conservative Fluxes: Their Distributions, Relationships to Other Variables and Biogeochemical Interpretation. - 3.3 Classification of Coastal Fluxes. - 3.3.1 Budget Sites and Coastal Areas: Sizes, Scales and Representation. - 3.3.2 Land versus Ocean Dominance of Biogeochemical Processes: Dynamic Factors in Coastal Classification. - 3.3.3 Natural and Anthropogenic Factors: Pristine to Highly Altered. - 3.3.4 Budget Sites as Representatives of the Global System. - 3.3.5 Typology for Flux Extrapolation. - 3.3.6 Prospects for Future Fluxes and Their Assessment. - 3.4 Conclusions. - 3.4.1 Biogeochemical Systems and Nutrient Loads. - 3.4.2 Scale, Resolution and Generalisation. - 3.4.3 Infrastructure and Methodology. - 3.5 Recommendations. - 3.5.1 Concepts and Methodology. - References. - 4 The Catchment to Coast Continuum. - 4.1 Introduction. - 4.1.1 The LOICZ-Basins Approach. - 4.2 South America. - 4.2.1 Overview of South American River Catchment-Coastal Zone Systems - Geography and Climate. - 4.2.2 Assessment of Land-based Drivers, Pressures and Coastal Impacts. - 4.2.3 State Changes, Impacts and Future Trends. - 4.2.4 Conclusions - South America . -4.3 Africa. - 4.3.1 Overview of African River Catchment - Coastal Zone Systems - Geography and Climate. - 4.3.2 Assessment of Land-based Drivers, Pressures and Coastal Impacts. - 4.3.3 State Changes, Impacts and Future Trends. - 4.3.4 Conclusions - Africa. - 4.4 East Asia. - 4.4.1 Overview of East Asian River Catchment - Coastal Zone Systems - Geography and Climate. - 4.4.2 Assessment of Land-based Drivers, Pressures and Coastal Impacts. - 4.4.3 State Changes, Impacts and Future Trends. - 4.4.4 Conclusions - East Asia. - 4.5 Russian Arctic. - 4.5.1 Overview of Russian Arctic River Catchment - Coastal Zone Systems - Geography and Climate. - 4.5.2 Assessment of Land-based Drivers, Pressures and Coastal Impacts. - 4.5.3 State Changes, Impacts and Future Trends. - 4.5.4 Conclusions - Russian Arctic. - 4.6 Europe - Catchment-Coast Interactions. - 4.6.1 Overview of the European Coastal Zone/Catchment Systems. - 4.6.2 Assessment of Land-based Drivers, Pressures and Coastal Impacts. - 4.6.3 Conclusions - Europe. - 4.7 Towards Coupled Coastal and River Catchment Management: DPSIR Application into Scenarios for Europe. - 4.7.1 Introduction. - 4.7.2 Scenarios and Coastal Futures. - 4.7.3 Application of Scenarios: an Example for Europe. - 4.8 Summary and Conclusions. - 4.8.1 Catchments and Changes. - 4.8.2 Information Gaps. - References. - 5 Synthesis of Main Findings and Conclusions. - 5.1 Global Change and Sustainable Use of Earth's Coastal Zones. - 5.2 Progress in Meeting IGBP-LOICZ Goals. - 5.3 Key Findings. - 5.3.1 The Coastal Domain. - 5.3.2 River Basins: Assessment of Human-induced Land-based Drivers and Pressures. - 5.3.3 Material Fluxes. - 5.3.4 Biogeochemical Budgets. - 5.4 Now and into the Future. - 5.4.1 River Basin Factors. - 5.4.2 Material Fluxes. - 5.4.3 Biogeochemical Budgets. - 5.5 The LOICZ Contribution. - 5.6 Implications for Management. - 5.7 The Future of LOICZ. - 5.7.1 The Future Challenges for LOICZ. - 5.7.2 The Potential for LOICZ to Contribute to Future Coastal Management Challenges. - References. - Appendix. - A.1 LOICZ Reports and Studies and Key Publications. - A.2 Acronyms and Abbreviations. - Index.

Note: D. H. Tarling: Introduction: sediments and diagenesis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:1-8, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.21 --- C. M. Batt: Preliminary investigations into the acquisition of remanence in archaeological sediments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:9-19, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.02 --- S. A. Pisarevsky: Studies of post-depositional remanent magnetization and their relevance to the palaeomagnetic record / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:21-26, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.03 --- Graham J. Borradaile: Viscous remanent magnetization of high thermal stability in limestone / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:27-42, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.04 --- Barbara A. Maher and Mark W. Hounslow: The significance of magnetotactic bacteria for the palaeomagnetic and rock magnetic record of Quaternary sediments and soils / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:43-46, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.05 --- Shmuel Marco, Hagai Ron, Michael O. McWilliams, and Mordechai Stein: The locking-in of remanence in upper Pleistocene sediments of Lake Lisan (palaeo Dead Sea) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:47-52, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.06 --- J. Dinarès-Turell and M. J. Dekkers: Diagenesis and remanence acquisition in the Lower Pliocene Trubi marls at Punta di Maiata (southern Sicily): palaeomagnetic and rock magnetic observations / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:53-69, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.07 --- L. Vigliotti, L. Capotondi, and M. Torii: Magnetic properties of sediments deposited in suboxic-anoxic environments: relationships with biological and geochemical proxies / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:71-83, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.08 --- Michael Urbat, Mark J. Dekkers, and Simon P. Vriend: The isolation of diagenetic groups in marine sediments using fuzzy c-means cluster analyses / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:85-93, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.09 --- Gary S. Wilson and Andrew P. Roberts: Diagenesis of magnetic mineral assemblages in multiply redeposited siliciclastic marine sediments, Wanganui basin, New Zealand / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:95-108, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.10 --- P. Turner, P. Chandler, D. Ellis, G. P. Leveille, and M. L. Heywood: Remanence acquisition and magnetostratigraphy of the Leman Sandstone Formation: Jupiter Fields, southern North Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:109-124, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.11 --- E. A. Hailwood, D. Bowen, F. Ding, P. W. M. Corbett, and P. Whattler: Characterizing pore fabrics in sediments by anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility analyses / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:125-126, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.12 --- F. Hrouda and J. Ježek: Magnetic anisotropy indications of deformations associated with diagenesis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:127-137, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.13 --- Graham J. Borradaile, Philip W. Fralick, and France Lagroix: Acquisition of anhysteretic remanence and tensor subtraction from AMS isolates true palaeocurrent grain alignments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:139-145, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.14 --- B. D’Argenio, V. Ferreri, M. Iorio, A. Raspini, and D. H. Tarling: Diagenesis and remanence acquisition in the Cretaceous carbonate sediments of Monte Raggeto, southern Italy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:147-156, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.15 --- Emő Márton: Diagenesis in platform carbonate rocks: a palaeomagnetic study of an upper Triassic-lower Jurassic section, Tata (Hungary) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:157-165, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.16 --- Alla Shogenova: The influence of dolomitization on the magnetic properties of Lower Palaeozoic carbonate rocks in Estonia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:167-180, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.17 --- Herbert Haubold: Alteration of magnetic properties of Palaeozoic platform carbonate rocks during burial diagenesis (Lower Ordovician sequence, Texas, USA) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:181-203, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.18 --- Glossary / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 151:205-208, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.151.01.19

Note: Introduction and Overviews --- J.-P. Henriet and J. Mienert: Gas Hydrates: the Gent debates. Outlook on research horizons and strategies / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:1-8, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.01 --- K. A. Kvenvolden: A primer on the geological occurrence of gas hydrate / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:9-30, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.02 --- E. D. Sloan, Jr: Physical/chemical properties of gas hydrates and application to world margin stability and climatic change / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:31-50, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.03 --- Analysis and Modelling of Hydrate Formation --- G. D. Ginsburg: Gas hydrate accumulation in deep-water marine sediments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:51-62, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.04 --- A. W. Rempel and B. A. Buffett: Mathematical models of gas hydrate accumulation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:63-74, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.05 --- R. J. Bakker: Improvements in clathrate modelling II: the H2O-CO2-CH4-N2-C2H6 fluid system / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:75-105, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.06 --- H. Lu and R. Matsumoto: Synthesis of CO2 hydrate in various CH3CO2Na/CH3CO2H pH buffer solutions / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:107-111, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.07 --- Exploration Strategy and Reservoir Evaluation Methodology --- J. S. Booth, W. J. Winters, W. P. Dillon, M. B. Clennell, and M. M. Rowe: Major occurrences and reservoir concepts of marine clathrate hydrates: implications of field evidence / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:113-127, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.08 --- D. Goldberg and S. Saito: Detection of gas hydrates using downhole logs / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:129-132, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.09 --- J. W. Hobro, T. A. Minshull, and S. C. Singh: Tomographic seismic studies of the methane hydrate stability zone in the Cascadia Margin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:133-140, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.10 --- U. Tinivella, E. Lodolo, A. Camerlenghi, and G. Boehm: Seismic tomography study of a bottom simulating reflector off the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:141-151, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.11 --- Worldwide Gas Hydrate Occurrences and Regional Case Studies --- C. K. Paull, W. S. Borowski, and N. M. Rodriguez: Marine gas hydrate inventory: preliminary results of ODP Leg 164 and implications for gas venting and slumping associated with the Blake Ridge gas hydrate field / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:153-160, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.12 --- R. Thiéry, R. Bakker, and C. Monnin: Geochemistry of gas hydrates and associated fluids in the sediments of a passive continental margin. Preliminary results of the ODP Leg 164 on the Blake Outer Ridge / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:161-165, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.13 --- G. J. De Lange and H.-J. Brumsack: The occurrence of gas hydrates in Eastern Mediterranean mud dome structures as indicated by pore-water composition / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:167-175, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.14 --- J. M. Woodside, M. K. Ivanov, and A. F. Limonov: Shallow gas and gas hydrates in the Anaximander Mountains region, eastern Mediterranean Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:177-193, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.15 --- M. K. Ivanov, A. F. Limonov, and J. M. Woodside: Extensive deep fluid flux through the sea floor on the Crimean continental margin (Black Sea) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:195-213, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.16 --- S. V. Bouriak and A. M. Akhmetjanov: Origin of gas hydrate accumulations on the continental slope of the Crimea from geophysical studies / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:215-222, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.17 --- D. Long, S. Lammers, and P. Linke: Possible hydrate mounds within large sea-floor craters in the Barents Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:223-237, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.18 --- M. Veerayya, S. M. Karisiddaiah, K. H. Vora, B. G. Wagle, and F. Almeida: Detection of gas-charged sediments and gas hydrate horizons along the western continental margin of India / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:239-253, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.19 --- S. Neben, K. Hinz, and H. Beiersdorf: Reflection characteristics, depth and geographical distribution of bottom simulating reflectors within the accretionary wedge of Sulawesi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:255-265, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.20 --- G. Delisle, H. Beiersdorf, S. Neben, and D. Steinmann: The geothermal field of the North Sulawesi accretionary wedge and a model on BSR migration in unstable depositional environments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:267-274, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.21 --- Relevance to Margin Stability and Climatic Change --- J. Mienert, J. Posewang, and M. Baumann: Gas hydrates along the northeastern Atlantic margin: possible hydrate-bound margin instabilities and possible release of methane / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:275-291, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.22 --- W. P. Dillon, W. W. Danforth, D. R. Hutchinson, R. M. Drury, M. H. Taylor, and J. S. Booth: Evidence for faulting related to dissociation of gas hydrate and release of methane off the southeastern United States / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:293-302, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.23 --- B. U. Haq: Natural gas hydrates: searching for the long-term climatic and slope-stability records / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:303-318, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.24 --- R. B. Thorpe, J. A. Pyle, and E.G. Nisbet: What does the ice-core record imply concerning the maximum climatic impact of possible gas hydrate release at Termination 1A? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:319-326, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.25 --- D. Raynaud, J. Chappellaz, and T. Blünier: Ice-core record of atmospheric methane changes: relevance to climatic changes and possible gas hydrate sources / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 137:327-331, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.26

Note: Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1 Auf Spurensuche vor unserer Haustür. - 2 Rund um den Gletscher. - Wie Gletscher entstehen. - Gletscher, Glacier, Ghiaccia, Jökull. - Gletschertypen. - Aufbau und Eigenschaften eines Gletschers. - Gletschereis fließt. - Gletscher wachsen an und schmelzen ab. - Gletscherschwankungen und ihre Ursachen. - 3 Verbreitung des Eises und der kalten Regionen. - 4 Vereisungen während der geologischen Vergangenheit. - Präquartäre Kaltzeiten. - Quartäre Kaltzeiten. - Die Schlüssel zur Vergangenheit. - Pleistozän (Kaltzeitalter). - Europa im Pleistozän. - 5 Gletscher formen Landschaften. - Kräfte und Prozesse im Überblick. - Der glaziale Formenschatz. - Glaziale Abtragungsformen. - Glaziale Ablagerungsformen. - Moränen in Nordmitteleuropa. - Moränen im Gebirge und Gebirgsrandbereich. - Weitere Glazialformen. - 6 Der Einfluß des Gletscherschmelzwassers. - Kräfte und Prozesse im Überblick. - Fluvioglaziale Abtragungsformen. - Fluvioglaziale Ablagerungsformen. - Formengesellschaften glazialer und fluvioglazialer Entstehung. - Formenvielfalt auf engstem Raum - ein Beispiel. - Formengesellschaft im Modell - die glaziale Serie. - 7 Formengestaltung abseits von vergletscherten Gebieten. - Kräfte und Prozesse im Überblick. - Die regionale Verbreitung der Periglazialgebiete. - Der periglaziale Formenschatz. - Wind: Äolische Prozesse und Formen. - Schwerkraft: Gravitative Prozesse und Formen. - Frost: Kryogene Prozesse und Formen. - 8 Gletscher und Meeresspiegel. - Das geophysikalische Prinzip isostatischer Bewegungen. - Eustatische Meeresspiegelschwankungen. - Isostasie und Eustasie wirken zusammen. - Der Einfluß auf die Küstenlandschaften. - 9 Die nächste Kaltzeit kommt bestimmt. - Globale Entwicklungen. - Atmosphäre und Klima. - Anthropogene Eingriffe. - Natürliche Klimaschwankungen. - Astronomische Einflüsse. - Irdische Einflüsse. - Das Greenland Icecore Project - eine Eisbohrung bringt überraschende Erkenntnisse. - Meeresströme steuern das Klima. - Kann es eine überzeugende Klimaprognose geben. - Literaturverzeichnis. - Glossar. - Abbildungsnachweis. - Sachverzeichnis.