TY - BOOK AU - Caviedes,César TI - El Niño in history: storming through the ages PY - 2001///] CY - Gainesville PB - University Press of Florida KW - aat KW - fast KW - gnd KW - gtt KW - swd KW - El Niño Current KW - Environmental aspects KW - La Niña Current KW - El Niño, Courant KW - Aspect de l'environnement KW - La Niña, Courant KW - Pacific Ocean KW - Weather KW - Temps (Météorologie) KW - weather KW - El-Niño-Phänomen KW - Geschichte KW - Umweltveränderung KW - Wetter KW - El Niño KW - Electronic books N1 - E-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal; American Council of Learned Societies/ https://www.humanitiesebook.org/about; Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-273) and index; Grasping the basic concepts -- Searching for past El Niños -- Tracing early occurrences -- Raging seas of El Niño -- Droughts in the tropics -- Altered states: from El Niño to La Niña -- Imprints of El Niño in world history -- Traces in the misty past -- Where else to look? N2 - "Cesar Caviedes provides the first comprehensive historical account of El Nino, the fascinating and disruptive weather phenomenon that has affected weather cycles all over the globe for thousands of years. Combining scientific accuracy with readable presentation, he brings together all existing information, references, and clues about past El Nino occurrences and their impact on political, military, social, economic, and environmental history. This sweeping demonstration of the impact of climatic fluctuation on human history will be fascinating to the scientific community as well as to the general public."--Jacket UR - https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb34589 ER -