Global Climate: Current Research and Uncertainties in the Climate SystemSpringer Science & Business Media, 2002 M10 23 - 286 pages Uncertainty for Everyone The one thing that is certain about the world is that the world is uncertain. I have here, the question that apart of the matter, living matter, has to resolve in each and every one of its moments of existance. The environment of a living being is apart of the living being where it turns out, the rest of the living beings live. This is the drama of life on earth. Every living individual debates with his environment, exchanging matter, energy and information in the hope of staying alive, the same as all living beings who share that same environment. The adven ture of a living being (of all living beings ) is to maintain reasonable independ ence in face ofthe fluctuations ofuncertainty within the environment. The range of restrictions and mutual relationships is colossal. How is the tran seendental pretension of staying alive regulated? There is an equation imposed by the laws ofthermodynamics and the mathematical theory ofinformation about the interaction ofa living being with his environment which we could state like this: The complexity 01 a living individual plus his capacity for anticipation in re spect to his environment is identical to the uncertainty of the environmentplus the capacity of that living being to change the environment. |
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... interaction of a living being with his environment which we could state like this : The complexity of a living individual plus his capacity for anticipation in re- spect to his environment is identical to the uncertainty of the ...
... interaction of a living being with his environment which we could state like this : The complexity of a living individual plus his capacity for anticipation in re- spect to his environment is identical to the uncertainty of the ...
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... interaction among phenomena as familiar as winds , clouds , light , air , land and water throughout the Earth's history . This same interaction produces large- scale phenomena that , like El Niño - Southern Oscillation ( ENSO ) ...
... interaction among phenomena as familiar as winds , clouds , light , air , land and water throughout the Earth's history . This same interaction produces large- scale phenomena that , like El Niño - Southern Oscillation ( ENSO ) ...
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Current Research and Uncertainties in the Climate System Xavier Rodo Francisco Comin. This interaction also largely determines the fate and the response to the increasing quantities of greenhouse gases that we are continuously throwing ...
Current Research and Uncertainties in the Climate System Xavier Rodo Francisco Comin. This interaction also largely determines the fate and the response to the increasing quantities of greenhouse gases that we are continuously throwing ...
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... Interactions of the atmosphere with other components of the climate system .......... 11 1.5 Present certainties and uncertainties about the Earth climate ..... 16 2 Why Global Warming Is A Controversial Issue S. George Philander ...
... Interactions of the atmosphere with other components of the climate system .......... 11 1.5 Present certainties and uncertainties about the Earth climate ..... 16 2 Why Global Warming Is A Controversial Issue S. George Philander ...
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... Interactions between the Tropics and Extratropics . A bit on theory , results and prospects for future predictability . X. Rodó ....... 237 11.1 Introduction ...... 237 11.2 Brief background knowledge 242 11.3 Dynamics of tropical ...
... Interactions between the Tropics and Extratropics . A bit on theory , results and prospects for future predictability . X. Rodó ....... 237 11.1 Introduction ...... 237 11.2 Brief background knowledge 242 11.3 Dynamics of tropical ...
Contents
I | 3 |
II | 4 |
III | 6 |
IV | 11 |
V | 16 |
VI | 25 |
VII | 34 |
VIII | 41 |
XXXII | 102 |
XXXIII | 103 |
XXXIV | 111 |
XXXV | 124 |
XXXVI | 129 |
XXXVII | 131 |
XXXVIII | 134 |
XL | 140 |
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