Currents of Change - Glantz, Michael H.

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Biographie:
Michael H. Glantz was a Senior Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), where he researched from 1974 to 2009. Since then, he has been the director of the University of Colorado's Consortium for Capacity Building (CCB). His research publications relate to understanding how extreme climate, water and weather affect societies and how societies affect climate. Since 1976, Glantz has conducted joint research in the former Soviet Union and in the Central Asian Republics on desertification and on the disappearing of the Aral Sea. In 2013 he was recognized by China as a pioneer in
desertification studies. Glantz is a member of the Advisory Committee of the international Integrated Risk Governance Program, headquartered at Beijing Normal University. He has lectured on the Climate Affairs concept in several Chinese cities at universities and meteorological centers. He has numerous publications on climate, water and weather issues. Glantz and Professor Qian (BNU and executive
director of the IRG) co-authored Usable Thoughts: Climate, Water and Weather in the
21st Century. His current multiyear research is El Ni?o Ready Nations, supported by USAID/OFDA. Many Belt and Road countries are affected by El Ni?o's impacts.

In 1990 he received the Global 500 Award of the UN Environment Program (UNEP) that recognizes people working in diverse ways to protect and enhance the planet's natural resources. Glantz received the 2009 Clinton Global Initiative and Rockefeller Foundation Commitment.

He has a BS in Metallurgical Engineering (1961) and an MA (1963) and PhD (1970) in Political Science/ International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.

Sommaire:
Acknowledgements; Preface to second edition; Preface to first edition; 1. Introduction; 2. El Ni?o; 3. A tale of two histories; 4. The biography of El Ni?o; 5. The biography of La Ni?a; 6. The 1982?1983 El Ni?o: a case of an anomalous anomaly; 7. Forecasting El Ni?o; 8. Forecasting the 1997?1998 El Ni?o; 9. Teleconnections; 10. El Ni?o's ecological impacts: The Galapagos; 11. Methods used to identify El Ni?o; 12. El Ni?o and health; 13. The media, El Ni?o and La Ni?a: a study in media-rology; 14. Why do ENSO events continue to surprise us?; 15. What people need to know about El Ni?o; 16. Usable science; Appendix; References.