Search for dissertations about: "pre-industrial"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the word pre-industrial.
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16. Variability and feedbacks in the middle atmosphere
Abstract : The importance of the middle atmosphere for the weather and climate on Earth is increasingly realized. Variability and feedback processes in the middle atmosphere need to be better understood and form the subject of this thesis. READ MORE
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17. Non-CO2 greenhouse gases, uncertainty and land-use competition
Abstract : Over the past 250 years the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have increased drastically. It is close to scientific consensus that these changes have increased the temperature of the earth. READ MORE
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18. Modelling the early to mid-Holocene Arctic climate
Abstract : In the recent past it has become evident that the Earth's climate is changing, and that human activity play a significant role in these changes. One of the regions where the ongoing climate change has been most evident is in the Arctic: the surface temperature has increased twice as much in this region as compared to the global average, in addition, a significant decline in the Arctic sea-ice extent has been observed in the past decades. READ MORE
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19. Exploring connections in social-ecological systems : The links between biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being in South Africa
Abstract : A key challenge of the Anthropocene is to advance human development without undermining critical ecosystem services. Central to this challenge is a better understanding of the interactions and feedbacks between biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being, which interact in dynamic and complex social-ecological systems. READ MORE
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20. Children Lost and Found : A bioarchaeological study of Middle Helladic children in Asine with a comparison to Lerna
Abstract : This study focusses on children’s living conditions during the Middle Helladic period in Greece. The primary material comprises disarticulated skeletal remains found in a stratigraphic context during the Swedish excavations of Asine in 1926: 4,583 fragments/complete bones. READ MORE