Climate Change -: Environment and History of the Near East

When the first edition of this book was published in 2004, the following year 2005 has happened to have been the warmest year since 1880, when the first reliable worldwide instrumental records came into existance. Claiming no li- age between the publication of our book and the temperature record, yet this record demonstrates the trend of increase in the global surface temperatures during thepast20years,reinforcedbyevidenceofriseofatmosphere’sand oceans’ temperatures, and increased melting o...