Briefings on Chad is a spy novel originating from the author's travels and work on climate science around the world, including on-the-ground activities in the region of Africa where this novel takes place. The thriller captures the environmental science, drought conditions, and global politics of the 1970s. Global super powers are competing for a scarce resource that could change the future development of the African continent. Western scientists dodge the local warlords and Russian spies in an attempt to fulfill their objective. But can they succeed and get out alive? This story is mixture of fact and fiction. The places are real. Only the 1974 coup d'état in Chad, which brought down the Tombalbaye regime actually happened. Names of participants in the coup were reported at the time by world media. All other characters in the story are fictional. Their resemblance, if any, to persons living or dead is coincidental.
An up-to-date and much enlarged edition of this text on the microclimate, emphasizing its effect on plants, animals, and humans. Provides a basis for understanding environmental biophysics, then covers the prediction, manipulation, and management of the climate near the ground.
The North American Great Plains is a major global breadbasket but its agriculture is stressed by drought, heat, damaging winds, soil erosion and declining ground water resources. Biomass production and processing on the Plains would partially restore a perennial vegetative cover and create employment opportunities. This book explores the possibility that the ecology and economy of the Plains region, and similar regions, would benefit from the introduction of perennial biomass crops.
An up-to-date and much enlarged edition of this text on the microclimate, emphasizing its effect on plants, animals, and humans. Provides a basis for understanding environmental biophysics, then covers the prediction, manipulation, and management of the climate near the ground.
The North American Great Plains is a major global breadbasket but its agriculture is stressed by drought, heat, damaging winds, soil erosion and declining ground water resources. Biomass production and processing on the Plains would partially restore a perennial vegetative cover and create employment opportunities. This book explores the possibility that the ecology and economy of the Plains region, and similar regions, would benefit from the introduction of perennial biomass crops.
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