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W(V)oeikof(v), Dr. A.
On the Influence of Forests Upon Climate. [Offprint from the] Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Vol.XII, No.57. January, 1886. Forwarded and translated from 'Petermann's Mittheilungen', 1885, by J.S. Harding. Dr. Alexander Ivanovich Voeikov [1842-1916] was a pioneering Russian climatologist, and the oldest meteorological institution in Russia, the Main Geophysical Observatory in St. Petersburg, is named in his honor. In this article he argued that forests are responsible for their own climate being cooler and more humid than in surrounding open lands (instead of forests simply growing where it is cooler and more humid), and also that forests change the climate in the areas surrounding them. This, he concluded, would make re-forestation possible in arid areas, and could also result in cleared areas becoming more arid than they were previously. An interesting 19th century article touching on Man's ability to cause climate change. An uncommon and timely offprint. Softcover. 6"x10", pp.26-36 light wear several small stamps evidently once bound into a larger volume, with the spine reinforced with sewn canvas folded better than it sounds. |
