"This is an exceptionally well thought out book on a vitally important, but largely overlooked aspect of climate change science on the near term implications of decadal climate variability (DCV). Not only does Dr. Mehta fill an absolutely critical void in climate science documentation by comprehensively inventorying and describing multi-year to decadal variations in precipitation and temperature, he goes a step further by doing a masterful job of sorting through the chaotic accumulation of previous climate variability research to clearly describe how the impacts of DCV’s affect water security and the stability of civil societies across the mega-nexus of water availability, agricultural production, energy, water transportation, and the sustainability of natural resources."
—Robert A. Pietrowsky, Director, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Institute for Water Resources and the International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management, under the auspices of UNESCO, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
"This is an informative book on multiyear to decadal scale climatic variations and their impacts on precipitation, water availability, crop production, water transportation, fish catch, economy and society. The author has provided a good overview and discussion on the phenomenon of natural decadal scale climate variability and its hydrological impacts over different regions of the globe, which would be of interest to meteorologists, hydrologists, agriculture scientists, climate and application scientists, graduate students, social scientists and policymakers."
— Krishnan Raghavan, Director, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India
"This book admirably fills a yawning gap in the climate literature. There has been almost nothing before on the essential topic of decadal climate variations and their impact on society. Amidst the justifiable concern with Global Warming it is a welcome reminder that the climate changes that have impacted people in the past and continue to impact people in the present are due to natural variations. The extremes of the future will be a combination of natural and man-made impacts. Without skimping on the climate science, Vikram Mehta has provided a model presentation of the impacts of climate on all the things people most care about."
—Mark Cane, G. Unger Vetlesen Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences, Emeritus Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York City, New York, USA
"This is an exceptionally well thought out book on a vitally important, but largely overlooked aspect of climate change science on the near term implications of decadal climate variability (DCV). Not only does Dr. Mehta fill an absolutely critical void in climate science documentation by comprehensively inventorying and describing multi-year to decadal variations in precipitation and temperature, he goes a step further by doing a masterful job of sorting through the chaotic accumulation of previous climate variability research to clearly describe how the impacts of DCV’s affect water security and the stability of civil societies across the mega-nexus of water availability, agricultural production, energy, water transportation, and the sustainability of natural resources."
—Robert A. Pietrowsky, Director, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Institute for Water Resources and the International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management, under the auspices of UNESCO, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
"This is an informative book on multiyear to decadal scale climatic variations and their impacts on precipitation, water availability, crop production, water transportation, fish catch, economy and society. The author has provided a good overview and discussion on the phenomenon of natural decadal scale climate variability and its hydrological impacts over different regions of the globe, which would be of interest to meteorologists, hydrologists, agriculture scientists, climate and application scientists, graduate students, social scientists and policymakers."
— Krishnan Raghavan, Director, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India
"This book admirably fills a yawning gap in the climate literature. There has been almost nothing before on the essential topic of decadal climate variations and their impact on society. Amidst the justifiable concern with Global Warming it is a welcome reminder that the climate changes that have impacted people in the past and continue to impact people in the present are due to natural variations. The extremes of the future will be a combination of natural and man-made impacts. Without skimping on the climate science, Vikram Mehta has provided a model presentation of the impacts of climate on all the things people most care about."
—Mark Cane, G. Unger Vetlesen Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences, EmeritusLamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York City, New York, USA
