Klaus Heine - Böcker

The knowledge of tropical climate history is of paramount importance because in the tropics and marginal tropics, natural and - more recently - human-induced processes significantly control global climate.

The Ice Age (Quaternary) is a period of extreme climate fluctuations that led to the growth and melting of massive ice sheets in the high latitudes. Tropical deserts, savannas, rainforests, and mountainous regions experienced equal dramatic climatic changes of which the traces are preserved in sedimentary deposits. The knowledge of tropical climate history is of paramount importance because in the tropics and marginal tropics, natural and - more recently - human-induced processes significantly control global climate. Yet relatively few palaeoclimate records are known from these regions.This book presents the climate archives of the tropics and critically discusses their palaeoclimatic informative value. Based on decades of research the author demonstrates that a lack of geoecological knowledge leads to misinterpretations in modeling climate futures. The results presented here call for a correction of many widely held views about the role of atmospheric greenhouse gases in global warming over the past 150 years.The book is intended for natural scientists of all disciplines who are looking for a synopsis of the problem area "Our climate in the past, present and future in the tropics".

Das Eiszeitalter (Quartär) ist eine Zeit extremer Klimaschwankungen, die zum Anwachsen und Abschmelzen gewaltiger Eisschilde in den hohen Breiten führten. Die tropischen Wüsten, Savannen, Regenwälder und Gebirgsregionen erlebten gleichermaßen dramatische Klimaänderungen, deren Spuren in sedimentären Ablagerungen erhalten geblieben sind. Die Kenntnis der tropischen Klimageschichte ist von größter Bedeutung, da in den Tropen und Randtropen natürliche und –  neuerdings – vom Menschen ausgelöste Prozesse das weltweite Klima maßgeblich steuern. Dennoch sind aus diesen Regionen nur relativ wenige Paläoklimadaten bekannt. Dieses Buch stellt die Klimaarchive der Tropen vor und diskutiert kritisch deren paläoklimatischen Aussagewert. Mit seiner holistischen Sicht auf der Basis von jahrzehntelangen eigenen Forschungen zeigt der Autor auf, dass mangelnde geoökologische Kenntnisse der Tropenwelt zu Fehldeutungen in den Modellierungen der Klimazukunft führen können. Die hier präsentierten Ergebnisse fordern eine Korrektur vieler weit verbreiteter Ansichten über die Bedeutung der atmosphärischen Treibhausgase für die globale Erwärmung der letzten 150 Jahre.

This book explores the structure and frameworks of digital governance, focusing on various regulatory patterns, with the aim of tackling the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Addressing the various challenges posed by AI technologies, this book explores potential avenues for crafting legal remedies and solutions, spanning liability of AI, platform governance, and the implications for data protection and privacy.The book is valuable for audiences with or without a technological background. Primarily, it targets academic scholars from a variety of disciplines, including law, ethics, sociology, political science, economics, computer science, and engineering. Particularly, academics interested in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary studies would benefit from the mixture of disciplines in the book. The scholarly insights in this work are valuable also for policymakers and civil society, by providing potential guidance for effective AI regulation. Additionally, the book can be useful to private companies and organisations that are involved in designing AI applications, offering practical insights and guidance about the legal and societal implications of AI.Kostina Prifti, Esra Demir and Julia Krämer are PhD candidates at Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.Klaus Heine is Professor of Law and Economics at Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.Evert Stamhuis is Professor of Law and Innovation at Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.Chapters 2,  6, 10, and 13 are available open access under a via link.springer.com.