Varis

Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis

Varis

Espoon Leppävaarassa tapahtuu jälleen. Läkkitorin tienoilla lentelee hullu varis. Onko sillä yhteys mystisiin surmiin, joilta eivät säästy rikolliset eivätkä poliisit? Tätä mieltä on ainakin ylikomisario Konrad Kettunen, joka ennen eläkkeelle lähtöään on päättänyt ratkaista nämä henkirikokset. Haastavat tutkimukset laajenevat ja vaativat tuekseen runsain määrin piipputupakkaa ja laatukonjakkia. Leppävaaraa piinanneet menneisyyden tapahtumat tuntuvat toistuvan. Onko Benazir Kiraly tullut takaisin? Varis on jatkoa rikosromaaneille Sinisilmä (2018) ja Kuningatarkalastaja (2020), mutta sopii luettavaksi myös itsenäisenä teoksena.

Environmental Foresight and Models

Policy-makers and the public, it has famously been said, are more interested in the possibility of non-linear dislocations and surprises in the behaviour of the environment than in smooth extrapolations of current trends. The International Task Force in Forecasting Environmental Change (1993-1998) dedicated its work to developing procedures of model building capable of addressing our palpable concerns for substantial change in the future. This volume discusses the immense challenges that such structural change presents - that the behaviour of the environment may become radically different from that observed in the past - and investigates the potentially profound implications for model development.Drawing upon case histories from the Great Lakes, acidic atmospheric deposition and, among others, the urban ozone problem, this discourse responds to a new agenda of questions. For example: "What system of 'radar' might we design to detect threats to the environment lying just beyond the 'horizon'?" and "Are the seeds of structural change identifiable within the record of the recent past?"Meticulously researched by leading environmental modellers, this milestone volume engages vigorously with its subject and offers an animated account of how models can begin to take into consideration the significant threats and uncertainties posed by structural change.