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The whole story of climate : what science reveals about the nature of endless change / E. Kirsten Peters.
Van Pelt Library QC884.2.C5 P48 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peters, E. Kirsten.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes.
- Paleoclimatology.
- Physical Description:
- 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2012.
- Summary:
- Offers an overview of the contributions geology has made to the study of climate change and the nuanced picture it presents of a climate that has gone through constant change over the course of millennia.
- Contents:
- Facing our climate adversary squarely
- The ice time
- Staggering complexities and surprising side effects
- From woolly mammoths to saber tooth tigers
- Miraculous mud
- Wood reveals climate clues
- The evidence of the ice
- Even more frequent boom-bust cycles
- Have humans shaped climate for millennia?
- From efforts to modify climate to fears of global cooling
- Global warming discovered
- Leaving the garden.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781616146726
- 1616146729
- OCLC:
- 793581743
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