Waking the giant : how a changing climate triggers earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes / Bill McGuire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGuire, Bill, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--History.

Earthquakes.

Tsunamis.

Volcanic eruptions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Twenty thousand years ago our planet was an icehouse. Temperatures were down six degrees; ice sheets kilometres thick buried much of Europe and North America and sea levels were 130m lower. The following 15 millennia saw an astonishing transformation as our planet metamorphosed into the temperate world upon which our civilisation has grown and thrived. One of the most dynamic periods in Earth history saw rocketing temperatures melt the great ice sheets like butter on a hot summer'sday; feeding torrents of freshwater into ocean basins that rapidly filled to present levels. The removal of the en

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; List of Illustrations; 1 The Storm after the Calm; 2 Once and Future Climate; 3 Nice Day for an Eruption; 4 Bouncing Back; 5 Earth in Motion; 6 Water, Water, Everywhere; 7 Reawakening the Giant; Selected Sources and Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-163388-7

1-280-69880-2

9786613675767

0-19-163387-9

OCLC:

784886693