Tropical Arctic : lost plants, future climates, and the discovery of ancient Greenland / Jennifer C. McElwain, Marlene Hill Donnelly, Ian J. Glasspool.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McElwain, Jennifer C., author.

Donnelly, Marlene Hill, author.

Glasspool, Ian J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleobotany--Jurassic.

Paleobotany.

Paleobotany--Triassic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill : The University of Chicago Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Today, Greenland is largely covered in ice, but, in the time of the dinosaurs, the area was lushly forested. This book shows that landscape from 250 million years ago-and explains accessibly how we can create images of lost plants from studies of fossils, current flora, and models. Incorporating stories from their fieldwork and studio, two scientists and an artist offer the opportunity to see how paleobotanists work and to learn the science required to travel back to the Triassic. The book also offers a warning about the future; the Greenland depicted here was made possible by a large concentration of greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere. Though beautiful, this is not a habitat that most humans would survive"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A journey into the past

Forests of a lost landscape

Crisis and collapse

Recovery of a tropical Arctic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-226-53457-X

OCLC:

1261364316