The whole story of climate : what science reveals about the nature of endless change
by
Peters, E. Kirsten.
Title
:
The whole story of climate : what science reveals about the nature of endless change
Author
:
Peters, E. Kirsten.
ISBN
:
9781616146726
Personal Author
:
Peters, E. Kirsten.
Publication Information
:
Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2012.
Physical Description
:
290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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.
Abstract
:
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.
Subject Term
:
Climatic changes.
Paleoclimatology.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025595683 | 551.5 P481W 2012 | 1 |