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The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future
Richard Alley, one of the
world's leading climate
researchers, tells the
fascinating history of
global climate changes as
... > full story
The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
Sometime this century the
day will arrive when the
human influence on the
climate will overwhelm all
other natural factors. Over
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The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History, 1300-1850
"Climate change is the
ignored player on the
historical stage," writes
archeologist Brian Fagan.
But it shouldn't be, not if
we know what's good for us.
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Catastrophes and Lesser Calamities: The Causes of Mass Extinctions
This is a book about the
dramatic periods in the
Earth's history called mass
extinctions - short periods
(by geological standards)
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Paleoclimatology: Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary (International Geophysics)
Raymond S. Bradley provides his readers with a comprehensive and up-to-date review of all of the important methods used in paleoclimatic reconstruction, dating and paleoclimate modeling. Two ... > read more -
After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals (Life of the Past)
Perhaps nudged over the evolutionary cliff by a giant boloid striking the earth, the incredible and fascinating group of animals called dinosaurs became extinct some 65 million years ago (except for ... > read more -
After the Ice: A Global Human History 20,000-5000 BC
20,000 B.C., the peak of the last ice age--the atmosphere is heavy with dust, deserts, and glaciers span vast regions, and people, if they survive at all, exist in small, mobile groups, facing ... > read more -
Understanding Weather and Climate (4th Edition)
The fourth edition of Understanding Weather and Climate has been thoroughly updated throughout. Every part of the text has been examined and updated to ensure currency and clarity.Integrating the ... > read more -
Twilight of the Mammoths:: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America (Organisms and Environments)
As recently as 11,000 years ago--"near time" to geologists--mammoths, mastodons, gomphotheres, ground sloths, giant armadillos, native camels and horses, the dire wolf, and many other large mammals ... > read more -
The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History
Plants have transformed our planet over the last 470 million years as they invaded the land and diversified into the astonishing variety we know today. But their influence has reached even further: ... > read more -
The Chilling Stars: The New Theory of Climate Change
The authors explain their theory that sub-atomic particles from exploded stars have more effect on the climate than manmade CO2. Their conclusion stems from Svensmark's research which has shown the ... > read more -
Quaternary Environments
The second edition of this authoritative introduction to the global environmental fluctuations of the Quaternary period has been thoroughly revised and updated, and now includes two new chapters: one ... > read more -
When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century
In this groundbreaking book, veteran science correspondent Fred Pearce travels to more than thirty countries to examine the current state of crucial water sources. Deftly weaving together the ... > read more -
Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future
University of Washington paleontologist Peter D. Ward demonstrates in UNDER A GREEN SKY that the ancient past is not just of academic concern. Everyone has heard about how an asteroid did in the ... > read more
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