The whole story of climate
Subtitle: what science reveals about the nature of endless change
By: by Dr. E. Kirsten Peters
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781616146726
Subjects: Paleoclimatology; Climatic changes
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Facing our climate adversary squarely; title: The ice time; title: Staggering complexities and surprising side effects; title: From woolly mammoths to saber tooth tigers; title: Miraculous mud; title: Wood reveals climate clues; title: The evidence of the ice; title: Even more frequent boom-bust cycles; title: Have humans shaped climate for millennia?; title: From efforts to modify climate to fears of global cooling; title: Global warming discovered; title: Leaving the garden.