| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Stopping the ice -- Beyond global warming -- The last great thaw -- Life in a super-greenhouse -- Future fossils -- Oceans of acid -- the rising tide -- An ice-free Arctic -- The greening of Greenland -- What about the tropics? -- Bringing it home. |
| Summary |
A paleoclimatologist makes predictions about how environmental choices in the twenty-first century will affect life on the planet throughout the distant future, drawing on geological history to argue that global cooling poses a more significant threat. |
| Subject |
Global environmental change -- Forecasting.
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Climatic changes -- Forecasting.
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| ISBN |
9780312614621 alkaline paper |
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0312614624 alkaline paper |
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