xvi, 189 pages : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-179) and index.
Contents
What controls the Earth's climate? -- A slowly warming Sun -- Sliding plates and colliding continents -- Cooling and warming from volcanic eruptions -- Earth's orbital variations -- Moving heat with ocean currents -- Short-term solar variations -- Catastrophic collisions -- A plague of humans -- Tipping points -- What now?
Summary
"A Brief History of the Earth's Climate is an accessible, illustrated, myth-busting guide to the natural evolution of the Earth's climate over 4.6 billion years, how and why human-caused global warming and climate change is different and more dangerous, and how to counter skeptics and deniers with sound science."-- Provided by publisher.
