LEADER 00000cam  2200000 a 4500 
001    ocm70131163 
003    OCoLC 
005    20080116000000.0 
008    060615t20072007mau      b    001 0 eng   
010      2006019901 
020    9780807085769|qhardcover|qalkaline paper 
020    0807085766|qhardcover|qalkaline paper 
035    (OCoLC)70131163 
040    DLC|beng|cDLC|dBAKER|dBTCTA|dGK8|dYDXCP|dUUS|dAGL|dJYJ|dVP
       @|dNOR 
049    XOFA 
050 00 QC981.8.C5|bP415 2007 
070 0  QC981.8.C5|bP415 2007 
082 00 551.6|222 
100 1  Pearce, Fred. 
245 10 With speed and violence :|bwhy scientists fear tipping 
       points in climate change /|cFred Pearce. 
264  1 Boston :|bBeacon Press,|c[2007] 
264  4 |c©2007 
300    xxvi, 278 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographies and index. 
505 00 |tChronology of climate change --|gThe|tcast --|tPreface :
       The chimney --|g[pt]. 1.|tWelcome to the anthropocene --
       |g1. The|tpioneers : the men who measured the planet's 
       breath --|g2.|tTurning up the heat : a skeptic's guide to 
       climate change --|g3. The|tyear : how the wild weather of 
       1998 broke all records --|g4. The|tanthropocene : a new 
       name for a new geological era --|g5. The|twatchtower : 
       keeping climate vigil on an Arctic island --|g[pt]. 2.
       |tFault lines in the ice --|g6.|tNinety degrees north : 
       why melting knows no bounds in the far north --|g7.|tOn 
       the slippery slope : Greenland is slumping into the ocean 
       --|g8. The|tshelf : down south, shattering ice uncorks the
       Antarctic --|g9. The|tMercer legacy : an Achilles heel at 
       the bottom of the world --|g10.|tRising tides : saying 
       "toodle-oo" to Tuvalu --|g[pt]. 3.|tRiding the carbon 
       cycle --|g11.|tIn the jungle : would we notice if the 
       Amazon went up in smoke? --|g12.|tWildfires of Borneo : 
       climate in the mire from burning swamp --|g13.|tSink to 
       source : why the carbon cycle is set for a U-turn --|g14. 
       The|tdoomsday device : a lethal secret stirs in the 
       permafrost --|g15. The|tacid bath : what carbon dioxide 
       does to the oceans --|g16. The|twinds of change : tsunamis,
       megafarts, and mountains of the deep -- 
505 00 |g[pt]. 4.|tReflecting on warming --|g17.|tWhat's Watts? :
       Planet Earth's energy imbalance --|g18.|tClouds from both 
       sides : uncovering flaws in the climate models --|g19. A
       |tbillion fires : how brown haze could turn off the 
       monsoon --|g20.|tHydroxyl holiday : the day the planet's 
       cleaner didn't show up for work --|g[pt]. 5.|tIce Ages and
       Solar Pulses --|g21.|tGoldilocks and the three planets : 
       why Earth is "just right" for life --|g22. The|tbig freeze
       : how a wobble in our orbit triggered the ice ages --|g23.
       The|tocean conveyor : the real day after tomorrow --|g24. 
       An|tArctic flower : clues to a climate switchback --|g25. 
       The|tpulse : how the sun makes climate change --|g[pt]. 6.
       |tTropical heat --|g26. The|tfall : the end of Africa's 
       golden age --|g27.|tSeesaw across the ocean : how the 
       Sahara Desert greens the Amazon --|g28.|tTropical high : 
       why an ice man is rewriting climate history --|g29. The
       |tcurse of Akkad : the strange revival of environmental 
       determinism --|g30. A|tchunk of coral : probing the hidden
       life of El Niño --|g31.|tFeeding Asia : what happens if 
       the monsoon falters? --|g[pt]. 7.|tAt the Millennium --
       |g32. The|theat wave : the year Europe felt the heat of 
       global warming --|g33. The|thockey stick : why now really 
       is different --|g34.|tHurricane season : raising the storm
       cones after Katrina --|g35.|tOzone holes in the greenhouse
       : why millions face radiation threat --|g[pt]. 8.
       |tInevitable surprises --|g36. The|tdance : the poles or 
       the tropics? Who leads in the climatic dance? --|g37.|tNew
       horizons : feedbacks from the stratosphere --|tConclusion 
       : another planet --|tAppendix : The trillion-ton challenge
       --|tGlossary --|tAcknowledgments --|tNotes on the 
       references --|tIndex. 
650  0 Climatic changes. 
650  0 Climatic changes|xHistory|vChronology. 
856 41 |3Table of contents only|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/
       ecip0615/2006019901.html 
856 41 |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0615/2006019901.html
       |3Publisher description 
856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/
       enhancements/fy0661/2006019901-d.html 
856 42 |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0661/2006019901
       -d.html 
938    YBP Library Services|bYANK|n2429184 
938    Baker & Taylor|bBKTY|c24.95|d18.71|i0807085766|n0006772547
       |sactive 
994    90|bXOF