Deep future: the next 100,000 years of life on Earth

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

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Main Author: Stager, Curt J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Dunne 2011
Edition:1. ed
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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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-270) and index
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
Physical Description:xiii, 284 p. Ill. 25 cm
ISBN:9780312614621

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