The Goldilocks Planet :: the 4 billion year story of Earth's climate /

Climate change is a major topic of concern today, scientifically, socially, and politically. It will undoubtedly continue to be so for the foreseeable future, as predicted changes in global temperatures, rainfall, and sea level take place, and as human society adapts to these changes. In this remark...

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Hauptverfasser: Zalasiewicz, J. A. (VerfasserIn), Williams, Mark (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2012.
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Zusammenfassung:Climate change is a major topic of concern today, scientifically, socially, and politically. It will undoubtedly continue to be so for the foreseeable future, as predicted changes in global temperatures, rainfall, and sea level take place, and as human society adapts to these changes. In this remarkable new work, Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams demonstrate how the Earth's climate has continuously altered over its 4.5 billion-year history. The story can be read from clues preserved in the Earth's strata - the evidence is abundant, though always incomplete, and also often baffling, puzzling, in.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (324 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191634017
0191634018
1280593768
9781280593765
9780191918018
0191918016

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