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Principles of Paleoclimatology » Read Now
by Thomas M. Cronin. 560 pgs.

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Greenhouse gases, global warming, thinning ozone layers -- understanding the Earth's climatic changes is one of today's most pressing international concerns. How fast has the climate changed? Where and why is it changing? What is the impact of climate change on our ecosystems, coastal regions...
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Greenhouse gases, global warming, thinning ozone layers -- understanding the Earth's climatic changes is one of today's most pressing international concerns. How fast has the climate changed? Where and why is it changing? What is the impact of climate change on our ecosystems, coastal regions, glaciers, forests, and lakes, and even on the evolution of our own species? This introduction to the rapidly emerging field of paleoclimatology explains the patterns and processes in the history of the Earth's climate to answer such essential questions. Using the geologic records of ocean and lake sediment, ice cores, corals, and other natural archives, Principles of Paleoclimatology describes the history of the Earth's climate -- the ice age cycles, sea level changes, volcanic activity, changes in atmosphere and solar radiation -- and the resulting, sometimes catastrophic, biotic responses. These paleoclimate records provide a baseline against which we can compare modern climate trends. Designed to give a fundamental background -- including both history and methodology -- to the discipline of paleoclimatology, this book is the first to advance our understanding of how climate change develops, how those changes are detected, and how the climate of the past can shape the climate of the future.
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Climatic Changes: Their Nature and Causes » Read Now
by Ellsworth Huntington, Stephen Sargent Visher. 334 pgs.

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Climate through the Ages: A Study of the Climatic Factors and Their Variations » Read Now
by C. E. P. Brooks. 439 pgs.

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Climates of the Past: An Introduction to Paleoclimatology (1963) » Read Now
by Martin Schwarzbach, Richard O. Muir. 328 pgs.

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...THE PAST An Introduction to Paleoclimatology -ii- THE UNIVERSITY SERIES IN GEOLOGY...the Past An Introduction to Paleoclimatology Translated and edited by RICHARD...large...
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Descriptive Palaeoclimatology (1961) » Read Now
by A. E. M. Nairn. 382 pgs.

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Environmental Change » Read Now
by Andrew Goudie. 332 pgs.

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...Geology, Stratigraphic--Quaternary. 2. Glacial epoch. 3. Paleoclimatology. I. Title. QE696.G68 1992 551.792--dc20 91-45544 ISBN...Quaternary Environments , R. S. Bradley...
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The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850 » Read Now
by Brian Fagan. 246 pgs.

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The Little Ice Age tells the story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and often very cold years of modern European history, how this altered climate affected historical events, and what it means for today's global warming. Building on research that has only recently confirmed that the world endured a...
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The Little Ice Age tells the story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and often very cold years of modern European history, how this altered climate affected historical events, and what it means for today's global warming. Building on research that has only recently confirmed that the world endured a 500-year cold snap, renowned archaeologist Brian Fagan shows how the increasing cold influenced familiar events from Norse exploration to the settlement of North America to the Industrial Revolution. This is a fascinating book for anyone interested in history, climate, and how they interact.
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Study of the Earth: Readings in Geological Science (1962) ("Paleoclimatology" begins on p. 185) » Read Now
by J. F. White. 408 pgs.

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...STUDY OF THE EARTH PRENTICE-HALL INTERNATIONAL, INC. London Tokyo Sydney Paris PRENTICE-HALL OF CANADA, LTD. PRENTICE-HALL DE MEXICO, S.A. STUDY OF THE EARTH...
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Climate: Present, Past and Future » Read Now
by H. H. Lamb. 613 pgs.

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Environment and Native Subsistence Economies in the Central Great Plains: (With Five Plates) » Read Now
by Waldo R. Wedel. 29 pgs.

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