Ice, Mud and Blood Lessons from Climates Past

Name: Ice, Mud and Blood Lessons from Climates Past
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ISBN: 9780230553828

ISBN-10: 0230553826

ISBN-13: 9780230553828

Edition: 2008

Authors: Chris Turney

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Imagine a world of wildly escalating temperatures, apocalyptic flooding, devastating storms and catastrophic sea levels.nbsp;This might sound like a prediction for the future or the storyline of a new Hollywood blockbuster but it’s actually what occurred on earth in the past.nbsp;In a day and age when worrying forecasts for future climate change are the norm, it seems hard to believe that such things happened regularly over time. Cannbsp;humankind decipher the past and learn from it? nbsp; As science gains new understanding of how the planet works, it’s becomingnbsp;increasingly clear that no one place is disconnected from anywhere else.nbsp;From the Alps to the Andes, seemingly unrelated…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 5/2/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



List of figures


List of permissions and figure sources


Introduction



Greenhouse



Snowball



A bit of a chill



A previous warmth



Atlantic armadas



A belch and a blast



Meltdown



Rise and fall



Droughts, vines and frost fairs



The rising tide


Further reading


Index