LEADER 04251nam 22006375 450 001 9910462593003321 005 20211029005453.0 010 $a0-520-95494-7 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520954946 035 $a(CKB)2670000000325845 035 $a(EBL)1120967 035 $a(OCoLC)827207384 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000907104 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12441465 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000907104 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10883813 035 $a(PQKB)10194091 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000635636 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11420808 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000635636 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10660138 035 $a(PQKB)10315901 035 $a(DE-B1597)518962 035 $a(OCoLC)828743569 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520954946 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1120967 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000325845 100 $a20200424h20132013 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrozen Earth $eThe Once and Future Story of Ice Ages /$fDoug Macdougall 210 1$aBerkeley, CA :$cUniversity of California Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (283 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-27592-6 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tILLUSTRATIONS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tPREFACE TO THE 2013 EDITION --$tCHAPTER ONE. Ice, Ice Ages, and Our Planet's Climate History --$tCHAPTER TWO. Fire, Water, and God --$tCHAPTER THREE. Glaciers and Fossil Fish --$tCHAPTER FOUR. The Evidence --$tCHAPTER FIVE. Searching for the Cause of Ice Ages --$tCHAPTER SIX. Defrosting Earth --$tCHAPTER SEVEN. The Ice Age Cycles --$tCHAPTER EIGHT. Our Planet's Icy Past --$tCHAPTER NINE. Coring for the Details --$tCHAPTER TEN. Ice Ages, Climate, and Evolution --$tCHAPTER ELEVEN. The Last Millennium --$tCHAPTER TWELVE. Ice Ages and the Future --$tSUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING --$tINDEX 330 $aIn this engrossing and accessible book, Doug Macdougall explores the causes and effects of ice ages that have gripped our planet throughout its history, from the earliest known glaciation-nearly three billion years ago-to the present. Following the development of scientific ideas about these dramatic events, Macdougall traces the lives of many of the brilliant and intriguing characters who have contributed to the evolving understanding of how ice ages come about. As it explains how the great Pleistocene Ice Age has shaped the earth's landscape and influenced the course of human evolution, Frozen Earth also provides a fascinating look at how science is done, how the excitement of discovery drives scientists to explore and investigate, and how timing and chance play a part in the acceptance of new scientific ideas. Macdougall describes the awesome power of cataclysmic floods that marked the melting of the glaciers of the Pleistocene Ice Age. He probes the chilling evidence for "Snowball Earth," an episode far back in the earth's past that may have seen our planet encased in ice from pole to pole. He discusses the accumulating evidence from deep-sea sediment cores, as well as ice cores from Greenland and the Antarctic, that suggests fast-changing ice age climates may have directly impacted the evolution of our species and the course of human migration and civilization. Frozen Earth also chronicles how the concept of the ice age has gripped the imagination of scientists for almost two centuries. It offers an absorbing consideration of how current studies of Pleistocene climate may help us understand earth's future climate changes, including the question of when the next glacial interval will occur. 606 $aGlacial epoch 606 $aGlobal environmental change 606 $aPaleoclimatology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aGlacial epoch. 615 4$aGlobal environmental change. 615 4$aPaleoclimatology. 676 $a551.792 700 $aMacdougall$b Doug$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01044758 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462593003321 996 $aFrozen Earth$92470569 997 $aUNINA