LEADER 05504nam 22007935 450 001 9910483105003321 005 20200629202555.0 010 $a1-78402-696-4 010 $a1-4020-4411-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4020-4411-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000714985 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000317448 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11292418 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000317448 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10292910 035 $a(PQKB)11178144 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4020-4411-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3063900 035 $a(PPN)13287203X 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000714985 100 $a20100301d2009 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEncyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Vivien Gornitz 205 $a1st ed. 2009. 210 1$aDordrecht :$cSpringer Netherlands :$cImprint: Springer,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (585 illus., 38 illus. in color. eReference.) 225 1 $aEncyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series,$x1388-4360 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-4020-5197-2 311 $a1-4020-4551-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aConcern exists over human-generated increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases and their potential consequences to society. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2007 finds that global temperatures have increased by 0.8șC since 1850 and that climate warming is now 'unequivocal'. While the human imprint is becoming increasingly apparent, Earth?s climate has shifted dramatically and frequently during the last few million years, alternating between ice ages, when vast glaciers covered Northern Europe and much of North America, and interglacials?warm periods much like today. Farther back in geologic time, climates have differed even more from the present. Thus, to fully understand the unusual changes of the 20th century and possible future trends, these must be placed in a longer-term context extending beyond the period of instrumental records. The Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments, a companion volume to the recently-published Encyclopedia of World Climatology, provides the reader with an entry point to the rapidly expanding field of paleoclimatology?the study of climates of the past. Highly interdisciplinary in nature, paleoclimatology integrates information from a broad array of disciplines in the geosciences, ranging from stratigraphy, geomorphology, glaciology, paleoecology, paleobotany to geochemistry and geophysics, among others. The encyclopedia offers 230 informative articles written by over 200 well known international experts on numerous subjects, ranging from classical geological evidence to the latest research. The volume is abundantly illustrated with line-drawings, black-white and color photographs. Articles are arranged alphabetically, with extensive bibliographies and cross-references. Volume Editor: Vivien Gornitz is a Senior Research Scientist, Center for Climate Systems Research Columbia University and NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. She holds a B.A. from Barnard College and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Her research interests include global sea level rise--past, present, and future, coastal hazards, climatic implications of land cover transformations, and planetary geology, including Mars. In addition to numerous scientific publications, she has edited Geology of the Planet Mars (Benchmark Papers in Geology, v. 48, Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, Inc., 1979) and has contributed articles to several of the encyclopedias in the Earth Sciences Series. She was a Contributing Author for the IPCC in 1990, 1995, 2001, and 2007. 410 0$aEncyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series,$x1388-4360 606 $aAtmospheric sciences 606 $aClimatology 606 $aOceanography 606 $aGeoecology 606 $aEnvironmental geology 606 $aHistorical geology 606 $aPaleontology  606 $aAtmospheric Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G36000 606 $aClimatology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/311000 606 $aOceanography$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G25005 606 $aGeoecology/Natural Processes$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U21006 606 $aHistorical Geology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G17020 606 $aPaleontology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G39000 615 0$aAtmospheric sciences. 615 0$aClimatology. 615 0$aOceanography. 615 0$aGeoecology. 615 0$aEnvironmental geology. 615 0$aHistorical geology. 615 0$aPaleontology . 615 14$aAtmospheric Sciences. 615 24$aClimatology. 615 24$aOceanography. 615 24$aGeoecology/Natural Processes. 615 24$aHistorical Geology. 615 24$aPaleontology. 676 $a551.5 702 $aGornitz$b Vivien$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483105003321 996 $aEncyclopedia of paleoclimatology and ancient environments$91495426 997 $aUNINA