LEADER 03853nam 2200673 450 001 9910786080703321 005 20211023185945.0 010 $a0-231-51832-3 024 7 $a10.7312/prot14660 035 $a(CKB)2670000000315710 035 $a(EBL)908680 035 $a(OCoLC)823248150 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000803982 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12351851 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000803982 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10812173 035 $a(PQKB)10692332 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908680 035 $a(DE-B1597)459233 035 $a(OCoLC)818856293 035 $a(OCoLC)979626407 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231518321 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908680 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10956792 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL690472 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000315710 100 $a20081212h20092009 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGreenhouse of the dinosaurs $eevolution, extinction, and the future of our planet /$fDonald R. Prothero 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d[2009] 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (500 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-59190-3 311 $a0-231-14660-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGreenhouse of the dinosaurs -- Bad lands, good fossils -- Magnets and lasers -- "Punk eek" in the badlands -- Death of the dinosaurs -- Marine world -- Rocky mountain jungles and eel's ears -- From greenhouse to icehouse -- Once and future greenhouse? -- Kids, dinosaurs, and the future if paleontology. 330 $aDonald R. Prothero's science books combine leading research with first-person narratives of discovery, injecting warmth and familiarity into a profession that has much to offer nonspecialists. Bringing his trademark style and wit to an increasingly relevant subject of concern, Prothero links the climate changes that have occurred over the past 200 million years to their effects on plants and animals. In particular, he contrasts the extinctions that ended the Cretaceous period, which wiped out the dinosaurs, with those of the later Eocene and Oligocene epochs.Prothero begins with the "greenhouse of the dinosaurs," the global-warming episode that dominated the Age of Dinosaurs and the early Age of Mammals. He describes the remarkable creatures that once populated the earth and draws on his experiences collecting fossils in the Big Badlands of South Dakota to sketch their world. Prothero then discusses the growth of the first Antarctic glaciers, which marked the Eocene-Oligocene transition, and shares his own anecdotes of excavations and controversies among colleagues that have shaped our understanding of the contemporary and prehistoric world. The volume concludes with observations about Nisqually Glacier and other locations that show how global warming is happening much quicker than previously predicted, irrevocably changing the balance of the earth's thermostat. Engaging scientists and general readers alike, Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs connects events across thousands of millennia to make clear the human threat to natural climate change. 606 $aDinosaurs$xExtinction 606 $aClimatic changes$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aGeology$zUnited States 606 $aPaleontology$zUnited States 615 0$aDinosaurs$xExtinction. 615 0$aClimatic changes$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aGeology 615 0$aPaleontology 676 $a576.8/4 700 $aProthero$b Donald R.$0442224 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786080703321 996 $aGreenhouse of the dinosaurs$93721439 997 $aUNINA