Frozen Earth : The Once and Future Story of Ice Ages / / Doug Macdougall |
Autore | Macdougall J. D. <1944-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 pages) |
Disciplina | 551.792 |
Soggetto topico |
Glacial epoch
Global environmental change Paleoclimatology |
Soggetto non controllato |
biographical chapters
biology cataclysmic floods climate and disaster climate change climate climatology earth sciences ecology engaging environment environmental changes geography geology glacial interval glaciation history human evolution human migration ice age marine and oceanic nasa natural history natural sciences nature oceanography paleontology phenomenon planetary science pleistocene ice age pleistocene popular science prehistory science and math science snowball earth weather |
ISBN | 0-520-95494-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE TO THE 2013 EDITION -- CHAPTER ONE. Ice, Ice Ages, and Our Planet's Climate History -- CHAPTER TWO. Fire, Water, and God -- CHAPTER THREE. Glaciers and Fossil Fish -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Evidence -- CHAPTER FIVE. Searching for the Cause of Ice Ages -- CHAPTER SIX. Defrosting Earth -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Ice Age Cycles -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Our Planet's Icy Past -- CHAPTER NINE. Coring for the Details -- CHAPTER TEN. Ice Ages, Climate, and Evolution -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Last Millennium -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Ice Ages and the Future -- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786048203321 |
Macdougall J. D. <1944-> | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Frozen Earth : The Once and Future Story of Ice Ages / / Doug Macdougall |
Autore | Macdougall J. D. <1944-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 pages) |
Disciplina | 551.792 |
Soggetto topico |
Glacial epoch
Global environmental change Paleoclimatology |
Soggetto non controllato |
biographical chapters
biology cataclysmic floods climate and disaster climate change climate climatology earth sciences ecology engaging environment environmental changes geography geology glacial interval glaciation history human evolution human migration ice age marine and oceanic nasa natural history natural sciences nature oceanography paleontology phenomenon planetary science pleistocene ice age pleistocene popular science prehistory science and math science snowball earth weather |
ISBN | 0-520-95494-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE TO THE 2013 EDITION -- CHAPTER ONE. Ice, Ice Ages, and Our Planet's Climate History -- CHAPTER TWO. Fire, Water, and God -- CHAPTER THREE. Glaciers and Fossil Fish -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Evidence -- CHAPTER FIVE. Searching for the Cause of Ice Ages -- CHAPTER SIX. Defrosting Earth -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Ice Age Cycles -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Our Planet's Icy Past -- CHAPTER NINE. Coring for the Details -- CHAPTER TEN. Ice Ages, Climate, and Evolution -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Last Millennium -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Ice Ages and the Future -- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817605703321 |
Macdougall J. D. <1944-> | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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