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The long thaw, how humans are changing the next 100,000 years of Earth's climate, David Archer

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The long thaw, how humans are changing the next 100,000 years of Earth's climate, David Archer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The long thaw

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

260207251

Responsibility statement

David Archer

Series statement

Science essentials

Sub title

how humans are changing the next 100,000 years of Earth's climate

Table Of Contents

Prologue : global warming in geologic time -- section I: The present. The greenhouse effect -- We've seen it with our own eyes -- Forecast of the century -- section II: The past. Millennial climate cycles -- Glacial climate cycles -- Geologic climate cycles -- The present in the bosom of the past -- section III: The future. The fate of fossil fuel CO₂ -- Acidifying the ocean -- Carbon cycle feedbacks -- Sea level in the deep future -- Orbits, CO₂, and the next ice age -- Epilogue : carbon economics and ethics

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