| Description |
xxv, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 223) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Setting the stage for our modern understanding of climate change -- 2. Making of an ice core "time machine" -- 3. Discovery of rapid climate change events (RCCEs) and the realization that climate has multiple controls -- 4. Climate change and the rise and fall of civilizations -- 5. Last thousand years of climate change -- 6. Climate change : the real impact -- 7. Confronting the choices : scientists, politicians, and public policy -- 8. Learning to live in a changing world. |
| Subject |
Glaciers.
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Glaciers. |
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Climatic changes.
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Climatic changes. |
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Klimaatveranderingen. |
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Gletsjers. |
| Added Author |
White, Frank, 1944-
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| ISBN |
1584650613 cloth alkaline paper |
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9781584650614 cloth alkaline paper |
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