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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))Publication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009Description: ix, 180 p. : ill., map ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780691148113
  • 9780691136547
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551.6
LOC classification:
  • QC 981.8 A671l 2009
Contents:
Prologue: Global warming in geologic time -- section 1. The present -- The greenhouse effect -- We've seen it with our own eyes -- Forecast of the century -- section 2. The past -- Millennial climate cycles -- Glacial climate cycles -- Geologic climate cycles -- The present in the bosom of the past -- section 3. 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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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) QC 981.8 A671l 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000105983

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Prologue: Global warming in geologic time -- section 1. The present -- The greenhouse effect -- We've seen it with our own eyes -- Forecast of the century -- section 2. The past -- Millennial climate cycles -- Glacial climate cycles -- Geologic climate cycles -- The present in the bosom of the past -- section 3. 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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