The whole story of climate : what science reveals about the nature of endless change

Summary: Offers an overview of the contributions geology has made to the study of climate change and the nuanced picture it presents of a climate that has gone through constant change over the course of millennia.

Record details

ISBN: 9781616146726 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN: 1616146729 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN: 9781616146733 (ebook)
Physical Description: print
290 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-283) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Facing our climate adversary squarely -- The ice time -- Staggering complexities and surprising side effects -- From woolly mammoths to saber-toothed tigers -- Miraculous mud -- Wood reveals climate clues -- The evidence of the ice -- Even more frequent boom-bust cycles -- Have humans shaped climate for millennia? -- From efforts to modify climate to fears of global cooling -- Global warming discovered -- Leaving the garden.