Earth's Climate Evolution

Earth's Climate Evolution: a Geological Perspective

by Summerhayes, Colin P.

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To understand climate change today, we first need to know how Earth s climate changed over the past 450 million years. Finding answers depends upon contributions from a wide range of sciences, not just the rock record uncovered by geologists. In Earth s Climate Evolution, Colin Summerhayes analyzes reports and records of past climate change dating back to the late 18th century to uncover key patterns in the climate system. The book will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generatio…

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  • Full title :Earth's Climate Evolution : a Geological Perspective / Colin P. Summerhayes

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To understand climate change today, we first need to know how Earth s climate changed over the past 450 million years. Finding answers depends upon contributions from a wide range of sciences, not just the rock record uncovered by geologists. In Earth s Climate Evolution, Colin Summerhayes analyzes reports and records of past climate change dating back to the late 18th century to uncover key patterns in the climate system. The book will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about future climate change. The.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
  • Place of Publication:Chichester
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2015

Notes

Author Biography xi Foreword xiii Acknowledgements xv 1 Introduction References 7 2 The Great Cooling 8 2.1 The Founding Fathers 8 2.2 Charles Lyell, Father of Palaeoclimatology 12 2.3 Agassiz Discovers the Ice Age 17 2.4 Lyell Defends Icebergs 20 References 25 3 Ice Age Cycles 28 3.1 The Astronomical Theory of Climate Change 28 3.2 James Croll Develops the Theory 29 3.3 Lyell Responds 32 3.4 Croll Defends his Position 33 3.5 Even More Ancient Ice Ages 34 3.6 Not Everyone Agrees 34 References 35 4 Trace Gases Warm the Planet 37 4.1 De Saussure s Hot Box 37 4.2 William Herschel s Accidental Discovery 37 4.3 Discovering Carbon Dioxide 38 4.4 Fourier, the Newton of Heat, Discovers the Greenhouse Effect 39 4.5 Tyndall Shows How the Greenhouse Effect Works 40 4.6 Arrhenius Calculates How CO2 Affects Air Temperature 43 4.7 Chamberlin s Theory of Gases and Ice Ages 45 References 49 5 Moving Continents and Dating Rocks 51 5.1 The Continents Drift 51 5.2 The Seafloor Spreads 56 5.3 The

The Physical Object

  • Description:416 p. ; : 252 x 196 mm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781118897393, 1118897390
  • oclc:ocn926037826
  • Dewey Decimal:551.6

Subjects

Atmospheric carbon dioxide Carottes de glace Climatic changes -- Research Gaz carbonique atmosphérique Geological carbon sequestration ice cores Klimaændringer Palæoklimatologi Paléoclimatologie Paleoclimatology Piégeage du carbone géologique

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Summerhayes, Colin P.

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