Bender, Michael L.,
Paleoclimate / Michael L. Bender. - 1 online resource (xi, 306 pages) : illustrations - Princeton primers in climate . - Princeton primers in climate. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Earth's climate system -- The faint young sun -- Precambrian glaciations -- Regulation of the Earth system and global temperature -- The late Paleozoic ages -- Equable climates of the Mesozoic and Paleogene -- The Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum -- The long cooling of the Cenozoic -- The origin of Northern Hemisphere glaciation and the Pleistocene ice ages -- Rapid climate change during the last glacial period -- The Holocene -- Anthropogenic global warming in the context of paleoclimate.
'Earth's climate has undergone dramatic changes over the geologic timescale. At one extreme, Earth has been glaciated from the poles to the equator for periods that may have lasted millions of years. At another, temperatures were once so warm that the Canadian Arctic was heavily forested and large dinosaurs lived on Antarctica. Paleoclimatology is the study of such changes and their causes. Studying Earth's long-term climate history gives scientists vital clues about anthropogenic global warming and how climate is affected by human endeavor. In this book, Michael Bender, an internationally recognized authority on paleoclimate, provides a concise, comprehensive, and sophisticated introduction to the subject. After briefly describing the major periods in Earth history to provide geologic context, he discusses controls on climate and how the record of past climate is determined. The heart of the book then proceeds chronologically, introducing the history of climate changes over millions of years--its patterns and major transitions, and why average global temperature has varied so much. The book ends with a discussion of the Holocene (the past 10,000 years) and by putting manmade climate change in the context of paleoclimate."--Provided by publisher.
English.
1400846374 9781400846375 9780691145556 0691145555 1400847559 9781400847556
896341 MIL 22573/ctt1dr39c9 JSTOR 9452351 IEEE
Paleoclimatology.
Pal�eoclimatologie.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--Geography.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--Geology.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--Meteorology & Climatology.
Paleoclimatology.
Pal�aoklima
Electronic books.
QC884 / .B39 2013eb
551.609/01
551.583
Paleoclimate / Michael L. Bender. - 1 online resource (xi, 306 pages) : illustrations - Princeton primers in climate . - Princeton primers in climate. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Earth's climate system -- The faint young sun -- Precambrian glaciations -- Regulation of the Earth system and global temperature -- The late Paleozoic ages -- Equable climates of the Mesozoic and Paleogene -- The Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum -- The long cooling of the Cenozoic -- The origin of Northern Hemisphere glaciation and the Pleistocene ice ages -- Rapid climate change during the last glacial period -- The Holocene -- Anthropogenic global warming in the context of paleoclimate.
'Earth's climate has undergone dramatic changes over the geologic timescale. At one extreme, Earth has been glaciated from the poles to the equator for periods that may have lasted millions of years. At another, temperatures were once so warm that the Canadian Arctic was heavily forested and large dinosaurs lived on Antarctica. Paleoclimatology is the study of such changes and their causes. Studying Earth's long-term climate history gives scientists vital clues about anthropogenic global warming and how climate is affected by human endeavor. In this book, Michael Bender, an internationally recognized authority on paleoclimate, provides a concise, comprehensive, and sophisticated introduction to the subject. After briefly describing the major periods in Earth history to provide geologic context, he discusses controls on climate and how the record of past climate is determined. The heart of the book then proceeds chronologically, introducing the history of climate changes over millions of years--its patterns and major transitions, and why average global temperature has varied so much. The book ends with a discussion of the Holocene (the past 10,000 years) and by putting manmade climate change in the context of paleoclimate."--Provided by publisher.
English.
1400846374 9781400846375 9780691145556 0691145555 1400847559 9781400847556
896341 MIL 22573/ctt1dr39c9 JSTOR 9452351 IEEE
Paleoclimatology.
Pal�eoclimatologie.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--Geography.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--Geology.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--Meteorology & Climatology.
Paleoclimatology.
Pal�aoklima
Electronic books.
QC884 / .B39 2013eb
551.609/01
551.583