Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future

Author:   Richard B Alley (Penn State University)
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
ISBN:  

9781306906906


Pages:   246
Publication Date:   01 January 2014
Format:   Electronic book text
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately.

Our Price $59.40 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future


Add your own review!

Overview

In the 1990s Richard B. Alley and his colleagues made headlines with the discovery that the last ice age came to an abrupt end over a period of only three years. In The Two-Mile Time Machine, Alley tells the fascinating history of global climate changes as revealed by reading the annual rings of ice from cores drilled in Greenland. He explains that humans have experienced an unusually temperate climate compared to the wild fluctuations that characterized most of prehistory. He warns that our comfortable environment could come to an end in a matter of years and tells us what we need to know in order to understand and perhaps overcome climate changes in the future.In a new preface, the author weighs in on whether our understanding of global climate change has altered in the years since the book was first published, what the latest research tells us, and what he is working on next.

Full Product Details

Author:   Richard B Alley (Penn State University)
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
ISBN:  

9781306906906


ISBN 10:   1306906903
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   01 January 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately.

Table of Contents

Reviews

Author Information

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

lgn

al

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List