The second edition of this book has been completely updated. It studies the history and gives an analysis of extreme climate change on Earth. In order to provide a long-term perspective, the first chapter briefly reviews some of the wild gyrations that occurred in the Earth's climate hundreds of millions of years ago: snowball Earth and hothouse Earth. Coming closer to modern times, the effects of continental drift, particularly the closing of the Isthmus of Panama are believed to have contributed to the advent of ice ages in the past three million years. This first chapter sets the stage for a discussion of ices ages in the geological recent past (i.e. within the last three million years, with an emphasis on the last few hundred thousand years).
| ISBN: | 9783642300288 |
| Publication date: | 4th July 2012 |
| Author: | Donald Rapp |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 406 pages |
| Series: | Springer Praxis Books |
| Genres: |
Meteorology and climatology Oceanography (seas and oceans) Astronomy, space and time |
The second edition of this book has been completely updated. It studies the history and gives an analysis of extreme climate change on Earth. In order to provide a long-term perspective, the first chapter briefly reviews some of the wild gyrations that occurred in the Earth's climate hundreds of millions of years ago: snowball Earth and hothouse Earth. Coming closer to modern times, the effects of continental drift, particularly the closing of the Isthmus of Panama are believed to have contributed to the advent of ice ages in the past three million years. This first chapter sets the stage for a discussion of ices ages in the geological recent past (i.e. within the last three million years, with an emphasis on the last few hundred thousand years).
Ice Ages and Interglacials Environmental Sciences features in the following genres: Meteorology and climatology, Oceanography (seas and oceans), Astronomy, space and time
Ice Ages and Interglacials Environmental Sciences is available in Hardback, Paperback
Ice Ages and Interglacials Environmental Sciences was written by Donald Rapp and published by Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Ice Ages and Interglacials Environmental Sciences has 406 pages
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