Paleoclimate Bender Michael L.
Paleoclimate Bender Michael L. Earth's climate has undergone dramatic changes over the geologic timescale. At another, temperatures were once so warm that the Canadian Arctic was heavily forested and…
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Paleoclimate Bender Michael L.
Earth's climate has undergone dramatic changes over the geologic timescale. At another, temperatures were once so warm that the Canadian Arctic was heavily forested and large dinosaurs lived on Antarctica. At one extreme, Earth has been glaciated to the equator for periods that may have lasted millions of years.
Studying Earth's long-term climate history gives scientists vital clues about anthropogenic global warming and how climate is affected by human endeavor. Paleoclimatology is the study of such changes and their causes. 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. The most up-to-date overview on the subject, Paleoclimate provides an ideal introduction to undergraduates, nonspecialist scientists, and general readers with a scientific background.
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