The Resource Frozen Earth : the once and future story of ice ages, Doug Macdougall
Frozen Earth : the once and future story of ice ages, Doug Macdougall
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The item Frozen Earth : the once and future story of ice ages, Doug Macdougall represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- In this engrossing and accessible book, Doug Macdougall explores the causes and effects of ice ages that have gripped our planet throughout its history, from the earliest known glaciation-nearly three billion years ago-to the present. Following the development of scientific ideas about these dramatic events, Macdougall traces the lives of many of the brilliant and intriguing characters who have contributed to the evolving understanding of how ice ages come about
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxvi, 256 p.
- Note
- "With a new preface"
- Contents
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- Chapter 1 Ice, Ice Ages, and Our Planet's Climate History; Chapter 2 Fire, Water, and God; Chapter 3 Glaciers and Fossil Fish; Chapter 4 The Evidence; Chapter 5 Searching for the Cause of lce Ages 6s; Chapter 6 Defrosting Earth; Chapter 7 The Ice Age Cycles; Chapter 8 Our Planet's Icy Past; Chapter 9 Coring for the Details; Chapter 10 Ice Ages, Climate, and Evolution; Chapter 11 The Last Millennium; Chapter 12 Ice Ages and the Future
- Isbn
- 9780520275928
- Label
- Frozen Earth : the once and future story of ice ages
- Title
- Frozen Earth
- Title remainder
- the once and future story of ice ages
- Statement of responsibility
- Doug Macdougall
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In this engrossing and accessible book, Doug Macdougall explores the causes and effects of ice ages that have gripped our planet throughout its history, from the earliest known glaciation-nearly three billion years ago-to the present. Following the development of scientific ideas about these dramatic events, Macdougall traces the lives of many of the brilliant and intriguing characters who have contributed to the evolving understanding of how ice ages come about
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Macdougall, Doug
- Dewey number
- 551.792
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- photographs
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Global environmental change
- Glacial epoch
- Paleoclimatology
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Frozen Earth : the once and future story of ice ages, Doug Macdougall
- Note
- "With a new preface"
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Ice, Ice Ages, and Our Planet's Climate History; Chapter 2 Fire, Water, and God; Chapter 3 Glaciers and Fossil Fish; Chapter 4 The Evidence; Chapter 5 Searching for the Cause of lce Ages 6s; Chapter 6 Defrosting Earth; Chapter 7 The Ice Age Cycles; Chapter 8 Our Planet's Icy Past; Chapter 9 Coring for the Details; Chapter 10 Ice Ages, Climate, and Evolution; Chapter 11 The Last Millennium; Chapter 12 Ice Ages and the Future
- Control code
- 000050528018
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xxvi, 256 p.
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780520275928
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill., ports.
- Label
- Frozen Earth : the once and future story of ice ages, Doug Macdougall
- Note
- "With a new preface"
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Ice, Ice Ages, and Our Planet's Climate History; Chapter 2 Fire, Water, and God; Chapter 3 Glaciers and Fossil Fish; Chapter 4 The Evidence; Chapter 5 Searching for the Cause of lce Ages 6s; Chapter 6 Defrosting Earth; Chapter 7 The Ice Age Cycles; Chapter 8 Our Planet's Icy Past; Chapter 9 Coring for the Details; Chapter 10 Ice Ages, Climate, and Evolution; Chapter 11 The Last Millennium; Chapter 12 Ice Ages and the Future
- Control code
- 000050528018
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xxvi, 256 p.
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780520275928
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill., ports.
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