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

Alley, Richard B.

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ISBN 10: 0691004935 ISBN 13: 9780691004938

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Dept of Art &, 2000

Riassunto

A history of global climate change as revealed by the annual rings of ice from Greenland's cores covers the chronology of the research in Greenland and what these studies revealed about the last 110,000 years.

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Informazioni sull?autore

RICHARD B. ALLEY, Professor of Geosciences at The Pennsylvania State University, studies how glaciers affect climate, sea level, and landscapes. He has won both teaching and research awards for his work, which has included five expeditions to Greenland and three to Antarctica. He has published numerous articles in leading journals such as Science, Nature, and Scientific American.

Dalla quarta di copertina

"The Two-Mile Time Machine takes a story that has been much discussed in the press and revitalizes it with the author's infectious enthusiasm and with background information on the history of ice core drilling. It provides an excellent survey for the general reader and those interested in the history of scientific exploration and issues related to science and society."--Thomas J. Crowley, Texas A & M University

"Richard Alley takes the reader from the rationale for the study of ice sheets to the story of how ice cores are recovered and how we read the climate and environment of the past recorded therein. He does a good job putting his message on the human time scale and makes his information accessible to the general reader."--Lonnie G. Thompson, The Ohio State University

Dal risvolto di copertina interno

"The Two-Mile Time Machine takes a story that has been much discussed in the press and revitalizes it with the author's infectious enthusiasm and with background information on the history of ice core drilling. It provides an excellent survey for the general reader and those interested in the history of scientific exploration and issues related to science and society."--Thomas J. Crowley, Texas A & M University

"Richard Alley takes the reader from the rationale for the study of ice sheets to the story of how ice cores are recovered and how we read the climate and environment of the past recorded therein. He does a good job putting his message on the human time scale and makes his information accessible to the general reader."--Lonnie G. Thompson, The Ohio State University

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Princeton Univ Dept of Art &
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0691004935
• ISBN 13: 9780691004938
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 229
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