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

Alley, Richard B.

 
9780691102962: The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0691102961 ISBN 13: 9780691102962
Verlag: Princeton University Press, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Provides an account of the 1990s research in Greenland that revealed a history of global climatic change, and suggests that 'switches' and 'dials' that control Earth's climate may cause severe weather changes in the future.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Richard B. Alley, Professor of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University, where he teaches and conducts research on climate change and glacier behavior. A Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, he recently chaired the National Research Council committee that produced the report "Abrupt Climate Changes: Inevitable Surprises." 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".

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"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


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Verlag
Princeton University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0691102961
ISBN 13 
9780691102962
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
229
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