Ice Ages

1986 History

Author : John Imbrie
Release : 1986
Genre : History
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Download or read book Ice Ages written by John Imbrie. This book was released on 1986. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientists charged with producing a map of the earth during the last ice age ultimately confirmed the theory that the earth's irregular orbital motions account for the bizarre climatic changes which bring on ice ages. This book tells the story of those periods--what they were like, why they occurred, and when the next ice age is due.

Ice Ages and Interglacials

2012-07-03 Science

Author : Donald Rapp
Release : 2012-07-03
Genre : Science
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Download or read book Ice Ages and Interglacials written by Donald Rapp. This book was released on 2012-07-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

1922 Evolution

Author : Joseph McCabe
Release : 1922
Genre : Evolution
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Download or read book Ice Ages written by Joseph McCabe. This book was released on 1922. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Discovering the Ice Ages

2013-06-17 History

Author : Tobias Krüger
Release : 2013-06-17
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 701/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Discovering the Ice Ages written by Tobias Krüger. This book was released on 2013-06-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tobias Krüger explores the discovery of the Ice Ages, how the idea was received, and what further research it stimulated. The approach used in Discovering the Ice Ages is uniquely sweeping. The contemporary debates on the subject are compared from an international perspective. Krüger retraces the arguments advanced from the middle of the 18th century to the threshold of the 20th century. The positions held by defenders of the glacial theory as well as those by its most important opponents are set within the context of the then current understanding of geology. In an interdisciplinary overview Krüger then focuses on the impetus gained from early ice-age research. The most prominent examples worth mentioning are the discovery of trace gases and the greenhouse effect.

Frozen Earth

2013-02-15 Science

Author : J. D. Macdougall
Release : 2013-02-15
Genre : Science
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Download or read book Frozen Earth written by J. D. Macdougall. This book was released on 2013-02-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a highly readable account of the nature of ice ages throughout earth's history and the evolution of their scientific understanding since the introduction of the term by Louis Agassiz in the 1830s. The shifts in opinion on the merits of the various explanations of ice ages traced by Macdougall make fascinating reading."—Roger Barry, Director, National Snow and Ice Data Center "Frozen Earth is a thorough and compelling account of the history of ice on earth and of the scientists who uncovered the extraordinary role that ice ages have played in shaping our world."—Gabrielle Walker, author of Snowball Earth "A fascinating and important read."—Jack Repcheck, author of The Man Who Found Time "Macdougall takes us on a fascinating journey through the realm of ice age science. He deciphers some of the basic mysteries of the bitter climatic regimes that have gripped the earth in the past and will probably grip it again in the future. This engrossing book has important lessons for anyone concerned with global warming and future climatic change."—Brian Fagan, author of The Little Ice Age

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