Deep future : the next 100,000 years of life on Earth / Curt Stager.

Author/creator Stager, Curt
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Thomas Dunne Books, ©2011.
Descriptionxiii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Stopping the ice -- Beyond global warming -- The last great thaw -- Life in a super-greenhouse -- Future fossils -- Oceans of acid -- The rising tide -- An ice-free Arctic -- The greening of Greenland -- What about the tropics? -- Bringing it home.
Abstract A paleoclimatologist makes predictions about how environmental choices in the twenty-first century will affect life on the planet throughout the distant future, drawing on geological history to argue that global cooling poses a more significant threat.
General note"March 2011"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 243-270) and index.
LCCN 2010040381
ISBN9780312614621 (hbk.)
ISBN0312614624 (hbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GE149 .S73 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold