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Format: 1 Online-Ressource

Edition: Updated edition with a New Preface

Edition: [Online-Ausgabe]

ISBN: 9781400852246

Series Statement: Princeton Science Library 31

Content: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustration -- Preface to the New Paperback Edition -- PART I. SETTING THE STAGE -- 1. Fast Forward -- 2. Pointers to the Past -- PART II. READING THE RECORD -- 3. Going to Greenland -- 4. The Icy Archives-Ice Sheets and Glaciers -- 5. Ice Age through the Ice Age -- 6. How Cold of Old? -- 7. Dust in the Wind -- 8. Tiny Bubbles in the Ice -- PART III. CRAZY CLIMATES -- 9. The Saurian Sauna -- 10. The Solar System Swing -- 11. Dancing to the Orbital Band -- 12. What the Worms Turned -- PART IV. WHY THE WEIRDNESS? -- 13. How Climate Works -- 14. A Chaotic Conveyor? -- 15. Shoving the System -- PART V. COMING CRAZINESS? -- 16. Fuelish -- 17. Down the Road -- 18. An Ice-Core View of the Future -- APPENDIXES -- Appendix 1. A Cast of Characters -- Appendix 2. Usage of Units -- Sources and Related Information -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Content: In the 1990s Richard B. Alley and his colleagues made headlines with the discovery that the last ice age came to an abrupt end over a period of only three years. In The Two-Mile Time Machine, Alley tells the fascinating history of global climate changes as revealed by reading the annual rings of ice from cores drilled in Greenland. He explains that humans have experienced an unusually temperate climate compared to the wild fluctuations that characterized most of prehistory. He warns that our comfortable environment could come to an end in a matter of years and tells us what we need to know in order to understand and perhaps overcome climate changes in the future.In a new preface, the author weighs in on whether our understanding of global climate change has altered in the years since the book was first published, what the latest research tells us, and what he is working on next

Note: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. , In English

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781400852246

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Format: XI, 296 S. , Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.

ISBN: 0875909574

Series Statement: Antarctic research series 77

Language: English

Subjects: Physics , Geography

Keywords: Aufsatzsammlung

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: 1 online resource

Edition: Updated edition with a New Preface

ISBN: 9781400852246

Series Statement: Princeton Science Library 31

Content: In the 1990s Richard B. Alley and his colleagues made headlines with the discovery that the last ice age came to an abrupt end over a period of only three years. In The Two-Mile Time Machine, Alley tells the fascinating history of global climate changes as revealed by reading the annual rings of ice from cores drilled in Greenland. He explains that humans have experienced an unusually temperate climate compared to the wild fluctuations that characterized most of prehistory. He warns that our comfortable environment could come to an end in a matter of years and tells us what we need to know in order to understand and perhaps overcome climate changes in the future.In a new preface, the author weighs in on whether our understanding of global climate change has altered in the years since the book was first published, what the latest research tells us, and what he is working on next

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781400852246

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400852246

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Format: 1 online resource (356 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780393083231

Content: The book--companion to a PBS series--that proves humans are causing global warming and offers a path to the future.

Content: Intro -- Also By -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I. THE BURNING QUESTION -- Chapter 1: Prepare to Come About -- Chapter 2: Burning to Learn -- Chapter 3: Peak Trees and Peak Whale Oil -- PART II. LEARNING WHILE WE BURN -- Chapter 4: Fossil Fuelish-Some Telling Facts -- Chapter 5: Abraham Lincoln or Your Brother-in-Law? -- Chapter 6: Red, White, and Blue-Green -- Chapter 7: Canting the Kayak -- Chapter 8: Why Accountants and Physicists Care about the Past -- Chapter 9: The Moving Finger Writes -- Chapter 10: And Having Writ, Moves On -- Chapter 11: The Great Ice That Covers the Land -- Chapter 12: Kindergarten Soccer and the Last Century of Climate -- Chapter 13: But My Brother-in-Law Said . . . -- Chapter 14: The Future -- Chapter 15: Valuing the Future -- PART III. THE ROAD TO TEN BILLION SMILING PEOPLE -- Chapter 16: Toilets and the Smart Grid -- Chapter 17: Sustainable Solutions on the Wind -- Chapter 18: Sun and Water -- Chapter 19: Down by the Sea, Where the Water Power Grows -- Chapter 20: Power from the Land -- Chapter 21: Put It Where the Sun Doesn't Shine -- Chapter 22: Conservation-Why Saving Energy Doesn't Mean Sitting Around in the Dark -- Chapter 23: Game-Changers? Geoengineering, Fusion, and . . . -- Chapter 24: Ten Billion and Smiling -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Figure Credits and Notes -- Index.

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Additional Edition: 9780393081091

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9780393081091

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource(248 p.) : , illustrations.

Edition: Electronic reproduction. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2015. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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ISBN: 9781400852246

Series Statement: Princeton Science Library

Content: In the 1990s Richard B. Alley and his colleagues made headlines with the discovery that the last ice age came to an abrupt end over a period of only three years. In The Two-Mile Time Machine, Alley tells the fascinating history of global climate changes as revealed by reading the annual rings of ice from cores drilled in Greenland. He explains that humans have experienced an unusually temperate climate compared to the wild fluctuations that characterized most of prehistory. He warns that our comfortable environment could come to an end in a matter of years and tells us what we need to know in order to understand and perhaps overcome climate changes in the future.In a new preface, the author weighs in on whether our understanding of global climate change has altered in the years since the book was first published, what the latest research tells us, and what he is working on next.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Illustration -- , Preface to the New Paperback Edition -- , PART I. SETTING THE STAGE -- , 1. Fast Forward -- , 2. Pointers to the Past -- , PART II. READING THE RECORD -- , 3. Going to Greenland -- , 4. The Icy Archives—Ice Sheets and Glaciers -- , 5. Ice Age through the Ice Age -- , 6. How Cold of Old? -- , 7. Dust in the Wind -- , 8. Tiny Bubbles in the Ice -- , PART III. CRAZY CLIMATES -- , 9. The Saurian Sauna -- , 10. The Solar System Swing -- , 11. Dancing to the Orbital Band -- , 12. What the Worms Turned -- , PART IV. WHY THE WEIRDNESS? -- , 13. How Climate Works -- , 14. A Chaotic Conveyor? -- , 15. Shoving the System -- , PART V. COMING CRAZINESS? -- , 16. Fuelish -- , 17. Down the Road -- , 18. An Ice-Core View of the Future -- , APPENDIXES -- , Appendix 1. A Cast of Characters -- , Appendix 2. Usage of Units -- , Sources and Related Information -- , Acknowledgments -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781400852246

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400852246

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Format: X, 479 S. , Ill., graph. Darst.

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780393081091

Content: Since the discovery of fire, humans have been energy users. And this is a good thing--our mastery of energy is what separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom and has allowed us to be the dominant species on the planet. However, this mastery comes with a price: we are changing our environment in a profoundly negative way by heating it up. Using one engaging story after another, coupled with accessible scientific facts, world authority Richard B. Alley explores the history of energy use by humans over the centuries, gives a doubt-destroying proof that already-high levels of carbon dioxide are causing damaging global warming, and surveys the alternative energy options that are available to exploit right now. These new energy sources might well be the engines for economic growth in the twenty-first century.--From publisher description

Note: Companion to the PBS documentary. - Literaturangaben , Prepare to come about -- Burning to learn -- Peak trees and peak whale oil -- Fossil fuelish; some telling facts -- Abraham Lincoln or your brother-in-law? -- Red, white, and blue-green -- Canting the kayak -- Why accountants and physicists care about the past -- The moving finger writes -- And having writ, moves on -- The great ice that covers the land -- Kindergarten soccer and the last century of climate -- But my brother-in-law said -- The future -- Valuing the future -- Toilets and the smart grid -- Sustainable solutions on the wind -- Sun and water -- Down by the sea, where the water power grows -- Power from the land -- Put it where the sun doesn't shine: nuclear energy and carbon -- Conservation; why saving energy doesn't mean sitting around in the dark -- Game-changers? geoengineering, fusion, and -- Ten billion and smiling.

Language: English

Subjects: General works

Keywords: Erwärmung ; Fossiler Brennstoff ; Erneuerbare Energien

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Format: VIII, 229 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.

ISBN: 0-691-00493-5

Language: English

Subjects: Geography

Keywords: Paläoklimatologie ; Klimaänderung ; Treibhauseffekt

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Format: 248 pages) , illustrations

ISBN: 9781400852246

Series Statement: Princeton Science Library

Content: In the 1990s Richard B. Alley and his colleagues made headlines with the discovery that the last ice age came to an abrupt end over a period of only three years. In The Two-Mile Time Machine, Alley tells the fascinating history of global climate changes as revealed by reading the annual rings of ice from cores drilled in Greenland. He explains that humans have experienced an unusually temperate climate compared to the wild fluctuations that characterized most of prehistory. He warns that our comfortable environment could come to an end in a matter of years and tells us what we need to know in order to understand and perhaps overcome climate changes in the future.In a new preface, the author weighs in on whether our understanding of global climate change has altered in the years since the book was first published, what the latest research tells us, and what he is working on next

Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed September 10 2015) , In English

Language: English

Keywords: Paläoklimatologie ; Klimaänderung ; Treibhauseffekt

DOI: 10.1515/9781400852246

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Format: xv, 229 pages

Edition: First Princeton science library edition

ISBN: 9780691160832

Series Statement: Princeton science library

Note: Originally published: 2000. , Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language: English

Subjects: Physics

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Format: Online-Ressource (246 p)

Edition: Online-Ausg.

ISBN: 9780691160832

Series Statement: Princeton Science Library

Content: In the 1990s Richard B. Alley and his colleagues made headlines with the discovery that the last ice age came to an abrupt end over a period of only three years. In The Two-Mile Time Machine, Alley tells the fascinating history of global climate changes as revealed by reading the annual rings of ice from cores drilled in Greenland. He explains that humans have experienced an unusually temperate climate compared to the wild fluctuations that characterized most of prehistory. He warns that our comfortable environment could come to an end in a matter of years and tells us what we need to know in

Note: Description based upon print version of record , Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface: to the New Paperback Edition; PART I: SETTING THE STAGE; 1 Fast Forward; 2 Pointers to the Past; PART II: READING THE RECORD; 3 Going to Greenland; 4 The Icy Archives-Ice Sheets and Glaciers; 5 Ice Age through the Ice Age; 6 How Cold of Old?; 7 Dust in the Wind; 8 Tiny Bubbles in the Ice; PART III: CRAZY CLIMATES; 9 The Saurian Sauna; 10 The Solar System Swing; 11 Dancing to the Orbital Band; 12 What the Worms Turned; PART IV: WHY THE WEIRDNESS?; 13 How Climate Works; 14 A Chaotic Conveyor?; 15 Shoving the System; PART V: COMING CRAZINESS? , 16 Fuelish17 Down the Road; 18 An Ice-Core View of the Future; APPENDIXES; 1 A Cast of Characters; 2 Usage of Units; Sources and Related Information; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Additional Edition: 9781400852246

Additional Edition: 9780691160832

Additional Edition: Print version The Two-Mile Time Machine : Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books

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