Ice, Mud and Blood

Lessons from Climates Past

Chris Turney (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2008
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-55382-8 (ISBN)

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As science reveals how our planet works, it becomes ever clearer that nowhere is isolated. From the Alps to the Andes, seemingly unrelated parts of the world are connected. By reading this book you'll realize that we're facing challenges beyond anything our species has had to contend with before.

Imagine a world of wildly escalating temperatures, apocalyptic flooding, devastating storms and catastrophic sea level rise. This might sound like a prediction for the future or the storyline of a new Hollywood blockbuster but it's something quite different: it's our past. In a day and age when where we're bombarded with worrying forecasts for future climate, it seems hard to believe that such things could come to pass. Yet almost everywhere we turn, the landscape is screaming out that the world is a capricious place. The problem is if we don't tune in, the message is lost. We need to decipher the past and learn from it. In Ice, Mud and Blood, Professor Chris Turney explores the changing climate and the risks facing us today as we continue to drive our planet to new extremes.

CHRIS TURNEY is a British geologist and currently holds a Chair in Physical Geography at the University of Exeter, UK. Turney researches and teaches on past climate change and what it means for the future. He has published numerous scientific papers and magazine articles, and given frequent media interviews, thanks to his infectious enthusiasm for working out what happened when. In 2007, Turney was awarded The Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal for outstanding young Quaternary scientist for his pioneering research into past climate change and dating the past.

Introduction Greenhouse Snowball A Bit Of A Chill A Previous Warmth Atlantic Armadas A Belch And A Blast Meltdown Rise And Fall Droughts, Vines And Frost Fairs The Rising Tide

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.5.2008
Reihe/Serie	Macmillan Science
Zusatzinfo	biography
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	351 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	0-230-55382-6 / 0230553826
ISBN-13	978-0-230-55382-8 / 9780230553828
Zustand	Neuware