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Under a Green Sky Global Warming, the M Peter D Ward Paperback 2007
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- Condition
- Very Good
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- “Very good”
- ISBN
- 9780061137921
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0061137928
ISBN-13
9780061137921
eBay Product ID (ePID)
61168001
Product Key Features
Book Title
Under a Green Sky : Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us about Our Future
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Earth Sciences / Geography, Earth Sciences / Geology, Global Warming & Climate Change, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-052250
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
For RARE EARTH: "A stellar example of clear writing . . ." -- American Scientist "A sobering and valuable perspective . . ." -- Science
Dewey Decimal
577.27/6
Synopsis
According to paleontologist Ward, all but one of the major extinction events in history have been brought on by climate change--the same global warming that occurs today. The author argues that events in the past can give valuable information about the future of our planet., More than 200 million years ago, a cataclysmic event known as the Permian extinction destroyed more than 90% of all species and nearly 97% of all living things. Its origins have long been a puzzle for paleontologists, and during the 1990s and the early part of this century a great battle was fought between those who thought that death had come from above and those who thought something more complicated was at work. Paleontologist Peter D. Ward, fresh from helping prove that an asteroid had killed the dinosaurs, turned to the Permian problem, and he has come to a stunning conclusion. In his investigations of the fates of several groups of mollusks during those extinctions and others, he discovered that the near-total devastation at the end of the Permian was caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide leading to climate change. But it's not the heat (nor the humidity) that's directly responsible for the extinctions, and the story of the discovery of what is responsible makes for an fascinating, globe-spanning adventure.
LC Classification Number
QE721.2.E97W384 2007
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