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Author:

Alley, Richard B.

Title:

The two-mile time machine : ice cores, abrupt climate change, and our future / Richard B. Alley.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

vii, 229 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Paleoclimatology.
Climatic changes.
Ice--Greenland--Analysis.
Paléoclimatologie
Climat--Changements
Glace--Groënland--Analyse
IJs (natuur)
Klimaatveranderingen.
Toekomst.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-222) and index.

Contents:

18. An ice-core view of the future. 1. Fast forward -- 2. Pointers to the past -- pt. 2. 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 -- pt. 3. Crazy climates -- 9. The Saurian sauna -- 10. The solar system swing -- 11. Dancing to the orbital band -- 12. What the worms turned -- pt. 4. Why the weirdness? -- 13. How climate works -- 14. A chaotic conveyor? -- 15. Shoving the system -- pt. 5. Coming craziness? -- 16. Fuelish -- 17. Down the road -- 18. An ice-core view of the future.

ISBN:

9780691004938 (alk. paper)
0691004935 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

00036730

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PYAX423 -- ECC - Osgood Library (Iowa Falls)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)