The Two-Mile Time Machine Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future - Updated Edition |
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| Author:
| Alley, Richard B. |
| Preface by:
| Alley, Richard B. |
| Series title: | Princeton Science Library |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-16083-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2014 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.95 |
Book Description:
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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
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