Ice, Mud and Blood: Lessons from Climates Past - Couverture rigide

Turney, Chris

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0230553826 ISBN 13 : 9780230553828

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0230553826
• ISBN 13: 9780230553828
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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