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The Great Ice Age: Climat. has been added to your Cart. A very clear and concise update of our present state of knowledge on long term climate and environmental change - perfect primer for advanced courses and essential reading for introductory geography and earth science courses.

The Great Ice Age: Climat. Dr D. J. A. Evans, Glasgow University. The Open University, UK . Drury, The Open University, UK .

The Great Ice Age. Climate Change and Life. Chapman, . The Great Ice Age was not the first time that the Earth has been covered by extensive ice sheets: they also developed several times during. all at The Open University Drury, . This book examines the Earth’s history over a very short period of time-geologically speaking that is. It focuses on the climatic history since . million years ago during which time large ice sheets repeatedly advanced and retreated across significant areas of the Northern Hemisphere. The Great Ice Age was not the first time that the Earth has been covered by extensive ice sheets: they also developed several times during the Pre-Cambrian, and during the Ordovician and.

Climate Change and Life. This book reveals that anthropogenic effects on the world are not merely modern matters but date back perhaps a million years or more

Climate Change and Life. The Great Ice Age documents and explains the natural climatic and palaeoecologic changes that have occurred during the past . million years, outlining the emergence and global impact of our species during this period. This book reveals that anthropogenic effects on the world are not merely modern matters but date back perhaps a million years or more. Cycles of climatic change: evidence and explanations. The great ice age. View abstract.

The Great Ice Age documents and explains the natural climatic and palaeoecologic changes that have occurred during the past . million years, outlining the emergence and global impact of our species during this period

The Great Ice Age documents and explains the natural climatic and palaeoecologic changes that have occurred during the past . Exploring a wide range of records of climate change, the authors demonstrate the interconnectivity of the components of the Earths climate system, show how the evidence for such change is obtained, and explain some of the problems in collecting and dating proxy climate data.

The Great Ice Age is also our ag. The embryonic phase of this book began in the womb of an Open University Course Team preparing a new course entitled Earth and Life presented for the first time in 1997. The course examines the co-evolution of our planet and life upon it.

The Great Ice Age is also our age. The four and a half billion year evolution of the Earth and its biota culminated with the appearance of a life form capable of studying and manipulating environmental systems. This text was to be the last of five books, but by the time we had delivered our overlength second draft, realisation that the entire course was too long had dawned, and so 'The Great Ice Age' was unfortunately jettisoned.

Joanna Radin, Life on Ice: A History of New Uses for Cold Blood. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2017

Joanna Radin, Life on Ice: A History of New Uses for Cold Blood. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2017. Barbara Lovett Cline 1987 (first published 1965) London: University of Chicago Press xii + 274 pp price ?. 0 (paperback) ISBN 0 226 11027 3 Barbara Cline has written a fascinating book which succeeds in bringing to life the personalities of six of the great figures responsible for the scientific revolution of the early 20th century.

Cycles of Climate Change: Evidence and Explanations. Dr Antoinette Mannion, Reading University

Cycles of Climate Change: Evidence and Explanations. 1. 2. Understanding Present and Past Climates. 3. Understanding the Cryosphere. Dr Antoinette Mannion, Reading University. We provide complimentary e-inspection copies of primary textbooks to instructors considering our books for course adoption. Request an e-inspection copy. Exploring a wide rage of records of climate change, the authors demonstrated the interconnectivity of the components of the Earth's climate system, show how the evidence for such change is obtained, and explain some of the problems in collection and dating proxy climate data.

Part 1 of The Great Ice Age documents and explains the natural climatic changes that have occurred during the past . million years