Fixing climate : what past climate changes reveal about the current threat--and how to counter it /

Fixing climate : what past climate changes reveal about the current threat--and how to counter it /

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Author / Creator:	Broecker, Wallace S., 1931-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Hill and Wang, 2008.
Description:	xvi, 253 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Climatic changes -- History. Global warming. Climatic changes. Global warming. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7127157

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Other authors / contributors:	Kunzig, Robert.
ISBN:	9780809045013 (hardcover : alk. paper) 080904501X (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-240) and index.
Summary:	An unconventional study of the issue of global warming focuses on the root cause of the problem--the influx of carbon dioxide into Earth's atmosphere--and argues that only the development of new technologies can reduce carbon dioxide output.

Table of Contents:

Preface: Taming the Beast
1. Pyramid Lake, 1955
2. Finding Science
3. Ice Ages and the Serb Theory
4. Proving Milankovic, Doubting Milankovic
5. Carbon Dioxide and the Keeling Curve
6. Where the Carbon Goes
7. A Conveyor Belt in the Ocean
8. Conveyor Jams, Climate Lurches
9. Why Worry?
10. Ice Melts, Sea Level Rises
11. Megadroughts of the Past
12. The Drying of the Future
13. Green Is Not Enough
14. Scrubbing the Air
15. Disposing of Carbon
16. Fixing Climate
Selected References
Acknowledgments
Index