Deep future : the next 100,000 years of life on Earth /

Deep future : the next 100,000 years of life on Earth /

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Author / Creator:	Stager, Curt.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Thomas Dunne Books, c2011.
Description:	xiii, 284 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Global environmental change -- Forecasting. Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- Forecasting. Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Forecasting. Human ecology -- Forecasting. Third millennium -- Forecasts. Climatic changes -- Forecasting. Global environmental change -- Forecasting. Human ecology -- Forecasting. Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Forecasting. Third millennium. Forecasts.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8363794

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ISBN:	9780312614621 (hbk.) 0312614624 (hbk.)
Notes:	"March 2011"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-270) and index.
Summary:	A paleoclimatologist makes predictions about how environmental choices in the twenty-first century will affect life on the planet throughout the distant future, drawing on geological history to argue that global cooling poses a more significant threat.

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Summary:	A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of 2011 title A bold, far-reaching look at how our actions will decide the planet's future for millennia to come. Imagine a planet where North American and Eurasian navies are squaring off over shipping lanes through an acidified, ice-free Arctic. Centuries later, their northern descendants retreat southward as the recovering sea freezes over again. And later still, future nations plan how to avert an approaching Ice Age... by burning what remains of our fossil fuels. These are just a few of the events that are likely to befall Earth and human civilization in the next 100,000 years. And it will be the choices we make in this century that will affect that future more than those of any previous generation. We are living at the dawn of the Age of Humans; the only question is how long that age will last. Few of us have yet asked, "What happens after global warming?" Drawing upon the latest, groundbreaking works of a handful of climate visionaries, Deep Future helps us look beyond 2100 a.d. to the next hundred millennia of life on Earth.
Item Description:	"March 2011"--T.p. verso.
Physical Description:	xiii, 284 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-270) and index.
ISBN:	9780312614621 0312614624