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The two-mile time machine : ice cores, abrupt climate change, and our future / Richard B. Alley.
Record details
- ISBN: 0691004935 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780691004938 (alk. paper)
- Physical Description: vii, 229 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2000.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-222) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- pt. 1. Setting the stage -- 1. Fast forward -- 2. Pointers to the past -- pt. 2. Reading the record -- 3. Going to Greenland -- 4. The icy archives : ice sheets and glaciers -- 5. Ice age through the ice age -- 6. How cold of old? -- 7. Dust in the wind -- 8. Tiny bubbles in the ice -- pt. 3. Crazy climates -- 9. The Saurian sauna -- 10. The solar system swing -- 11. Dancing to the orbital band -- 12. What the worms turned -- pt. 4. Why the weirdness? -- 13. How climate works -- 14. A chaotic conveyor? -- 15. Shoving the system -- pt. 5. Coming craziness? -- 16. Fuelish -- 17. Down the road -- 18. An ice-core view of the future.
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| Part 1. | Setting the Stage | 3 |
| 1. | Fast Forward | 3 |
| 2. | Pointers to the Past | 11 |
| Part 2. | Reading the Record | 17 |
| 3. | Going to Greenland | 17 |
| 4. | The Icy ArchivesâIce Sheets and Glaciers | 31 |
| 5. | Ice Age Through the Ice Age | 41 |
| 6. | How Cold of Old? | 59 |
| 7. | Dust in the Wind | 71 |
| 8. | Tiny Bubbles in the Ice | 77 |
| Part 3. | Crazy Climates | 83 |
| 9. | The Saurian Sauna | 83 |
| 10. | The Solar System Swing | 91 |
| 11. | Dancing to the Orbital Band | 99 |
| 12. | What the Worms Turned | 109 |
| Part 4. | Why the Weirdness? | 131 |
| 13. | How Climate Works | 131 |
| 14. | A Chaotic Conveyor? | 147 |
| 15. | Shoving the System | 159 |
| Part 5. | Coming Craziness? | 169 |
| 16. | Fuelish | 169 |
| 17. | Down the Road | 181 |
| 18. | An Ice-Core View of the Future | 185 |
| Appendixes | 193 | |
| Appendix 1. | A Cast of Characters | 193 |
| Appendix 2. | Usage of Units | 199 |
| Sources and Related Information | 201 | |
| Acknowledgments | 223 | |
| Index | 225 |