Ice age extinction : cause and human consequences /

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The author explores the causes of Earth's cyclical temperature changes and shows how those temperature shifts touch off a chain of events in the atmosphere, in the oceans and on land. Cold temperature was the trigger; and the resultant reduction in carbon dioxide, he argues, was the bullet that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Snook, Jim, 1933-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Algora Pub., ©2008.
Temas:
Extinction (Biology)
Glacial epoch.
Climatic changes.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide > Physiological effect.
Extinction, Biological
Climate Change
Climat > Changements.
Gaz carbonique atmosphérique > Effets physiologiques.
Extinction (Biologie)
Époque glaciaire.
climate change.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide > Physiological effect
Climatic changes
Glacial epoch
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Transitions relating to extinction
  • Extinction
  • How the glacial cycle works
  • Ocean changes relating to glaciation and extinction
  • Changes in the atmosphere during the last extinction
  • Glacial changes to the land affecting life
  • Changes in plants leading to extinction
  • Large animal extinction associated with glacial melting
  • The human condition during extinction
  • First big increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide and population
  • Current big increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide and population
  • The way we are and where we are heading
  • The future.

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