Bibliograph

Deep future, the next 100,000 years of life on Earth, Curt Stager

Type

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Deep future, the next 100,000 years of life on Earth, Curt Stager

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Deep future

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

651912628

Responsibility statement

Curt Stager

Sub title

the next 100,000 years of life on Earth

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

Table Of Contents

Stopping the ice -- Beyond global warming -- The last great thaw -- Life in a super-greenhouse -- Future fossils -- Oceans of acid -- the rising tide -- An ice-free Arctic -- The greening of Greenland -- What about the tropics? -- Bringing it home

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