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The Goldilocks Planet: The 4 billion year story of Earth´s climate
Jan Zalasiewicz
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Climate change is a major topic of concern today, scientifically, socially, and politically. It will undoubtedly continue to be so for the foreseeable future, as predicted changes in global temperatures, rainfall, and sea level take place, and as human society adapts to these changes. In this remarkable new work, Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams demonstrate how the Earth's climate has continuously altered over its 4.5 billion-year history. The story can be read from clues preserved in the Earth's strata - the evidence is abundant, though always incomplete, and also often baffling, puzzling, infuriating, tantalizing, seemingly contradictory. Geologists, though, ... Read more
Climate change is a major topic of concern today, scientifically, socially, and politically. It will undoubtedly continue to be so for the foreseeable future, as predicted changes in global temperatures, rainfall, and sea level take place, and as human society adapts to these changes. In this remarkable new work, Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams demonstrate how the Earth's climate has continuously altered over its 4.5 billion-year history. The story can be read from clues preserved in the Earth's strata - the evidence is abundant, though always incomplete, and also often baffling, puzzling, infuriating, tantalizing, seemingly contradictory. Geologists, though, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
248g
Number of Pages
324
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199683505
SKU
V9780199683505
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About Jan Zalasiewicz
Dr Jan Zalasiewicz is Senior Lecturer in Geology at Leicester University. A field geologist, palaeontologist, and stratigrapher, he teaches various aspects of geology and Earth history to undergraduate and postgraduate students, and is a researcher into fossil ecosystems and environments across over half a billion years of geological time. He is the author of The Earth After Us and The ... Read more
Reviews for The Goldilocks Planet: The 4 billion year story of Earth´s climate
Very engaging
Michael Gross, Society of Chemical Industry
A balanced, well written, mostly comprehensive and well-argued book.
Times Higher Education Supplement
Michael Gross, Society of Chemical Industry
A balanced, well written, mostly comprehensive and well-argued book.
Times Higher Education Supplement