Under a Green Sky Global Warming, the M Peter D Ward Paperback 2007

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0061137928
ISBN-13
9780061137921
eBay Product ID (ePID)
61168001

Product Key Features

Book Title
Under a Green Sky : Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us about Our Future
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Earth Sciences / Mineralogy, Ancient / General, History, Global Warming & Climate Change, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science, History
Author
Peter D. Ward
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
0.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-052250
Reviews
For RARE EARTH: "A stellar example of clear writing . . ." -- American Scientist "A sobering and valuable perspective . . ." -- Science, For RARE EARTH: "A stellar example of clear writing . . ." - American Scientist "A sobering and valuable perspective . . ." - Science "Despite its weighty subject matter and some original scientific proposals, this challenging volume is eminently readable." - Seattle Times
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
577.27/6
Synopsis
According to paleontologist Ward, all but one of the major extinction events in history have been brought on by climate change--the same global warming that occurs today. The author argues that events in the past can give valuable information about the future of our planet., According to University of Washington paleontologist Peter D. Ward, all but one of the major extinction events in the history of the world have been brought on by climate change--the same global warming that occurs today. In Under a Green Sky, he examines the causes of the Permian extinction, an event more than 200 million years ago so cataclysmic that it destroyed more than 90% of all species and nearly 97% of all living things. This near-total devastation was caused by a warming of the earth due to rising levels of carbon dioxide. Ward explains how that extinction, as well as four others, happened, and then applies those chilling lessons to the present day, showing how the ancient past may hold the key to earth's future., More than 200 million years ago, a cataclysmic event known as the Permian extinction destroyed more than 90% of all species and nearly 97% of all living things. Its origins have long been a puzzle for paleontologists, and during the 1990s and the early part of this century a great battle was fought between those who thought that death had come from above and those who thought something more complicated was at work. Paleontologist Peter D. Ward, fresh from helping prove that an asteroid had killed the dinosaurs, turned to the Permian problem, and he has come to a stunning conclusion. In his investigations of the fates of several groups of mollusks during those extinctions and others, he discovered that the near-total devastation at the end of the Permian was caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide leading to climate change. But it's not the heat (nor the humidity) that's directly responsible for the extinctions, and the story of the discovery of what is responsible makes for an fascinating, globe-spanning adventure., According to University of Washington paleontologist Peter D. Ward, all but one of the major extinction events in the history of the world have been brought on by climate change-the same global warming that occurs today. In Under a Green Sky, he examines the causes of the Permian extinction, an event more than 200 million years ago so cataclysmic that it destroyed more than 90% of all species and nearly 97% of all living things. This near-total devastation was caused by a warming of the earth due to rising levels of carbon dioxide. Ward explains how that extinction, as well as four others, happened, and then applies those chilling lessons to the present day, showing how the ancient past may hold the key to earth's future.
LC Classification Number
QE721.2.E97W384 2007

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