Beschrijving
What were the repercussions of past climate shifts? How do we know such shifts occurred? This book shows how Earth scientists study ancient ice cores and marine sediments to probe Earth’s distant past, and how they blend scientific detective work with the technological advances to try to predict the future.
Wally Broecker is one of the world’s leading authorities on abrupt global climate change. More than two decades ago, he discovered the link between ocean circulation and climate change, in particular how shutdowns of the Great Ocean Conveyor–the vast network of currents that circulate water, heat, and nutrients around the globe–triggered past ice ages. Today, he is among the researchers exploring how our planet’s climate system can abruptly \
