Plows, plagues, and petroleum :
Ruddiman, W. F. 1943-
Plows, plagues, and petroleum : how humans took control of climate / William F. Ruddiman. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005. - xiv, 202 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-196) and index.
1. Climate and human history -- 2. Slow going for a few million years -- 3. Linking earth's orbit to its climate -- 4. Orbital changes control ice-age cycles -- 5. Orbital changes control monsoon cycles -- 6. Stirrings of change -- 7. Early agriculture and civilization -- 8. Taking control of methane -- 9. Taking control of COb2s -- 10. Have we delayed a glaciation? -- 11. Challenges and responses -- 12. But what about those COb2s "wiggles"? -- 13. The horsemen of the apocalypse : which one? -- 14. Pandemics, COb2s, and climate -- 15. Greenhouse warming : tortoise and hare -- 16. Future warming : large or small? -- 17. From the past into the distant future -- 18. Global-change science and politics -- 19. Consuming earth's gifts
0691121648 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780691121642
2004062444
GBA547186 bnb
013211331 Uk
Climatology.
Climatic changes.
Global temperature changes.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
QC981 / .R763 2005
363.738/74
Plows, plagues, and petroleum : how humans took control of climate / William F. Ruddiman. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005. - xiv, 202 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-196) and index.
1. Climate and human history -- 2. Slow going for a few million years -- 3. Linking earth's orbit to its climate -- 4. Orbital changes control ice-age cycles -- 5. Orbital changes control monsoon cycles -- 6. Stirrings of change -- 7. Early agriculture and civilization -- 8. Taking control of methane -- 9. Taking control of COb2s -- 10. Have we delayed a glaciation? -- 11. Challenges and responses -- 12. But what about those COb2s "wiggles"? -- 13. The horsemen of the apocalypse : which one? -- 14. Pandemics, COb2s, and climate -- 15. Greenhouse warming : tortoise and hare -- 16. Future warming : large or small? -- 17. From the past into the distant future -- 18. Global-change science and politics -- 19. Consuming earth's gifts
0691121648 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780691121642
2004062444
GBA547186 bnb
013211331 Uk
Climatology.
Climatic changes.
Global temperature changes.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
QC981 / .R763 2005
363.738/74