Waking the Giant: How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes

by Bill McGuire and Bill McGuire

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Twenty thousand years ago our planet was an icehouse. Temperatures were down six degrees; ice sheets kilometres thick buried much of Europe and North America and sea levels were 130m lower. The following 15 millennia saw an astonishing transformation as our planet metamorphosed into the temperate world upon which our civilisation has grown and thrived. One of the most dynamic periods in Earth history saw rocketing temperatures melt the great ice sheets...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199592268

ISBN13:9780199592265

Release Date:May 2012

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"

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