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050 00 $aQC981$b.R763 2005
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100 1 $aRuddiman, W. F.$q(William F.),$d1943-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87839177
245 10 $aPlows, plagues, and petroleum :$bhow humans took control of climate /$cWilliam H. Ruddiman.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $axiv, 202 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-196) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tClimate and human history --$gCh. 2.$tSlow going for a few million years --$gCh. 3.$tLinking earth's orbit to its climate --$gCh. 4.$tOrbital changes control ice-age cycles --$gCh. 5.$tOrbital changes control monsoon cycles --$gCh. 6.$tStirrings of change --$gCh. 7.$tEarly agriculture and civilization --$gCh. 8.$tTaking control of methane --$gCh. 9.$tTaking control of CO[subscript 2] --$gCh. 10.$tHave we delayed a glaciation? --$gCh. 11.$tChallenges and responses --$gCh. 12.$tBut what about those CO[subscript 2] "wiggles"? --$gCh. 13.$tThe horsement of the apocalypse : which one? --$gCh. 14.$tPandemics, CO[subscript 2], and climate --$gCh. 15.$tGreenhouse warming : tortoise and hare --$gCh. 16.$tFuture warming : large or small? --$gCh. 17.$tFrom the past into the distant future.
520 1 $a"The impact on climate from 200 years of industrial development is an everyday fact of life, but did humankind's active involvement in climate change really begin with the industrial revolution, as commonly believed? William Ruddiman's new book argues that humans have actually been changing the climate for some 8,000 years - as a result of the earlier discovery of agriculture." "The "Ruddiman Hypothesis" will spark intense debate. We learn that the impact of farming on greenhouse gas levels, thousands of years before the industrial revolution, kept our planet notably warmer than if natural climate cycles had prevailed - quite possibly forestalling a new ice age." "Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum is the first book to trace the full historical sweep of human interaction with Earth's climate. Ruddiman takes us through three broad stages of human history: when nature was in control; when humans began to take control, discovering agriculture and affecting climate through carbon dioxide and methane emissions; and, finally, the more recent human impact on climate change. Along the way he raises the possibility that plagues, by depleting human populations, also affected reforestation and thus climate - as suggested by dips in greenhouse gases when major pandemics have occurred. The book concludes by looking to the future and critiquing the impact of special interest money on the global warming debate."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aClimatology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85027044
650 0 $aClimatic changes.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85027037
650 0 $aGlobal temperature changes.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85055290
650 0 $aGreenhouse effect, Atmospheric.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057237
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