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The ice chronicles : the quest to understand global climate change / Paul Andrew Mayewski & Frank White.

By: Mayewski, Paul A.
Contributor(s): White, Frank, 1944-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hanover : University of New Hampshire, published by University Press of New England c2002Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]) and index.Description: xxv, 233 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1584650613 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Glaciers | Climatic changesDDC classification: 551.6 Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
Setting the stage for our modern understanding of climate change -- making of an ice core "time machine" -- discovery of rapid climate change events (RCCEs) and the realization that climate has multiple controls -- Climate change and the rise and fall of civilizations -- last thousand years of climate change -- Climate change : the real impact -- Confronting the choices : scientists, politicians, and public policy -- Learning to live in a changing world.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]) and index.

1. Setting the stage for our modern understanding of climate change -- 2. The making of an ice core "time machine" -- 3. The discovery of rapid climate change events (RCCEs) and the realization that climate has multiple controls -- 4. Climate change and the rise and fall of civilizations -- 5. The last thousand years of climate change -- 6. Climate change : the real impact -- 7. Confronting the choices : scientists, politicians, and public policy -- 8. Learning to live in a changing world.

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