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Concern exists over human-generated increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases and their potential consequences to society. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2007 finds that global temperatures have increased by 0.8oC since 1850 and that climate warming is now 'unequivocal'. While the human imprint is becoming increasingly apparent, Earth’s climate has shifted dramatically and frequently during the last few million years, alternating between ice ages, when vast glaciers covered Northern Europe and much of North America, and interglacials—warm periods much like today. Farther back in geologic time, climates have differed even more from the present. Thus, to fully understand the unusual changes of the 20^th^ century and possible future trends, these must be placed in a longer-term context extending beyond the period of instrumental records. The __Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments__, a companion volume to the recently-published __Encyclopedia of World Climatology__, provides the reader with an entry point to the rapidly expanding field of paleoclimatology—the study of climates of the past. Highly interdisciplinary in nature, paleoclimatolog

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Author

Ina Tegen (auth.), Vivien Gornitz (eds.)

Publisher

Springer Netherlands

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781402044113

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Anthropology, Mathematics