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020 a| 0691121648 (cloth : alk. paper);

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100 1 a| Ruddiman, W. F.q| (William F.),d| 1943-=| ^A240284;

245 10 a| Plows, plagues, and petroleum :b| how humans took control of climate /c| William H. Ruddiman.;

246 38 a| Plows, plagues & petroleum;

300 a| xiv, 202 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-196) and index.;

505 0 a| 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 CO₂ -- 10. Have we delayed a glaciation? -- 11. Challenges and responses -- 12. But what about those CO₂ "wiggles"? -- 13. The horsemen of the apocalypse : which one? -- 14. Pandemics, CO₂, 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;

650 0 a| Climatology.=| ^A3536;

650 0 a| Climatic changes.=| ^A3535;

650 0 a| Global temperature changes.=| ^A288484;

650 0 a| Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.=| ^A139396;

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Plows, plagues, and petroleum : how humans took control of climate / William H. Ruddiman.

Author/creator	Ruddiman, W. F., 1943-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2005.
Description	xiv, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Climatology. Climatic changes. Global temperature changes. Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.

Spine title	Plows, plagues & petroleum
Contents	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 CO₂ -- 10. Have we delayed a glaciation? -- 11. Challenges and responses -- 12. But what about those CO₂ "wiggles"? -- 13. The horsemen of the apocalypse : which one? -- 14. Pandemics, CO₂, 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
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-196) and index.
LCCN	2004062444
ISBN	0691121648 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780691121642

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