Macdougall, J. D., 1944-

Frozen earth the once and future story of ice ages / Doug Macdougall ; with a new preface. - Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xxvi, 256 pages :) illustrations.

First paperback printing 2006.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Ice, ice ages, and our planet's climate history -- Fire, water, and God -- Glaciers and fossil fish -- The evidence -- Searching for the cause of ice ages -- Defrosting earth -- The ice age cycles -- Our planet's icy past -- Coring for the details -- Ice ages, climate, and evolution -- The last millennium -- Ice ages and the future.



9780520954946




Glacial epoch.
Paleoclimatology.
Global environmental change.


Electronic Books.

QE698 / .F769 2013