The Earth's Worst Climate Disaster
Scientists, environmentalists, and the wiser members of the political class worry today about global climate change. Will rising tides plunge Tokyo, London, and New York beneath the ocean’s waves? Will meltwater pouring off of North America shift the circulation of the North Atlantic Ocean and plung...
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ftcaltechauth:oai:authors.library.caltech.edu:7185 2023-05-15T17:30:57+02:00 The Earth's Worst Climate Disaster Kopp, Robert E. Kirschvink, Joseph L. 2004 application/pdf https://authors.library.caltech.edu/7185/ https://authors.library.caltech.edu/7185/1/Kopp2004-NHK-pPSnowball-forDist.pdf https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:KOPnhk04 unknown NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) https://authors.library.caltech.edu/7185/1/Kopp2004-NHK-pPSnowball-forDist.pdf Kopp, Robert E. and Kirschvink, Joseph L. (2004) The Earth's Worst Climate Disaster. In: Miracle Planet II: The Evolution of Our World (Japanese). NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) , Tokyo, Japan. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:KOPnhk04 <https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:KOPnhk04> Caltech Library Services Book Section NonPeerReviewed 2004 ftcaltechauth 2020-04-26T15:58:04Z Scientists, environmentalists, and the wiser members of the political class worry today about global climate change. Will rising tides plunge Tokyo, London, and New York beneath the ocean’s waves? Will meltwater pouring off of North America shift the circulation of the North Atlantic Ocean and plunge Europe into an Ice Age? Yet, as worrisome as these prospects are, the Earth has faced far greater climatic catastrophes in the past. The greatest among these was the Paleoproterozoic Snowball Earth event, which 2.3 billion years ago smothered the planet with a blanket of ice for tens of millions of years. Book Part North Atlantic Caltech Authors (California Institute of Technology) |
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Scientists, environmentalists, and the wiser members of the political class worry today about global climate change. Will rising tides plunge Tokyo, London, and New York beneath the ocean’s waves? Will meltwater pouring off of North America shift the circulation of the North Atlantic Ocean and plunge Europe into an Ice Age? Yet, as worrisome as these prospects are, the Earth has faced far greater climatic catastrophes in the past. The greatest among these was the Paleoproterozoic Snowball Earth event, which 2.3 billion years ago smothered the planet with a blanket of ice for tens of millions of years. |
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https://authors.library.caltech.edu/7185/1/Kopp2004-NHK-pPSnowball-forDist.pdf Kopp, Robert E. and Kirschvink, Joseph L. (2004) The Earth's Worst Climate Disaster. In: Miracle Planet II: The Evolution of Our World (Japanese). NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) , Tokyo, Japan. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:KOPnhk04 <https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:KOPnhk04> |
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