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Item Information       Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content     More by this author     Childs, Craig, 1967-     Subjects     Natural disasters.     Global environmental change.     Climatic changes.     Paleoclimatology.     Global warming.     Global temperature changes.     Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.     Mass extinctions.     Extinction (Biology)     Earth (Planet) -- History     Browse Catalog     by author:      Childs, Craig, 1967-       by title:      Apocalyptic planet :...       by call number:      550 C537a     Search the Web     Childs, Craig, 1967-     Natural disasters.     Global environmental change.     Climatic changes.     Paleoclimatology.     Global warming.     Global temperature changes.     Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.     Mass extinctions.     Extinction (Biology)     Earth (Planet) -- History       MARC Display

Apocalyptic planet : field guide to the everending Earth / Craig Childs. by Childs, Craig, 1967- Pantheon Books, c2012. Call #: 550 C537a Subjects Natural disasters.   Global environmental change.   Climatic changes.   Paleoclimatology.   Global warming.   Global temperature changes.   Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.   Mass extinctions.   Extinction (Biology)   Earth (Planet) -- History ISBN:  9780307379092 (hc.) 0307379094 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xvii, 343 p.; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-343). Contents:  Deserts consume -- Ice collapses -- Seas rise -- Civilizations fall -- Cold returns -- Species vanish -- Mountains move -- Cataclysm strikes -- Seas boil. Summary:  "The earth has died many times, and it always comes back looking different. In an exhilarating, surprising exploration of our planet, Craig Childs takes readers on a firsthand journey through apocalypse, touching the truth behind the speculation. Apocalyptic Planet is a combination of science and adventure that reveals the ways in which our world is constantly moving toward its end and how we can change our place within the cycles and episodes that rule it. In this riveting narrative, Childs makes clear that ours is not a stable planet, that it is prone to sudden, violent natural disasters and extremes of climate. Alternate futures, many not so pretty, are constantly waiting in the wings. Childs refutes the idea of an apocalyptic end to the earth and finds clues to its more inevitable end in some of the most physically challenging places on the globe. He travels from the deserts of Chile, the driest in the world, to the genetic wasteland of central Iowa to the site of the drowned land bridge of the Bering Sea, uncovering the micro-cataclysms that predict the macro: forthcoming ice ages, super-volcanoes, and the conclusion of planetary life cycles. Childs delivers a sensual feast in his descriptions of the natural world and a bounty of unequivocal science that provides us with an unprecedented understanding of our future."--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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