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The Ice Age (Paperback)
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The Ice Age (Paperback)
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This book provides a new look at the climatic history of the last
2.6 million years during the ice age, a time of extreme climatic
fluctuations that have not yet ended. This period also coincides
with important phases of human development from Neanderthals to
modern humans, both of whom existed side by side during the last
cold stage of the ice age. The ice age has seen dramatic expansions
of glaciers and ice sheets, although this has been interspersed
with relatively short warmer intervals like the one we live in
today. The book focuses on the changing state of these glaciers and
the effects of associated climate changes on a wide variety of
environments (including mountains, rivers, deserts, oceans and
seas) and also plants and animals. For example, at times the Sahara
was green and colonized by humans, and Lake Chad covered 350,000
km2 larger than the United Kingdom. What happened during the ice
age can only be reconstructed from the traces that are left in the
ground. The work of the geoscientist is similar to that of a
detective who has to reconstruct the sequence of events from
circumstantial evidence. The book draws on the specialisms and
experience of the authors who are experts on the glacial history of
the Earth. Readership: Undergraduate and postgraduate students
studying the Quaternary, researchers, and anyone interested in
climate change, environmental change and geology. The book provides
a rich collection of illustrations and photographs to help the
readers at all levels visualise the dramatic consequences of
glacier expansions during the Ice Age.
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