Title Understanding Earth's deep past : lessons for our climate future / Committee on the Importance of Deep-Time Geologic Records for Understanding Climate Change Impacts, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 194 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) Contents Introduction -- Lessons from past warm worlds -- Climate transitions, tipping points, and the point of no return -- Deciphering past climates-reconciling models and observations -- Implementing a deep-time climate research agenda -- Conclusions and recommendations Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-177) Notes Print version record Subject Climatic changes -- History Climatic changes -- Forecasting Global warming -- Forecasting POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy. SCIENCE -- Environmental Science. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control. Climatic changes Climatic changes -- Forecasting Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2011930581 ISBN 9780309209168 0309209161

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