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Ruddiman, W. F. 1943-

Plows, plagues, and petroleum : how humans took control of climate / William F. Ruddiman. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005. - xiv, 202 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-196) and index.

1. Climate and human history -- 2. Slow going for a few million years -- 3. Linking earth's orbit to its climate -- 4. Orbital changes control ice-age cycles -- 5. Orbital changes control monsoon cycles -- 6. Stirrings of change -- 7. Early agriculture and civilization -- 8. Taking control of methane -- 9. Taking control of COb2s -- 10. Have we delayed a glaciation? -- 11. Challenges and responses -- 12. But what about those COb2s "wiggles"? -- 13. The horsemen of the apocalypse : which one? -- 14. Pandemics, COb2s, and climate -- 15. Greenhouse warming : tortoise and hare -- 16. Future warming : large or small? -- 17. From the past into the distant future -- 18. Global-change science and politics -- 19. Consuming earth's gifts

ISBN: 0691121648 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780691121642

LCCN: 2004062444

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA547186 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013211331 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Climatology.
Climatic changes.
Global temperature changes.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.

LC Class. No.: QC981 / .R763 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 363.738/74