Plows, plagues, and petroleum :
by Ruddiman, W. F.
Published by : Princeton University Press, (Princeton, N.J. :) Physical details: xiv, 202 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. ISBN:0691121648 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780691121642.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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University of Sargodha-Central Library | 363.738 RUP (Browse shelf) | Available | 64964 |
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
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