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ISBN 10: 1118897390
ISBN 13: 9781118897393
Author: Colin P. Summerhayes

To understand climate change today, we first need to know how Earth’s climate changed over the past 450 million years. Finding answers depends upon contributions from a wide range of sciences, not just the rock record uncovered by geologists. In Earth’s Climate Evolution, Colin Summerhayes analyzes reports and records of past climate change dating back to the late 18th century to uncover key patterns in the climate system. The book will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about future climate change. The book takes a unique approach to the subject providing a description of the greenhouse and icehouse worlds of the past 450 million years since land plants emerged, ignoring major earlier glaciations like that of Snowball Earth, which occurred around 600 million years ago in a world free of land plants. It describes the evolution of thinking in palaeoclimatology and introduces the main players in the field and how their ideas were received and, in many cases, subsequently modified.  It records the arguments and discussions about the merits of different ideas along the way. It also includes several notes made from the author’s own personal involvement in palaeoclimatological and palaeoceanographic studies, and from his experience of working alongside several of the major players in these fields in recent years. This book will be an invaluable reference for both undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses in related fields and will also be of interest to historians of science and/or geology, climatology and oceanography. It should also be of interest to the wider scientific and engineering community, high school science students, policy makers, and environmental NGOs. Reviews: “Outstanding in its presentation of the facts and a good read in the way that it intersperses the climate story with the author’s own experiences. [This book] puts the climate story into a compelling geological history.”  -Dr. James Baker “The book is written in very clear and concise prose, [and takes] original, enlightening, and engaging approach to talking about ‘ideas’ from the perspective of the scientists who promoted them.”  -Professor Christopher R. Scotese “A thrilling ride through continental drift and its consequences.” – Professor Gerald R. North “Written in a style and language which can be easily understood by laymen as well as scientists.” – Professor Dr Jörn Thiede “What makes this book particularly distinctive is how well it builds in the narrative of change in ideas over time.” – Holocene book reviews, May 2016 “This is a fascinating book and the author’s biographical approach gives it great human appeal.” – E Adlard

Earth’s Climate Evolution 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction
References
Chapter 2: The Great Cooling
2.1 The Founding Fathers
2.2 Charles Lyell, ‘Father of Palaeoclimatology’
2.3 Agassiz Discovers the Ice Age
2.4 Lyell Defends Icebergs
References
Chapter 3: Ice Age Cycles
3.1 The Astronomical Theory of Climate Change
3.2 James Croll Develops the Theory
3.3 Lyell Responds
3.4 Croll Defends his Position
3.5 Even More Ancient Ice Ages
3.6 Not Everyone Agrees
References
Chapter 4: Trace Gases Warm the Planet
4.1 De Saussure’s Hot Box
4.2 William Herschel’s Accidental Discovery
4.3 Discovering Carbon Dioxide
4.4 Fourier, the ‘Newton of Heat’, Discovers the ‘Greenhouse Effect’
4.5 Tyndall Shows How the ‘Greenhouse Effect’ Works
4.6 Arrhenius Calculates How CO2 Affects Air Temperature
4.7 Chamberlin’s Theory of Gases and Ice Ages
References
Chapter 5: Moving Continents and Dating Rocks
5.1 The Continents Drift
5.2 The Seafloor Spreads
5.3 The Dating Game
5.4 Base Maps for Palaeoclimatology
5.5 The Evolution of the Modern World
References
Chapter 6: Mapping Past Climates
6.1 Climate Indicators
6.2 Palaeoclimatologists Get to Work
6.3 Palaeomagneticians Enter the Field
6.4 Oxygen Isotopes to the Rescue
6.5 Cycles and Astronomy
6.6 Pangaean Palaeoclimates (Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic)
6.7 Post-Break-Up Palaeoclimates (Jurassic, Cretaceous)
6.8 Numerical Models Make their Appearance
6.9 From Wegener to Barron
References
Chapter 7: Into the Icehouse
7.1 Climate Clues from the Deep Ocean
7.2 Palaeoceanography
7.3 The World’s Freezer
7.4 The Drill Bit Turns
7.5 Global Cooling
7.6 Arctic Glaciation
References
Chapter 8: The Greenhouse Gas Theory Matures
8.1 CO2 in the Atmosphere and Ocean (1930–1955)
8.2 CO2 in the Atmosphere and Ocean (1955–1979)
8.3 CO2 in the Atmosphere and Ocean (1979–1983)
8.4 Biogeochemistry: The Merging of Physics and Biology
8.5 The Carbon Cycle
8.6 Oceanic Carbon
8.7 Measuring CO2 in the Oceans
8.8 A Growing International Emphasis
8.9 Reflection on Developments
References
Chapter 9: Measuring and Modelling CO2 Back through Time
9.1 CO2: The Palaeoclimate Perspective
9.2 Fossil CO2
9.3 Measuring CO2 Back through Time
9.4 Modelling CO2 and Climate
9.5 The Critics Gather
References
Chapter 10: The Pulse of the Earth
10.1 Climate Cycles and Tectonic Forces
10.2 Ocean Chemistry
10.3 Black Shales
10.4 Sea Level
10.5 Biogeochemical Cycles, Gaia and Cybertectonic Earth
10.6 Meteorite Impacts
10.7 Massive Volcanic Eruptions
References
Chapter 11: Numerical Climate Models and Case Histories
11.1 CO2 and General Circulation Models
11.2 CO2 and Climate in the Early Cenozoic
11.3 The First Great Ice Sheet
11.4 Hyperthermal Events
11.5 Case History: The Palaeocene–Eocene Boundary
11.6 CO2 and Climate in the Late Cenozoic
11.7 Case History: The Pliocene
References
Chapter 12: Solving the Ice Age Mystery: The Deep-Ocean Solution
12.1 Astronomical Drivers
12.2 An Ice Age Climate Signal Emerges from the Deep Ocean
12.3 The Ice Age CO2 Signal Hidden on the Deep-Sea Floor
12.4 Flip-Flops in the Conveyor
12.5 A Surprise Millennial Signal Emerges
12.6 Ice Age Productivity
12.7 Observations on Deglaciation and Past Interglacials
12.8 Sea Level
References
Chapter 13: Solving the Ice Age Mystery: The Ice Core Tale
13.1 The Great Ice Sheets
13.2 The Greenland Story
13.3 Antarctic Ice
13.4 Seesaws
13.5 CO2 in the Ice Age Atmosphere
13.6 The Ultimate Climate Flicker: The Younger Dryas Event
13.7 Problems in the Milankovitch Garden
13.8 The Mechanics of Change
References
Chapter 14: The Holocene Interglacial
14.1 Holocene Climate Change
14.2 The Role of Greenhouse Gases: Carbon Dioxide and Methane
14.3 Climate Variability
References
Chapter 15: Medieval Warming, the Little Ice Age and the Sun
15.1 Solar Activity and Cosmic Rays
15.2 Solar Cycles in the Geological Record
15.3 The Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age
15.4 The End of the Little Ice Age
15.5 The Hockey Stick Controversy
15.6 Sea Level
References
Chapter 16: Putting It All Together
16.1 A Fast-Evolving Subject
16.2 Natural Envelopes of Climate Change
16.3 Evolving Knowledge
16.4 Where is Climate Headed?
16.5 Some Final Remarks
16.6 What Can Be Done?

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