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100 _aDominique, Raynaud
245 4 _aThe white planet/
_bthe evolution and future of our frozen world
_cDominique Raynaud, Jean Jouzel, Claude Lorius
260 _aPrinceton, N.J:
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c2013.
300 _a326 p.
505 _aFrontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part one. The World of Ice: Past and Present -- Chapter 1. The Ice on Our Planet -- Chapter 2. From Exploration to Scientific Observation -- Chapter 3. Ice through the Ages -- Part Two. Polar Ice: Amazing Archives -- Chapter 4. Reconstructing the Climates of the Past -- Chapter 5. Glacial Archives -- Chapter 6. The Campaigns -- Chapter 7. Vostok: The Cornucopia -- Chapter 8. Dôme C: 800,000 Years and the Revolution of the Rhythm of Glaciations -- Chapter 9. Rapid Climatic Variations -- Chapter 10. The Last 10,000 Years: An Almost Stable Climate -- Part Three. The White Planet Tomorrow -- Chapter 11. The Climate and Greenhouse Gases -- Chapter 12. Have Humans Already Changed the Climate? -- Chapter 13. What Will the Climate Be in the Future? -- Chapter 14. A Warming with Multiple Consequences -- Chapter 15. What We Must Do -- Part Four. The Poles and the Planet -- Chapter 16. The Crucial Place of Research -- Chapter 17. Humans and the Rise of Pollution -- Conclusion: The Anthropocene Era -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography --
650 _aGreenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
650 _aPaleoclimatology.
650 _aClimatic changes.
700 _aJouzel, , Jean
700 _aLorius, Claude
942 _cWB16