Discovering the Ice Ages
Discovering the Ice Ages

Author: Tobias Krüger

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2013-06-17

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 9004241701

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Tobias Krüger explores the discovery of the Ice Ages, how the idea was received, and what further research it stimulated. The approach used in Discovering the Ice Ages is uniquely sweeping. The contemporary debates on the subject are compared from an international perspective. Krüger retraces the arguments advanced from the middle of the 18th century to the threshold of the 20th century. The positions held by defenders of the glacial theory as well as those by its most important opponents are set within the context of the then current understanding of geology. In an interdisciplinary overview Krüger then focuses on the impetus gained from early ice-age research. The most prominent examples worth mentioning are the discovery of trace gases and the greenhouse effect.

Journey to the Ice Age
Journey to the Ice Age

Author: Peter L. Storck

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2004-03-01

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780774810289

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At the end of the Ice Age, small groups of hunter-gatherers crossed from Siberia to Alaska and began the last chapter in the human settlement of the earth. Many left little or no trace. But one group, the Early Paleo-Indians, exploded onto the archaeological record about 11,500 radiocarbon years ago and expanded rapidly throughout North America, sending splinter groups into Central and perhaps South America as well. Journey to the Ice Age explores the challenges faced by the Early Paleo-Indians of northeastern North America. A revealing, autobiographical account, this is at once a captivating record of Storck's discoveries and an introduction to the practice, challenges, and spirit of archaeology.

Ice Ages
Ice Ages

Author: John Imbrie

Publisher: Palgrave

Published: 2013-12-31

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781349047017

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Explore The Ice Age!
Explore The Ice Age!

Author: Cindy Blobaum

Publisher: Nomad Press

Published: 2017-10-15

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1619305798

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Brrr…does it feel cold? Get out your gloves and get ready to experience the Ice Age! In Explore the Ice Age! with 25 Projects, readers ages 7-10 discover what an ice age consists of, why we have them, and what effect an ice age has on living organisms and ecosystems, paying particular attention to the most recent Ice Age, which is the only one humans were around to witness. About 12,000 years ago, glaciers up to 2 miles tall covered up to one-third of Earth’s land! Explore how these moving mountains of ice changed almost everything on Earth, including shorelines, weather, plants, animals and human activities, migration, and more. Learn the science and techniques of archeological and paleontological digs to understand how we know so much about a time that happened before recorded history. Science-minded activities lead readers to discover what a world covered in ice means for the earth’s crust, its atmosphere, and what happens when the planet begins to warm and the ice melts. Projects include creating mini glaciers to move mountains and create beaches and recreating the lifestyles of Paleolithic people to discover what they ate, how they hunted, how they made tools and clothes and their history in art. Don’t wait for the next ice age to get started! Cartoon illustrations, fun facts, and a compelling narrative make Explore the Ice Age! an essential part of any STEM library.

The Ice Finders
The Ice Finders

Author: Edmund Blair Bolles

Publisher: Counterpoint LLC

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13:

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The surprising story of three ambitious men and how their clash of egos, ignorance, and imaginations led to the discovery of the Ice Age. Maps & illustrations.

Ice Ages
Ice Ages

Author: Allan Mazur

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-02-10

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1009021060

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What causes Ice Ages? How did we learn about them? What were their affects on the social history of humanity? Allan Mazur's book tells the appealing history of the scientific 'discovery' of Ice Ages. How we learned that much of the Earth was repeatedly covered by huge ice sheets, why that occurred, and how the waning of the last Ice Age paved the way for agrarian civilization and, ultimately, our present social structures. The book discusses implications for the current 'controversies' over anthropogenic climate change, public understanding of science, and (lack of) 'trust in experts'. In parallel to the history and science of Ice Ages, sociologist Mazur highlights why this is especially relevant right now for humanity. Ice Ages: Their Social and Natural History is an engrossing combination of natural science and social history: glaciology and sociology writ large.

Ice Ages
Ice Ages

Author: John Imbrie

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780674440753

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Scientists charged with producing a map of the earth during the last ice age ultimately confirmed the theory that the earth's irregular orbital motions account for the bizarre climatic changes which bring on ice ages. This book tells the story of those periods--what they were like, why they occurred, and when the next ice age is due.

The Complete Ice Age
The Complete Ice Age

Author: Brian Fagan

Publisher: Thames and Hudson

Published: 2009-09-22

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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"The Complete Ice Age" covers a critical period in Earth's--and humanity's--history, from two million years ago to the present day. The authors explain how new scientific findings are revealing the adaptability and evolution of the human species. Illustrated.

The Origin and Decline of the Ice Ages
The Origin and Decline of the Ice Ages

Author: Alan E. Dover

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-04-03

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 9781543073232

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"This work includes a pictorial explanation of the ice ages and ice age flooding, a corollary of the book 'The dynamics of spiral planetary motion', which has revealed the elusive cause of the mysterious 'Ice Ages'."-- Back cover.