Ebook: Our Future Earth

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Dedication page; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Stopping the Ice; 2. Beyond Global Warming; 3. The Last Great Thaw; 4. Life in a Super-Greenhouse; 5. Future Fossils; 6. Oceans of Acid; 7. The Rising Tide; 8. An Ice-Free Arctic; 9. The Greening of Greenland; 10. What About the Tropics?; 11. Bringing It Home; Epilogue; References; Index.;Paleoclimatologist Curt Stager vividly describes how the decisions we make about the environment in the 21st century will affect the next 100,000 years of life on this planet, and how today's environmental debate is missing the long-term evidence. By considering the Earth's history over millions of years, this book changes our understanding: Most people accept that our planet is warming and that humans played the key role in causing it. We worry about the next few hundred years, yet miss its long-term magnitude. So what will the world look like? Curt Stager draws on geological history to show.