| Description |
207 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
The Puppet library |
| Contents |
What do we know about the climate? Sources of climate history ; Causes of climate change ; The Palaeoclimate since the formation of the planet -- Global warming : the Holocene. Children of the ice age ; Global warming and civilization ; From Roman optimum to medieval warm period -- Global cooling : the little ice age. The concept of the little ice age ; The changing environment ; Dance of death ; Winter blues -- Cultural consequences of the little ice age. The wrathful God ; Sin economics as the motor of change ; The cool sun of reason -- Global warming : the modern warm period. Apparent uncoupling from the forces of nature ; The discovery of global warming ; Reactions to climate change -- Epilogue : sins against the environment and greenhouse climate |
| Summary |
Explores the latest historical research on the development of the earth's climate, showing how even minor changes in the climate could result in major social, political, and religious upheavals |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Puppet theater in education.
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| LC no. |
80019745 |
| ISBN |
0823802507 |
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