Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs: Evolution, Extinction, and the Future of Our Planet
(Sprache: Englisch)
Prothero begins with the "greenhouse of the dinosaurs," the global-warming episode that dominated the Age of Dinosaurs and the early Age of Mammals. He describes the remarkable creatures that once populated the earth and uses his experiences collecting...
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Prothero begins with the "greenhouse of the dinosaurs," the global-warming episode that dominated the Age of Dinosaurs and the early Age of Mammals. He describes the remarkable creatures that once populated the earth and uses his experiences collecting fossils in the Big Badlands of South Dakota to sketch their world. He then discusses the growth of the first Antarctic glaciers, which marked the Eocene-Oligocene transition. In following this dramatic transformation, Prothero shares his anecdotes of excavations and activists and illuminates the controversies between colleagues that shape our understanding of the contemporary and prehistoric world. He concludes with observations about Nisqually Glacier and other locations that prove global warming is happening much quicker than previously predicted, irrevocably changing the balance of the earth's thermostat.
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Preface 1. Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs 2. Bad Lands, Good Fossils 3. Magnets and Lasers 4. "Punk Eek" in the Badlands 5. Death of the Dinosaurs 6. Marine World 7. Rocky Mountain Jungles and Eels' Ears 8. From Greenhouse to Icehouse 9. Once and Future Greenhouse? 10. Kids, Dinosaurs, and the Future of Paleontology Bibliography Index
Autoren-Porträt von Donald R. Prothero
Donald R. Prothero is professor of geology at Occidental College in Los Angeles and lecturer in geobiology at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1988 and the Schuchert Award (for an outstanding paleontologist under forty) in 1991. He is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of twenty-four books and over two hundred scientific papers. His titles for Columbia University Press are Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters, From Greenhouse to Icehouse, and The Eocene-Oligocene Transition.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Donald R. Prothero
- 2009, 274 Seiten, Maße: 16,2 x 23,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: COLUMBIA UNIV PR
- ISBN-10: 0231146604
- ISBN-13: 9780231146609
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Prothero has woven together a gripping tale that will fascinate readers with many levels of expertise." -- Fossil News " Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs should be on the suggested reading list for any undergraduate interested in pursuing paleontology, and as a paleobiological statement, shows that paleontology is more than (fossilized) sticks and stones." -- Geology Today
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