TY - BOOK AU - Archer,David TI - The long thaw: how humans are changing the next 100,000 years of Earth's climate T2 - Science essentials SN - 9780691148113 AV - QC 981.8 A671l 2009 U1 - 551.6 PY - 2009/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Global warming KW - Climatic changes KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Forecasting KW - Paleoclimatology KW - Calentamiento global KW - Cambios climáticos KW - Prevención N1 - Incluye tabla de contenido; Prologue: Global warming in geologic time -- section 1. The present -- The greenhouse effect -- We've seen it with our own eyes -- Forecast of the century -- section 2. The past -- Millennial climate cycles -- Glacial climate cycles -- Geologic climate cycles -- The present in the bosom of the past -- section 3. The future -- The fate of fossil fuel CO₂ -- Acidifying the ocean -- Carbon cycle feedbacks -- Sea level in the deep future -- Orbits, CO₂, and the next Ice Age -- Epilogue: Carbon economics and ethics ER -