Jamie C. Woodward
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 380
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"In an era of warming climate, the study of the ice age past is now more important than ever. This book examines the wonders of the Quaternary ice age - to show how ice age landscapes and ecosystems were repeatedly and rapidly transformed as plants, animals, and humans reorganized their worlds." --Publisher.
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 687
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The Arctic is demanding global attention. It is warming, melting, and thawing in a manner that threatens fundamental state-change. For communities that call the Arctic 'home' this is unwelcome. A warming Arctic brings with it the spectre of costly disruption and interference in indigenous lives and communal welfare. For others, the disappearance of sea ice makes the Arctic appear more accessible and less remote. This also brings with it dangers such...