Description: Under A Green Sky by Peter D. PhD. Ward Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description According to paleontologist Ward, all but one of the major extinction events in history have been brought on by climate change--the same global warming that occurs today. The author argues that events in the past can give valuable information about the future of our planet. Publisher Description More than 200 million years ago, a cataclysmic event known as the Permian extinction destroyed more than 90% of all species and nearly 97% of all living things. Its origins have long been a puzzle for paleontologists, and during the 1990s and the early part of this century a great battle was fought between those who thought that death had come from above and those who thought something more complicated was at work. Paleontologist Peter D. Ward, fresh from helping prove that an asteroid had killed the dinosaurs, turned to the Permian problem, and he has come to a stunning conclusion. In his investigations of the fates of several groups of mollusks during those extinctions and others, he discovered that the near-total devastation at the end of the Permian was caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide leading to climate change. But its not the heat (nor the humidity) thats directly responsible for the extinctions, and the story of the discovery of what is responsible makes for an fascinating, globe-spanning adventure. Author Biography Dr. Peter D. Ward is a professor of biology and earth and space sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. He also serves as an astrobiologist with NASA. Ward is the author of more than a dozen books, including the highly acclaimed Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe with Donald Brownlee and Out of Thin Air: Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earths Ancient Atmosphere. Details ISBN 0061137928 ISBN-13 9780061137921 Title Under A Green Sky Author Peter D. PhD. Ward Format Paperback Year 2008 Pages 256 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc GE_Item_ID:12613691; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780061137921
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Book Title: Under a Green Sky : Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us about Our Future
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Year: 2008
Topic: Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Earth Sciences / Geology, Global Warming & Climate Change, Life Sciences / Biology
Item Height: 0.6 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Science
Item Weight: 6.8 Oz
Author: Peter D. Ward
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
