010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
2006052250 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780061137914 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
006113791X |
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
System control number |
(OCoLC)76168082 |
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
577.27/6 |
090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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74191 |
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74191 |
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
Classification number |
577.276 War |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Ward, Peter Douglas, frey50 |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Under a green sky : |
Remainder of title |
global warming, the mass extinctions of the past, and what they mean for our future / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Peter D. Ward. |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition statement |
1st Smithsonian Books ed. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Smithsonian Books/Collins, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2007. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xiv, 242 p. : |
Other physical details |
ill. ; |
Dimensions |
24 cm. |
505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Title |
Introduction : going to Nevada -- |
Miscellaneous information |
ch. 1. |
Title |
Welcome to the revolution! -- |
Miscellaneous information |
ch. 2. The |
Title |
overlooked extinction -- |
Miscellaneous information |
ch. 3. The |
Title |
mother of all extinctions -- |
Miscellaneous information |
ch. 4. The |
Title |
misinterpreted extinction -- |
Miscellaneous information |
ch. 5. A |
Title |
new paradigm for mass extinctions -- |
Miscellaneous information |
ch. 6. The |
Title |
driver of extinction -- |
Miscellaneous information |
ch. 7. |
Title |
Bridging deep past with near past -- |
Miscellaneous information |
ch. 8. The |
Title |
oncoming extinction of winter -- |
Miscellaneous information |
ch. 9. |
Title |
Back to the Eocene -- |
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Finale : the new Old World -- |
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Specific references alluded to in the text -- |
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Index. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
More than 200 million years ago, a cataclysm known as the Permian extinction destroyed nearly 97 percent of all living things. Its origins have long been a puzzle. Paleontologist 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: that the near-total devastation at the end of the Permian period was caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide leading to climate change. The story of the discovery makes for a globe-spanning adventure. Here, Ward explains how the Permian extinction as well as four others happened, and describes the freakish oceans--belching poisonous gas--and sky--slightly green and always hazy--that would have attended them. Those ancient upheavals demonstrate that the threat of climate change cannot be ignored, lest the world's life today--ourselves included--face the same dire fate.--From publisher description. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Extinction (Biology) |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Paleoclimatology. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Global warming |
General subdivision |
Environmental aspects. |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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AJML |
Koha item type |
500 - 599 |
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577.276 War |
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