Waking the giant :
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TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 320 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780199678754 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Climatic changes | Climatic changes -- History | Earthquakes | Tsunamis | Volcanic eruptions | Popular Science and MathematicsDDC classification: 551.6 LOC classification: QC903Summary: In the last 20,000 years, the world has flipped from icehouse to greenhouse, provoking earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic outbursts. Like a giant stirring from a long sleep, the Earth tossed and turned. In this title, Bill McGuire argues that climate change is once more setting the scene for the giant to reawaken.
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Originally published: 2012.
Includes bibliographical references.
In the last 20,000 years, the world has flipped from icehouse to greenhouse, provoking earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic outbursts. Like a giant stirring from a long sleep, the Earth tossed and turned. In this title, Bill McGuire argues that climate change is once more setting the scene for the giant to reawaken.