The Two-Mile Time Machine

Provides an account of the 1990s research in Greenland that revealed a history of global climatic change, and suggests that "switches" and "dials" that control Earth's climate may cause severe weather changes in the future.

Richard B. Alley is Professor of Geosciences at The Pennsylvania State University.

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PART I SETTING THE STAGE

Fast Forward

3

(8)

Pointers to the Past

11

(6)

PART II READING THE RECORD

Going to Greenland

17

(14)

The Icy Archives---Ice Sheets and Glaciers

31

(10)

Ice Age through the Ice Age

41

(18)

How Cold of Old?

59

(12)

Dust in the Wind

71

(6)

Tiny Bubbles in the Ice

77

(6)

PART III CRAZY CLIMATES

The Saurian Sauna

83

(8)

The Solar System Swing

91

(8)

Dancing to the Orbital Band

99

(10)

What the Worms Turned

109

(22)

PART IV WHY THE WEIRDNESS?

How Climate Works

131

(16)

A Chaotic Conveyor?

147

(12)

Shoving the System

159

(10)

PART V COMING CRAZINESS?

Fuelish

169

(12)

Down the Road

181

(4)

An Ice-Core View of the Future

185

(16)

APPENDIXES

1 A Cast of Characters

193

(6)

2 Usage of Units

199

(2)

Sources and Related Information

201

(22)

Acknowledgments

223

(2)

Index

225

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The Two-Mile Time Machine

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