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MARC recordThe hot hand of history / Betsy Mason.
| Title: | The hot hand of history / Betsy Mason. |
| Author(s): | Mason, Betsy. |
| Date: | 2004. |
| In: | Nature. (2004.), Vol. 427(6975) (2004) |
| Abstract: | News feature reporting Bill Ruddiman's claim, prompted by methane and CO₂ records in Vostok ice core, that human activity began to significantly alter Earth's climate some 8000 years ago, when clear-cutting large areas of forest. Process may have raised atmospheric levels of CO₂ and staved off a "mini ice age". Methane production resulting from creation of artificial wetlands to grow rice in southeast Asia some 5000 years ago may have had similar effect. Ruddiman estimates 0.8°C resulting overall rise in Earth surface temperature by 1800. Describes background to Ruddiman's claim, reaction to it in scientific community, and alternatives based on changes in Earth's orbit or oceans. |
| Notes: | Nature. Vol. 427(6975) :853-858 (2004). |
| Keywords: | 551.58 -- Climatology. 551.583 -- Climatic changes. 551.583.3 -- Climatic changes, Quaternary. 551.588 -- Climate, effect of man and environment. 551.586 -- Climatology, biological aspects. 631 -- Agriculture. 551.524 -- Air temperature. 546.264-31 -- Carbon dioxide. 525.3 -- Earth, orbit and motions. 551.465 -- Oceanography, dynamics. D -- Atmospheric sciences. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*747.5) -- Vostok region. |
| SPRI record no.: | 167696 |
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