Not by Fire But by Ice: Discover what Killed the Dinosaurs ... and why it Could Soon Kill UsThe next ice age could begin any day! Next week, next month, next year, it's not a question of if, only when. One day you'll wake up--or won't wake up, rather--buried beneath nine stories of snow as the climate of Greenland descends on Canada, Britain, Norway, and most of the north ...practically overnight. It's all part of a dependable, predictable, natural cycle that returns like clockwork every 11,500 years. Book jacket. |
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... ( heat - altered ) rocks were formed . Powerful surges of electricity raced through the sediments , trans- forming them into metamorphic rock in an instant , the same way that heat turns clay into brick . Previously recrystallized ...
... ( heat - altered ) rocks were formed . Powerful surges of electricity raced through the sediments , trans- forming them into metamorphic rock in an instant , the same way that heat turns clay into brick . Previously recrystallized ...
Page 102
... heat convection . Though the process may take thousands of years , the bubbles of magma ( or plutons ) , stay hot enough to melt any rocks that get in their way . When they finally reach the surface they explode out of the earth . Heat ...
... heat convection . Though the process may take thousands of years , the bubbles of magma ( or plutons ) , stay hot enough to melt any rocks that get in their way . When they finally reach the surface they explode out of the earth . Heat ...
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... heat the Pacific Ocean , causing increasing evaporation . The increased moisture in the sky then travels across the North American continent where it cools and falls into the Atlantic Ocean . ( This could explain , at least partially ...
... heat the Pacific Ocean , causing increasing evaporation . The increased moisture in the sky then travels across the North American continent where it cools and falls into the Atlantic Ocean . ( This could explain , at least partially ...
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