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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... miles away create large electrical currents on earth . Magnetic reversals 93 million miles away cause power surges , communication disturbances , power station burnouts , and turn on the northern lights . Magnetic reversals 93 million ...
... miles away create large electrical currents on earth . Magnetic reversals 93 million miles away cause power surges , communication disturbances , power station burnouts , and turn on the northern lights . Magnetic reversals 93 million ...
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... miles . Called rises ( they rise from the seafloor ) , the submarine mountains tower over the adjacent watery dreamscape . Shorter mountains rise 2,500 feet above the seafloor ; taller ones climb an unbelievable two and a half miles ...
... miles . Called rises ( they rise from the seafloor ) , the submarine mountains tower over the adjacent watery dreamscape . Shorter mountains rise 2,500 feet above the seafloor ; taller ones climb an unbelievable two and a half miles ...
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... miles . The Canadian and northwestern Montana Rockies contain a succes- sion of such thrusts , each of them 10 to 20 miles wide and 50 to 150 miles long . ( Picture a slice of land 20 miles wide , one mile tall , and as long as the ...
... miles . The Canadian and northwestern Montana Rockies contain a succes- sion of such thrusts , each of them 10 to 20 miles wide and 50 to 150 miles long . ( Picture a slice of land 20 miles wide , one mile tall , and as long as the ...
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