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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... mountain belts running north to south for thousands of 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 ...
... mountain belts running north to south for thousands of 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 ...
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... Mountains grow the same way . They climb into the sky like those pieces of typing paper . Continents do not crumple into mountains when plates collide . It's their refusal to collide that's important . The action begins deep in the ...
... Mountains grow the same way . They climb into the sky like those pieces of typing paper . Continents do not crumple into mountains when plates collide . It's their refusal to collide that's important . The action begins deep in the ...
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... mountains . " 1 As the mountains grew , in other words , the land beside them sank . That's how it works . One section of land grows into a mountain while the one beside it sinks into a valley . And if it sinks too far , seawater rushes ...
... mountains . " 1 As the mountains grew , in other words , the land beside them sank . That's how it works . One section of land grows into a mountain while the one beside it sinks into a valley . And if it sinks too far , seawater rushes ...
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