Ice Time: Climate, Science, and Life on EarthA description of how climate science has evolved and how man's intervention in the environment is affecting climate. Levenson (a producer of the NOVA television series) examines discoveries which have contributed to our understanding of climate, and discusses such issues as acid rain, the greenhouse effect, deforestation, and nuclear winter. |
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In the Beginning | 3 |
Of Air and Stone | 19 |
The Coming of Ice | 35 |
Copyright | |
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