Tropical Arctic

Author : Jennifer C. McElwain
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022653457X
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tropical Arctic written by Jennifer C. McElwain and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated visit to the tropical arctic of 205 million years ago when Greenland was green. While today’s Greenland is largely covered in ice, in the time of the dinosaurs the area was a lushly forested, tropical zone. Tropical Arctic tracks a ten-million-year window of Earth’s history when global temperatures soared and the vegetation of the world responded. A project over eighteen years in the making, Tropical Arctic is the result of a unique collaboration between two paleobotanists, Jennifer C. McElwain and Ian J. Glasspool, and award-winning scientific illustrator Marlene Hill Donnelly. They began with a simple question: “What was the color of a fossilized leaf?” Tropical Arctic answers that question and more, allowing readers to experience Triassic Greenland through three reconstructed landscapes and an expertly researched catalog of extinct plants. A stunning compilation of paint and pencil art, photos, maps, and engineered fossil models, Tropical Arctic blends art and science to bring a lost world to life. Readers will also enjoy a front-row seat to the scientific adventures of life in the field, with engaging anecdotes about analyzing fossils and learning to ward off polar bear attacks. Tropical Arctic explains our planet’s story of environmental upheaval, mass extinction, and resilience. By looking at Earth’s past, we see a glimpse of the future of our warming planet—and learn an important lesson for our time of climate change.

Author : James William Buel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World's Wonders as Seen by the Great Tropical and Polar Explorers written by James William Buel and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Georg Hartwig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 826 pages
Book Rating : 4.0G/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Polar and Tropical Worlds written by Georg Hartwig and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A combination of the author's Polar World (1869) and his Tropical World. The first part includes new information on the acquisition of Alaska and on C.F. Hall's expedition, 1860-62. (AB 6732).

Author : Georg Hartwig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4.QF/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Polar and Tropical Worlds written by Georg Hartwig and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Army Air Forces
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arctic, Desert and Tropic Information Center written by United States. Army Air Forces and published by . This book was released on with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309301912
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Linkages Between Arctic Warming and Mid-Latitude Weather Patterns written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arctic has been undergoing significant changes in recent years. Average temperatures are rising twice as fast as they are elsewhere in the world. The extent and thickness of sea ice is rapidly declining. Such changes may have an impact on atmospheric conditions outside the region. Several hypotheses for how Arctic warming may be influencing mid-latitude weather patterns have been proposed recently. For example, Arctic warming could lead to a weakened jet stream resulting in more persistent weather patterns in the mid-latitudes. Or Arctic sea ice loss could lead to an increase of snow on high-latitude land, which in turn impacts the jet stream resulting in cold Eurasian and North American winters. These and other potential connections between a warming Arctic and mid-latitude weather are the subject of active research. Linkages Between Arctic Warming and Mid-Latitude Weather Patterns is the summary of a workshop convened in September 2013 by the National Research Council to review our current understanding and to discuss research needed to better understand proposed linkages. A diverse array of experts examined linkages between a warming Arctic and mid-latitude weather patterns. The workshop included presentations from leading researchers representing a range of views on this topic. The workshop was organized to allow participants to take a global perspective and consider the influence of the Arctic in the context of forcing from other components of the climate system, such as changes in the tropics, ocean circulation, and mid-latitude sea surface temperature. This report discusses our current understanding of the mechanisms that link declines in Arctic sea ice cover, loss of high-latitude snow cover, changes in Arctic-region energy fluxes, atmospheric circulation patterns, and the occurrence of extreme weather events; possible implications of more severe loss of summer Arctic sea ice upon weather patterns at lower latitudes; major gaps in our understanding, and observational and/or modeling efforts that are needed to fill those gaps; and current opportunities and limitations for using Arctic sea ice predictions to assess the risk of temperature/precipitation anomalies and extreme weather events over northern continents.

Author : Scott Elias
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128232293
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Threats to the Arctic written by Scott Elias and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-06-18 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Threats to the Arctic discusses all the current threats to this fragile region, emphasizing the interconnections between many environmental impacts, as well as the teleconnections between events already emerging in the Arctic (ocean circulation changes, melting of sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets) and other parts of the world. The book's aim is to inform readers about the impending, sometimes irreversible changes coming to the Arctic. University students, environmental engineers, policymakers and sociologists with an interest in the role of the Arctic in global change will benefit from the book's unique perspective. As this remote, inhospitable part of the world that few people will ever visit provides amazing insights, we can no longer have an 'out of sight – out of mind’ approach to the environmental upheavals taking place in the Arctic. Provides the most up-to-date information on this rapidly changing, critical part of the world Offers a holistic understanding of the interconnections between global environmental changes and impacts in the Arctic Examines fact-based pressure on politics and industry to preserve Arctic biota and environments

Author : Patrick Charles Taylor
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832517536
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arctic amplification: Feedback process interactions and contributions written by Patrick Charles Taylor and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-03-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Georg Ludwig Hartwig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 782 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The polar and tropical worlds: a description of man and nature in the written by Georg Ludwig Hartwig and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Yeats
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Natural History of the Raw Materials of Commerce written by John Yeats and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: