02774cam a2200337 i 4500 771697310 TxAuBib 20190709120000.0 161118s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016960241 9780691168913 HRD 29.95 0691168911 HRD 29.95 BTCTA eng BTCTA rda YDX BDX GK8 SFR UOK YAM VP@ HTM OBE WLU UPM G8V TS4 GILDS NMW NJB B@L OCLCF DLC NjBwBT TxAuBib rda Rohling, Eelco J., author. The oceans [Book] : a deep history / Eelco J. Rohling. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2017] viii, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "The 4.4-billion-year history of the oceans and their role in Earth's climate system. It has often been said that we know more about the moon than we do about our own oceans. In fact, we know a great deal more about the oceans than many people realize. Scientists know that our actions today are shaping the oceans and climate of tomorrow--and that if we continue to act recklessly, the consequences will be dire. In this timely and accessible book, Eelco Rohling traces the 4.4 billion-year history of Earth'soceans while also shedding light on the critical role they play in our planet's climate system. Beginning with the formation of primeval Earth and the earliest appearance of oceans, Rohling takes readers on a journey through prehistory to the present age, vividly describing the major events in the ocean's evolution--from snowball and greenhouse Earth to the end-Permian mass extinction, the breakup of the Pangaea supercontinent, and the changing climate of today. Along the way, he explores the close interrelationships of the oceans, climate, solid Earth processes, and life, using the context of Earth and ocean history to provide perspective on humankind's impacts on the health and habitability of our planet--and on what the future may hold for us. An invaluable introduction to the cutting-edge science of paleoceanography, The Oceans enables you to make your own informed opinions about the environmental challenges we face as a result of humanity's unrelenting drive to exploit the world ocean and its vitalresources."-- Publisher's website. 20190716. Ocean History. Ocean Effect of human beings on. Ocean. Climatic changes. Oceanography. Paleoceanography. History.