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Greenhouse of the dinosaurs :

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0231146604

(Number (ISBN

0231518323

(Number (ISBN

9780231146609

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9780231518321

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9780231146609

Title Proper

Greenhouse of the dinosaurs :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

evolution, extinction, and the future of our planet /

First Statement of Responsibility

Donald R. Prothero.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Columbia University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (500 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Greenhouse of the dinosaurs -- Bad lands, good fossils -- Magnets and lasers -- "Punk eek" in the badlands -- Death of the dinosaurs -- Marine world -- Rocky mountain jungles and eel's ears -- From greenhouse to icehouse -- Once and future greenhouse? -- Kids, dinosaurs, and the future of paleontology.

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"Donald Prothero links the climate changes that have occurred over the past 200 million years to their effects on plants and animals. In particular, he contrasts the extinctions that ended the Cretaceous period, which wiped out the dinosaurs, with those of the later Eocene and Oligocene epochs." "Prothero begins with the "greenhouse of the dinosaurs," the global-warming episode that dominated the Age of Dinosaurs and the early Age of Mammals. He describes the remarkable creatures that once populated Earth and draws on his experiences collecting fossils in the Big Badlands of South Dakota to sketch their world. Prothero then discusses the growth of the first Antarctic glaciers, which marked the Eocene-Oligocene transition, and shares his own anecdotes of excavations and controversies among colleagues that have shaped our understanding of the contemporary and prehistoric world. The volume concludes with observations about Nisqually Glacier and other locations that show how global warming is happening much quicker than previously predicted, irrevocably changing the balance of Earth's thermostat."--Jacket.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

JSTOR

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

OverDrive, Inc.

Stock Number

22573/ctt273h3p

Stock Number

CB54E4F6-571D-4CAD-8BE9-1E3466392A01

Title

Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs : Evolution, Extinction, and the Future of Our Planet.

International Standard Book Number

9780231146609

Climatic changes.

Dinosaurs-- Extinction.

Geology-- United States.

Paleontology-- United States.

Aussterben.

Climatic changes.

Dinosaurier.

Dinosaurs-- Extinction.

Geology.

Paleontology.

Palökologie.

SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Evolution.

SCIENCE-- Paleontology.

United States.

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SCI-- 027000

SCI019000

SCI026000

SCI027000

SCI054000

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Edition

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Book number

Prothero, Donald R.

Date of Transaction

20200822103153.0

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[Book]

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