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100 1 _aRuddiman, W. F.
_q(William F.),
_d1943-
245 1 0 _aPlows, plagues, and petroleum :
_bhow humans took control of climate /
_cWillam F. Ruddiman ; with a new afterword by the author
250 _aFirst Princeton Science Library edition
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c2005
300 _axiv, 226 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
500 _aOriginally published in 2005
520 8 _aWilliam Ruddiman explores a scientific mystery - the fact that methane concentrations in the atmosphere have risen for the last 5000 years, when all indications are that it should have fallen. He attributes this to the involvement of humans
650 0 _aClimatology
650 0 _aClimatic changes
650 0 _aGlobal temperature changes
650 0 _aGreenhouse effect, Atmospheric
650 0 _aGreenhouse gases
_xEnvironmental aspects
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