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The Complete Ice Age - How climate change shaped the world

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In this book, four leading scientists weave a compelling story from the latest discoveries in ice age research to demonstrate the fragility of our climate system, and how we’ve adapted to survive it.

ISBN: 978-0-500-05161-0

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The Complete Ice Age - How climate change shaped the world

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What caused the Ice Age and the intervals of rapid warming that punctuated it? How did humans survive in this inhospitable world?

Learn how the ice age was discovered and the profound climatic changes it generated. Find out the many ways humans and animals coped in this changing world, and discover the potentially catastrophic consequences of our extravagant lifestyles for the planet.

The book has colour illustrations throughout.

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