Paleoclimates · Understanding Climate Change Past and Present by Cronin, Thomas M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Half title Title Copyright Contents List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Chapter 1. Paleoclimatology and Modern Challenges

Introduction The Earth’s Climate System Causes of Climate Change Feedbacks Modern Challenges and Paleoclimatology Perspective

Chapter 2. Methods in Paleoclimatology

Introduction Archives of Past Climate Changes Geochronology Proxies in Paleoclimatology Paleoclimate Modeling Perspective Landmark Papers: Paleoclimate Data-Modeling Research

Chapter 3. Deep Time: Climate from 3.8 Billion to 65 Million Years Ago

Introduction Early Earth, Faint Sun Paradox, and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Snowball Earth: Neoproterozoic Climate Cycles Phanerozoic Climate Change Jurassic and Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Events and Greenhouse Climate Mesozoic Climate and Pole-to-Equator Thermal Gradients Perspective Landmark Paper: Oceanic Anoxic Events and Global Warmth

Chapter 4. Cenozoic Climate

Introduction Cenozoic Paleoclimate Programs and Proxies Major Features of Cenozoic Climate Mechanisms of Cenozoic Climate Change Extreme Climate States Perspective Landmark Paper: Greenhouse and Icehouse Climate States: The Cenozoic Era

Chapter 5. Orbital Climate Change

Introduction Astronomical Processes and Calculations Historical Development of Orbital Theory Paleoclimate Records of Orbital Variability Uncertainties, Mysteries, and Paradoxes in Orbital Theory Orbital Hypotheses and Mechanisms Perspective Landmark Paper: Orbital Variations: Pacemaker of the Ice Ages

Chapter 6. Glacial Millennial Climate Change

Introduction Meridional Overturning Circulation and Hysteresis Chronology for Millennial-Scale Climate Dansgaard-Oeschger Events Heinrich Events Relationship Between Heinrich and Dansgaard-Oeschger Events Causes of Glacial-Age Millennial Climate Events Perspective Landmark Papers: Glacial-Age Millennial Climate Instability

Chapter 7. Millennial Climate Events During Deglaciation

Introduction Deglacial Terminology and the Last Glacial Maximum The Onset of Deglaciation Millennial Climate Reversals During Deglaciation Mechanisms to Explain Deglacial Climate Changes Older Terminations Perspective Landmark Paper: Deglacial Sea-Level Rise: The Barbados Record

Chapter 8. Holocene Climate Variability

Introduction Holocene Paleoclimatology: Terms Solar Insolation and Tropical Atmospheric Processes Holocene Records of Atmospheric Composition and Circulation Ocean Variability and Climate Holocene Sea Level and Ice Volume Causes of Holocene Variability Perspective Landmark Paper: Unstable Holocene Climate

Chapter 9. Abrupt Climate Events

Introduction Defining Abrupt Climate Change Models of Freshwater Forcing of Climate Continental Records of Glacial Lake Drainage Glacial Geology and Geomorphology Applied to Abrupt Climate Glacial Lakes and Abrupt Climate Events Paleoceanographic Changes in Marginal Seas Abrupt Change During the 8.2-ka Event Tropical Forcing of Abrupt Events Perspective Landmark Paper: Abrupt Climate Change from Catastrophic Glacial Lake Drainage

Chapter 10. Internal Modes of Climate Variability

Introduction Indices and Terminology El Niño–Southern Oscillation Pacific Decadal and Interdecadal Pacific Oscillations Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation North Atlantic Oscillation and Pacific North American Mode Arctic Oscillation Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode Perspective Landmark Paper: Paleo–El Niño

Chapter 11. The Anthropocene I: Global and Hemispheric Temperature

Introduction Before the Anthropocene: The Little Ice Age Forcing Agents of Temperature During the Late Holocene The Development of Surface Air Temperature Reconstructions Limitations to Atmospheric Temperature Reconstructions Regional Paleotemperature Reconstructions Climate Modeling and Proxy Reconstructions Perspective Landmark Paper: The Anthropogene

Introduction Atmospheric Records of Climate Change Oceanic Changes Patterns of Internal Climate Variability Polar Regions and Sea Ice Sea Level, Ice Sheets, and Glaciers Perspective Landmark Papers: Low-Latitude Alpine Ice Cores and Climate Change

Epilogue Appendix: Paleoclimate Proxies References Index