1. Fast Forward

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustration vii
4. Preface to the New Paperback Edition ix
5. PART I. SETTING THE STAGE
6. 1. Fast Forward 3
7. 2. Pointers to the Past 11
8. PART II. READING THE RECORD
9. 3. Going to Greenland 17
10. 4. The Icy Archives—Ice Sheets and Glaciers 31
11. 5. Ice Age through the Ice Age 41
12. 6. How Cold of Old? 59
13. 7. Dust in the Wind 71
14. 8. Tiny Bubbles in the Ice 77
15. PART III. CRAZY CLIMATES
16. 9. The Saurian Sauna 83
17. 10. The Solar System Swing 91
18. 11. Dancing to the Orbital Band 99
19. 12. What the Worms Turned 109
20. PART IV. WHY THE WEIRDNESS?
21. 13. How Climate Works 131
22. 14. A Chaotic Conveyor? 147
23. 15. Shoving the System 159
24. PART V. COMING CRAZINESS?
25. 16. Fuelish 169
26. 17. Down the Road 181
27. 18. An Ice-Core View of the Future 185
28. APPENDIXES
29. Appendix 1. A Cast of Characters 193
30. Appendix 2. Usage of Units 199
31. Sources and Related Information 201
32. Acknowledgments 223
33. Index 225