Waking the Giant: How a changing climate triggers earthquakes, tsunamis, and vol

Description: Waking the Giant by Bill McGuire The last 20,000 years has seen our world flip from icehouse to greenhouse, provoking earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic outbursts. Like a giant stirring from a long sleep, the Earth beneath our feet tossed and turned. Bill McGuire argues that climate change is once more setting the scene for the giant to reawaken, and we can already see the signs. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Twenty thousand years ago our planet was an icehouse. Temperatures were down six degrees; ice sheets kilometres thick buried much of Europe and North America and sea levels were 130m lower. The following 15 millennia saw an astonishing transformation as our planet metamorphosed into the temperate world upon which our civilisation has grown and thrived. One of the most dynamic periods in Earth history saw rocketing temperatures melt the great ice sheets like butteron a hot summers day; feeding torrents of freshwater into ocean basins that rapidly filled to present levels. The removal of the enormous weight of ice at high latitudes caused the crust to bounce backtriggering earthquakes in Europe and North America and provoking an unprecedented volcanic outburst in Iceland. A giant submarine landslide off the coast of Norway sent a tsunami crashing onto the Scottish coast while around the margins of the continents the massive load exerted on the crust by soaring sea levels encouraged a widespread seismic and volcanic rejoinder. In many ways, this post-glacial world mirrors that projected to arise as a consequence of unmitigatedclimate change driven by human activities. Already there are signs that the effects of climbing global temperatures are causing the sleeping giant to stir once again. Could it be that we are on track tobequeath to our children and their children not only a far hotter world, but also a more geologically fractious one? Notes A fascinating exploration of how the changing climate can trigger earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes - providing readers with a new insight into how the various systems of the Earth interact. Demonstrates that the scale and range of hazards from climate change may be greater than previously anticipated, and looks back to Earths past to consider what our future may hold. Author Biography Bill McGuire is an academic, science writer and broadcaster. He is currently Professor of Geophysical and Climate Hazards at UCL. Bill was a member of the UK Government Natural Hazard Working Group established in January 2005, in the wake of the Indian Ocean tsunami, and in 2010 a member of the Science Advisory Group in Emergencies (SAGE) addressing the Icelandic volcanic ash problem. His current research focus is the climate forcing of geological hazards. Hisbooks include Natural Hazards & Environmental Change, A Guide to the End of the World: Everything you Never Wanted to Know, Surviving Armageddon: Solutions for a Threatened Planet and - most recently -Seven Years to Save the Planet. He presented the BBC Radio 4 series, Disasters in Waiting and Scientists Under Pressure and the End of the World Reports on Channel 5 and Sky News. Table of Contents Preface1: The storm after the calm2: Once and future climate3: Nice day for an eruption4: Bouncing back5: Earth in motion6: Water, water, everywhere7: Reawakening the giantSelected sources and further reading Review `McGuire traces this fascinating and disturbing story from the past in order to alert us to present and future perilsGeographical Magazine`The author succeeds at interpreting complex earth science into compelling reading for a popular audience. Anyone with an interest in climate change, geology, and atmospheric science will enjoy this work.Jeffrey Beall, Library Journal`Professor Bill McGuires new book is a well-timed and beautifully written work on the links between the Earths climate and its geological processes.The Climate Hub Promotional Science writer Bill McGuire argues that global warming may also trigger earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions, much as it did 20,000 years ago. Long Description Twenty thousand years ago our planet was an icehouse. Temperatures were down six degrees; ice sheets kilometres thick buried much of Europe and North America and sea levels were 130m lower. The following 15 millennia saw an astonishing transformation as our planet metamorphosed into the temperate world upon which our civilisation has grown and thrived. One of the most dynamic periods in Earth history saw rocketing temperatures melt the great ice sheets like butteron a hot summers day; feeding torrents of freshwater into ocean basins that rapidly filled to present levels. The removal of the enormous weight of ice at high latitudes caused the crust to bounce back triggering earthquakes in Europe and North America and provoking an unprecedented volcanic outburstin Iceland. A giant submarine landslide off the coast of Norway sent a tsunami crashing onto the Scottish coast while around the margins of the continents the massive load exerted on the crust by soaring sea levels encouraged a widespread seismic and volcanic rejoinder. In many ways, this post-glacial world mirrors that projected to arise as a consequence of unmitigated climate change driven by human activities. Already there are signs that the effects of climbing globaltemperatures are causing the sleeping giant to stir once again. Could it be that we are on track to bequeath to our children and their children not only a far hotter world, but also a more geologically fractious one? Review Text `McGuire traces this fascinating and disturbing story from the past in order to alert us to present and future perilsGeographical Magazine`The author succeeds at interpreting complex earth science into compelling reading for a popular audience. Anyone with an interest in climate change, geology, and atmospheric science will enjoy this work.Jeffrey Beall, Library Journal`Professor Bill McGuires new book is a well-timed and beautifully written work on the links between the Earths climate and its geological processes.The Climate Hub Review Quote "The author succeeds at interpreting complex earth science into compelling reading for a popular audience. Anyone with an interest in climate change, geology, and atmospheric science will enjoy this work." --Jeffrey Beall, Library Journal 15/05/2012 Feature Draws together research from different areas, introducing a growing area of researchLooks back at the Earths past to consider what our future might holdDemonstrates how the various systems of the Earth interact, showing that the scale and range of hazards from climate change may be greater than we have appreciated Details ISBN0199678758 Author Bill McGuire Pages 320 Language English Year 2013 ISBN-10 0199678758 ISBN-13 9780199678754 Format Paperback Short Title WAKING THE GIANT Media Book Residence London, ENK Birth 1954 Affiliation Professor of Geophysical and Climate Hazards at University College Lon Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 30 black and white illustrations Subtitle How a changing climate triggers earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes UK Release Date 2013-04-25 NZ Release Date 2013-04-25 Publisher Oxford University Press Publication Date 2013-04-25 Imprint Oxford University Press DEWEY 551.2 Audience General AU Release Date 2013-07-10 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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