Review
"For those of you who are searching for key refernces to support your seminar course on environmental change, might I suggest that you look no further than this substantial volume? ...contains much of relevance for anyone with an interest in the debate concerning global environmental change..." PRISCUM
"It is the first well balanced book I have seen so far on the biotic response to global change...I strongly recommend that all libraries try to possess this excellent book..." Marine Geodesy
"The intended audience includes researchers in geology, evolutionary biology, oceanography, and climatology. Graduate students in these areas will appreciate the breadth of the 74 pages of references. This work will help students realize that rather dramatic climate change is certainly possible even today." Choice
"The volume is an excellent, relatively current summary of the state of the art of many fossil groups...This book is a contribution in the right direction..." Geoscience Canada
"These chapters are well written and clear...this volume is a useful overview of a wide variety of taxa, and contains a lot of useful information." Geological Magazine
Product Description
From Cretaceous times to the present, the Earth's climate changed from a very warm, "greenhouse" phase with no ice sheets to the "ice-house" world of today. In this book over forty specialists investigate the many ways that life has reacted to the global environmental changes that have taken place during this period. Coverage details a wide spectrum of animal, plant, and protistan life, with the focus on aspects such as extinctions, diversity, and biogeography. This volume will be an invaluable reference for researchers and graduate students in paleontology, geology, biology, oceanography and climatology.
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