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Modeling Glacial Termination, Michael Murphy
Modeling Glacial Termination, Michael Murphy
Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences
Examines possible cause of the glacial termination or ice age cycle using a numerical model created by Tziperman et al. Also explores possible physical mechanisms causing the observed cycle of slow cooling followed by rapid warming.
Essays In The Economics Of Environmental Policy., Ashokankur Datta Dr.
Essays In The Economics Of Environmental Policy., Ashokankur Datta Dr.
Doctoral Theses
It is increasingly being accepted that the planet we live in is unable to fulfill the enormous resource demands that mankind places on it. As a result the environment we live in has undergone rapid changes in the last two centuries - changes that adversely affects human life. Long ago Thomas Malthus and more recently the Club of Rome researchers warned that rapid economic and population growth were going to be unsustainable as they are going to create an acute shortage of food and vital metals like mercury. Their predictions never passed the test of time (Sterner, 2003). However their …