The role of the ocean in climate yesterday, today and tomorrow

This book presents the big picture regarding two subjects which dominate thinking with regard to our planet's climate during glacial times: the role of the Atlantic Ocean's conveyor circulation in the abrupt reorganizations of the Earth's climate system, and the cause for the large drop in atmospheric CO2 content which accompanied each major glaciation. These same two subjects lie at the core of attempts to come to grips with man-induced global warming.