Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future
Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future – Review
“Under a Green Sky”, by Peter Ward, can be difficult, dry, and highly meandering, yet it is ultimately a very rewarding work that illuminates how studying past climatic conditions can predict the climate we can require to see in our own lifetimes, particularly on the causes and results of global warming. The chapters start back and forth in non-chronological sequence, both for Dr. Ward’s individual experiences, and in currently discussing climates in the far past. This makes the line of the tale difficult to follow at times. Also, a strong understanding of geology, evolution, climatology, oceanography, and natural science may be highly recommended before venturing forth to widely read this book – it is not written for the general press. If you are interested in mass extinctions in the past, both from meteors and from climate change, and you are also interested in the art of global warming, this book is warmly recommended, despite its overly theoretical approach at times. For a more clear book on the recent climate change/global warming issues, I also recommend “Hell and High Water” by Joseph Romm.