The long thaw: how humans are changing the next 100,000 years of Earth's climate

Prologue. Global warming in geologic time

section 1. The present. The greenhouse effect ; We've seen it with our own eyes ; Forecast of the century

section 2. The past. Millennial climate cycles ; Glacial climate cycles ; Geologic climate cycles ; The present in the bosom of the past

section 3. The future. The fate of fossil fuel CO₂ ; Acidifying the ocean ; Carbon cycle feedbacks ; Sea level in the deep future ; Orbits, CO₂, and the next Ice Age

Epilogue. Carbon economics and ethics.