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The weather makers : how man is changing the climate and what it means for life on Earth, Tim Flannery
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- Summary
- Sometime this century the day will arrive when the human influence on the climate will overwhelm all other natural factors. Over the past decade, the world has seen the most powerful El Nino ever recorded, the most devastating hurricane in two hundred years, the hottest European summer on record, and one of the worst storm seasons ever experienced in Florida. With one out of every five living things on this planet committed to extinction by the levels of greenhouse gases that will accumulate in the next few decades, we are reaching a global climatic tipping point. [This book] is both an urgent warning and a call to arms, outlining the history of climate change, how it will unfold over the next century, and what we can do to prevent a cataclysmic future. Along with a riveting history of climate change, [the author] offers specific suggestions for action for both lawmakers and individuals, from investing in renewable power sources like wind, solar, and geothermal energy, to offering an action plan with steps each and every one of us can take right now to reduce deadly CO2 emissions by as much as 70 percent.-Dust jacket. Includes information on acidity in ocean, air pollution, carbon dioxide, climate change, coal, coral reefs, extinctions, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, hurricanes, Kyoto Protocol, Montreal Protocol, oil, ozone, plankton, rainfall, solar power, sunlight, nuclear power, wind power, geothermal energy,
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xv, 357 pages, [4] pages of plates
- Note
- "Originally published in 2005 by Text Publishing Company, Melbourne, Australia"--Title page verso
- Contents
-
- The slow awakening
- 1: Gaia's tools
- Gaia
- The great aerial ocean
- The gaseous greenhouse
- The sages and the onion skin
- Time's gateways
- Born in the deep freeze
- Making the long summer
- Digging up the dead
- 2: One in ten thousand
- The unraveling world
- Peril at the poles
- The great stumpy reef?
- A warning from the golden toad
- Liquid gold: changes in rainfall
- An energetic onion skin
- Playing at Canute
- 3: The science of prediction
- Model worlds
- The commitment and approaching extreme danger
- Leveling the mountains
- How can they keep on moving?
- Boiling the abyss
- The pack of jokers
- Civilization: out with a whimper?
- 4: People in greenhouses
- A close-run thing
- The road to Kyoto
- Cost, cost, cost
- People in greenhouses shouldn't tell lies
- Engineering solutions?
- Last steps on the stairway to heaven?
- 5: The solution
- Bright as sunlight, light as wind
- Nuclear Lazarus?
- Of hybrids, minicats, and contrails
- The last act of God?
- The carbon dictatorship?
- Time's up
- Over to you
- Isbn
- 9780871139351
- Label
- The weather makers : how man is changing the climate and what it means for life on Earth
- Title
- The weather makers
- Title remainder
- how man is changing the climate and what it means for life on Earth
- Statement of responsibility
- Tim Flannery
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Sometime this century the day will arrive when the human influence on the climate will overwhelm all other natural factors. Over the past decade, the world has seen the most powerful El Nino ever recorded, the most devastating hurricane in two hundred years, the hottest European summer on record, and one of the worst storm seasons ever experienced in Florida. With one out of every five living things on this planet committed to extinction by the levels of greenhouse gases that will accumulate in the next few decades, we are reaching a global climatic tipping point. [This book] is both an urgent warning and a call to arms, outlining the history of climate change, how it will unfold over the next century, and what we can do to prevent a cataclysmic future. Along with a riveting history of climate change, [the author] offers specific suggestions for action for both lawmakers and individuals, from investing in renewable power sources like wind, solar, and geothermal energy, to offering an action plan with steps each and every one of us can take right now to reduce deadly CO2 emissions by as much as 70 percent.-Dust jacket. Includes information on acidity in ocean, air pollution, carbon dioxide, climate change, coal, coral reefs, extinctions, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, hurricanes, Kyoto Protocol, Montreal Protocol, oil, ozone, plankton, rainfall, solar power, sunlight, nuclear power, wind power, geothermal energy,
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1956-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Flannery, Tim F.
- Dewey number
- 363.738/74
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QC981.8.C5
- LC item number
- F438 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NAL call number
- QC981.8.C5
- NAL item number
- F438 2005
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Climatic changes
- Global warming
- Climat
- Réchauffement de la terre
- Climat
- Réchauffement de la terre
- Climatic changes
- Global warming
- Anthropogene Klimaänderung
- Erwärmung
- Global warming
- Anthropogene Klimaänderung
- Erwärmung (Meteorologie)
- Label
- The weather makers : how man is changing the climate and what it means for life on Earth, Tim Flannery
- Note
- "Originally published in 2005 by Text Publishing Company, Melbourne, Australia"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-343) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The slow awakening -- 1: Gaia's tools -- Gaia -- The great aerial ocean -- The gaseous greenhouse -- The sages and the onion skin -- Time's gateways -- Born in the deep freeze -- Making the long summer -- Digging up the dead -- 2: One in ten thousand -- The unraveling world -- Peril at the poles -- The great stumpy reef? -- A warning from the golden toad -- Liquid gold: changes in rainfall -- An energetic onion skin -- Playing at Canute -- 3: The science of prediction -- Model worlds -- The commitment and approaching extreme danger -- Leveling the mountains -- How can they keep on moving? -- Boiling the abyss -- The pack of jokers -- Civilization: out with a whimper? -- 4: People in greenhouses -- A close-run thing -- The road to Kyoto -- Cost, cost, cost -- People in greenhouses shouldn't tell lies -- Engineering solutions? -- Last steps on the stairway to heaven? -- 5: The solution -- Bright as sunlight, light as wind -- Nuclear Lazarus? -- Of hybrids, minicats, and contrails -- The last act of God? -- The carbon dictatorship? -- Time's up -- Over to you
- Control code
- ocm61123222
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xv, 357 pages, [4] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780871139351
- Lccn
- 2005052350
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 9780871139351
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o61123222
- (OCoLC)61123222
- Label
- The weather makers : how man is changing the climate and what it means for life on Earth, Tim Flannery
- Note
- "Originally published in 2005 by Text Publishing Company, Melbourne, Australia"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-343) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The slow awakening -- 1: Gaia's tools -- Gaia -- The great aerial ocean -- The gaseous greenhouse -- The sages and the onion skin -- Time's gateways -- Born in the deep freeze -- Making the long summer -- Digging up the dead -- 2: One in ten thousand -- The unraveling world -- Peril at the poles -- The great stumpy reef? -- A warning from the golden toad -- Liquid gold: changes in rainfall -- An energetic onion skin -- Playing at Canute -- 3: The science of prediction -- Model worlds -- The commitment and approaching extreme danger -- Leveling the mountains -- How can they keep on moving? -- Boiling the abyss -- The pack of jokers -- Civilization: out with a whimper? -- 4: People in greenhouses -- A close-run thing -- The road to Kyoto -- Cost, cost, cost -- People in greenhouses shouldn't tell lies -- Engineering solutions? -- Last steps on the stairway to heaven? -- 5: The solution -- Bright as sunlight, light as wind -- Nuclear Lazarus? -- Of hybrids, minicats, and contrails -- The last act of God? -- The carbon dictatorship? -- Time's up -- Over to you
- Control code
- ocm61123222
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xv, 357 pages, [4] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780871139351
- Lccn
- 2005052350
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780871139351
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o61123222
- (OCoLC)61123222
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