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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planetby Mark Lynas
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Possibly the most graphic treatment of global warming that has yet been published, Six Degrees is what readers of Al Gore's best-selling An Inconvenient Truth or Ross Gelbspan's Boiling Point will turn to next. Written by the acclaimed author of High Tide, this highly relevant and compelling book uses accessible journalistic prose to distill what environmental scientists portend about the consequences of human pollution for the next hundred years. In 2001, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a landmark report projecting average global surface temperatures to rise between 1.4 degrees and 5.8 degrees Celsius (roughly 2 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of this century. Based on this forecast, author Mark Lynas outlines what to expect from a warming world, degree by degree. At 1 degree Celsius, most coral reefs and many mountain glaciers will be lost. A 3-degree rise would spell the collapse of the Amazon rainforest, disappearance of Greenland's ice sheet, and the creation of deserts across the Midwestern United States and southern Africa. A 6-degree increase would eliminate most life on Earth, including much of humanity. Based on authoritative scientific articles, the latest computer models, and information about past warm events in Earth history, Six Degrees promises to be an eye-opening warning that humanity will ignore at its peril. Book News Annotation:British journalist and environmental activist Lynas has written two
previous books and numerous magazine and newspaper articles on
environmental issues, and is a well-known public speaker on the
subject of climate change. As a resident of Oxfordshire, he
experienced firsthand England's devastating floods of 2007,
attributed by many to global warming. In his latest text, he draws on
the full range of state-of-the-art research and sophisticated
computer models to create a degree-by-degree picture of the planet's
future as a result of global warming, based on estimates ranging from
one to six degrees of temperature increase. In a concluding chapter
he discusses the brief window of opportunity remaining for humans to
make the necessary changes to be able to manage climate change
effectively. Academic but accessible to the general reader.
Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:In astonishing and unflinching detail, a noted science journalist explains how Earths climate will be impacted with every degree of increase in global warming--and what can be done about it now. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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