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How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
Atlantic Monthly Press
March 2006
352 pages
ISBN: 0871139359
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
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 Niño 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.
The Weather Makers 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, Tim Flannery 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.
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