false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170355799m/48463.jpg 48463 21 <div>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. <i>The Weather Makers</i> 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. </div> 47409 2001 The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth total:403|5:128|4:169|3:84|2:15|1:7| 403 1605 730 104 3 1 false false Tue Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 21:10:10 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 21:14:53 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 10:47:56 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 11:09:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:47:29 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:47:29 -0800 2009 The arguments, evidence, and conclusions should surprise few readers in Kolbert's Field Notes from a Catastrophe and Flannery's The Weather Makers. Given existing scientific knowledge, neither author (and no critic) doubts that global warming is real, with terrible consequences looming ahead.<P>The ...

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Was interesting to see how much Flannery quotes Alfred Russel Wallace, of The Malay Archipelago The land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise a narrative of travel with studies of man and nature...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 07 12:13:27 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 12:13:42 -0800 2009
I am not a scientist. Before reading this book I kind of understood the terms “greenhouse effect”, “global warming”...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 13:23:21 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 22:16:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Sep 04 08:11:36 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 08:25:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Apr 01 08:50:06 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 10:30:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 15:09:07 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 10:00:13 -0700 2008 The Weather Makers to address three main issues. He wanted to give an overview of the history of climate change, illustrate how it will continue to change over the next century and discuss what we can do to affect those changes. In this well-developed and accessible book, Flannery l...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Aug 27 08:59:25 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 09:10:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 05:58:49 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 12:16:45 -0700 2007
Like Field Notes by Kolbert, this book tackles the issue of global warming by providing back...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Nov 03 02:37:51 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 02:41:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 10:58:41 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 11:00:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 03 08:38:50 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 08:38:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Feb 20 19:08:20 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 19:32:01 -0800 2008
Tim Flannery's The Weather Makers, which also came out at the same time, is way more interesting, way more original, and way more inflammatory to ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu May 31 21:20:37 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 09 11:20:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 03 06:36:42 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 09 09:29:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 23 18:34:01 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 18:40:23 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 19 10:04:10 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 20:54:28 -0700 2007
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