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We are the weather makers: The history of climate change / Flannery, Tim 2009  Book
Flannery, Tim Book
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Publication Massachusetts, Candlewick Press, 2009.
Description xiv, 304pCream and Brown Spine
Summary/Abstract Offers a look at the history of climate change, how it will unfold over the next century, and what we can do to prevent a cataclysmic future.
Contents Buzz about global warming Earth and the carbon connection: Earth's carbon cycle and you Ocean in the sky Greenhouse story Grand discovery Time's gateways Markers of change Energy blast from the past Endangered habitats: Unraveling world Peril at the poles Australia's great stumpy reef? Warning from the golden toad Liquid gold: Changes in rainfall Weather gone wild Rising ocean Leveling the mountains What's to Come?: Model worlds Dangerous commitment Fleeing climate change Three tipping points Civilization: big city verses small town Ozone hole: a success story Kyoto protocol What to believe? Engineering solutions So what's the story with fuel? Soar with the wind-bask in the sun What about nuclear? Hybrids, miniCATs, and contrails We took action
Standard Number 9780763636562 Hb.
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Weather makers / Flannery, Tim 2006  Book
Flannery, Tim Book
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Publication New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006.
Description xx, 346pWhite Spine
Summary/Abstract Looks at the history of the changes in climate over the last million years. Helps us to understand the issues we are facing now and in the future with burning of fossil fuels and the increase in green house gases in our atmosphere.
Contents Foreword Map The slow awakening Gaia's Tools: Gaia The Great Aerial ocean The gaseous greenhouse The sages and the onion skin Time's gaterways Born in the deep freeze Making the long summer Digging up the dead 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 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 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? The solution: Bright as sunlight, light as wind Nucleau lazarus? Of hybrids, minicats, and contrails The last act of God? 2084: The carbon dictatorship? Time's up Over to you Postscript Afterword Climate change checklist Green power Acknowledgements Illustrations References Index
Standard Number 0871139359 Pb.
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