Six degrees
our future on a hotter planet
by Mark Lynas
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In accessible journalistic prose, author Lynas distills what environmental scientists predict about the consequences of human pollution for the next hundred years, 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, this promises to be an eye-opening warning that humanity will ignore at its peril.--From publisher description.
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Klimaänderung, Climatic changes, Effect of climate on, Treibhauseffekt, Social aspects, Erwärmung (Meteorologie), Soziales, Global warming, Umwelt, Human beings, Einfluss, Environmental aspects of Global warming, Environmental aspects of Climatic changes, Popular works, Climate, Greenhouse effect, Human influence on nature, Environmental aspects, Erwarmung (Meteorologie), Klimaanderung, Human beings, effect of climate on| Edition | Availability |
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Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
January 22, 2008, National Geographic
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-328) and index.
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A well documented summary of studies relating to the effects of climate change. The chapters are organized by the effects on people, the economy,and the climate for every additional degree of temperature increase. The book is written for an educated layman and is quite interesting. Over half of the book is dedicated to an extensive bibliography which is very thorough and useful for further research.
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