The weather makers: how man is changing the climate and what it means for life on Earth
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Published:
New York : Grove Press, 2006, c2005.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st Grove Press ed.
Physical Desc:
xiii, 359 pages : ill., map ; 21 cm.
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Essex Adult Paperback
PBK 363.738 FLA
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QC981.8 .C5 F438 2006
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0802142923 (pbk.), 9780802142924 (pbk.)
Notes
General Note
"Afterword to the Paperback Edition copyright c2006 by Tim Flannery." -- T.p. verso.
General Note
"Originally published in 2005 by Text Publishing Company, Melbourne, Australia"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [326]-348) and index.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Flannery, T. F. 1. (20062005). The weather makers: how man is changing the climate and what it means for life on Earth. 1st Grove Press ed. New York, Grove Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Flannery, Tim F. 1956-. 20062005. The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life On Earth. New York, Grove Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Flannery, Tim F. 1956-, The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life On Earth. New York, Grove Press, 20062005.
MLA Citation (style guide)Flannery, Tim F. 1956-. The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life On Earth. 1st Grove Press ed. New York, Grove Press, 20062005.
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| 505 | 0 | |a The slow awakening -- 1: Gaia's tools -- Gaia -- The great aerial ocean -- The gaseous greenhouse -- The sages and the onion skin -- Time's gateways -- Born in the deep freeze -- Making the long summer -- Digging up the dead -- 2: 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 -- 3: 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? -- 4: 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? -- 5: The solution -- Bright as sunlight, light as wind -- Nuclear Lazarus? -- Of hybrids, minicats, and contrails -- The last act of God? -- The carbon dictatorship? -- Time's up -- Over to you -- Postscript -- Afterword -- Afterword to the paperback edition -- Climate change checklist -- Green power. | |
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