num_pages: 9
description: From Dr. Tim Flannery, one of the world's foremost experts on conservation and ecology, comes a book of immeasurable importance. Hailed by Kirkus Reviews as a "powerful and persuasive" work that is "sure to provoke strong reaction," The Weather Makers is among the finest examinations of climate change ever written. Originally skeptical of global warming, Flannery spent years compiling his own research. What he learned is sobering. Human beings are weather makers whose production of carbon dioxide is polluting the planet at a devastating rate. Species are disappearing, the natural world is changing, and weather events, like Hurricane Katrina, are becoming increasingly disastrous. But as Flannery shows, there are cleaner ways to live-and doing so is the only way to avoid global catastrophe. Alarming but filled with ideas that inspire hope, The Weather Makers could be the most important book you ever read. "At last, here is a clear and readable account of one of the most important but controversial issues facing everyone in the world today.
language: English
title: The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
titlecomplete: The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
genres: Science, Australia, Nonfiction, History, Climate Change, Ecology, Nature, Sustainability, Politics, Environment
ratings_count: 3257
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: New South Wales Premier's Literary Award
category: Gleebooks Prize for Critical Writing, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA)
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Prix Jan Michalski
category: Shortlist, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Corine Internationaler Buchpreis
category: Futurepreis, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: J. A. Hollon palkinto
publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.