num_pages: 357
description: 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. The Weather Makers 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.
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: Climate Change, Environment, Politics, Ecology, Australia, Science, Nature, Nonfiction, History, Sustainability
ratings_count: 3255
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: Atlantic Monthly Press