Six degrees
Subtitle: our future on a hotter planet
By: Mark Lynas
Publisher: National Geographic
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9781426202131; 9781426203855
Subjects: Klimaänderung; Climatic changes; Effect of climate on; Treibhauseffekt; Social aspects; Erwärmung (Meteorologie); Soziales; Global warming; Umwelt; Human beings; Einfluss
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-328) and index.
Table of contents: title: One degree; title: Two degrees; title: Three degrees; title: Four degrees; title: Five degrees; title: Six degrees