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Lynas, Mark, (1973-)

Six degrees : = our future on a hotter planet /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Six degrees :/ Mark Lynas.
Reminder of title:	our future on a hotter planet /
Author:	Lynas, Mark,
Published:	Washington, D.C. :National Geographic, : c2008.,
Description:	335 p. ;24 cm.;
Subject:	Global warming - Environmental aspects. -
ISBN:	142620213X (hardcover : alk. paper)

Six degrees : = our future on a hotter planet /
Lynas, Mark,1973-

Six degrees :our future on a hotter planet /Mark Lynas. - Washington, D.C. :National Geographic,c2008. - 335 p. ;24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-328) and index.

One degree -- Two degrees -- Three degrees -- Four degrees -- Five degrees -- Six degrees.

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.

ISBN: 142620213X (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007030864Subjects--Topical Terms:

598505
Global warming
--Environmental aspects.

LC Class. No.: QC981.8.G56 / L983 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 551.6

Six degrees : = our future on a hotter planet /
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