Earth under fire : how global warming is changing the world / Gary Braasch ; with an afterword by Bill McKibben
- Bib ID:
- 4266966
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Braasch, Gary
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- Description:
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- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007
- 267 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780520244382
- 0520244389
- 9780520244382
- 0520244389
- Summary:
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"In 1999, photojournalist Gary Braasch began a journey around the world to observe and document environmental changes resulting from the warming of our planet. In this book, he brings us along to witness firsthand what he saw as he crossed both the Antarctic and Arctic Circles, trekked above 15,000 feet in the Andes, dove on damaged coral reefs, and followed scientists into the field on four continents." "Alongside Braasch's words and images, essays by eminent scientists discuss the impacts of climate change on the oceans, biodiversity, fresh water, mountain cultures, plants and animals, and out health. Earth Under Fire offers an account of how we can reduce our dependence on fossil fuel - and lesson the consequences of that dependence - using technologies, energy sources, and efficiencies already on hand."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Fire on the ice
- Essay by Stephen H. Schneider and Janica Lane
- Essay by Alton C. Byers
- 2. Polar thaw
- Essay by Jonathan Overpeck
- 3. Breaking the boundaries of life
- Essay by Camille Parmesan
- Essay by Thomas E. Lovejoy
- 4. Tomorrow's climate today
- Essay by Peter H. Gleick
- Essay by Paul R. Epstein
- Essay by Sylvia A. Earle and Cristina G. Mittermeier
- 5. Choosing a safer, cleaner, and cooler world
- Epilogue. Mission : possible.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-254) and index.
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- Other authors/contributors:
- McKibben, Bill
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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