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Author Lynas, Mark, 1973-

Title Six degrees : our future on a hotter planet / Mark Lynas.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2008]
©2008

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  551.6 LYNAS    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  551.6 LYN    Storage
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  551.6 LYNAS    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  551.6 LYNAS    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  551.6 LYNAS    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  551.6 LYNAS    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  551.6 LYNAS    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  363.7387 LYNAS    Check Shelf
Description 335 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-328) and index
Summary 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.
Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One degree -- Two degrees -- Three degrees -- Four degrees -- Five degrees -- Six degrees -- Choosing our future -- Notes -- Index.
Subject Global warming.
Human beings -- Effect of climate on.
Climatic changes -- Social aspects.
ISBN 9781426202131 hardcover alkaline paper
142620213X hardcover alkaline paper
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