{"product_id":"the-weather-makers-how-man-is-changing-the-climate-and-what-it-means-for-life-on-earth-paperback","title":"The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Flannery\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe #1 international bestseller on climate change that's been endorsed by policy makers, scientists, writers, and energy executives around the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Flannery's \u003ci\u003eThe Weather Makers\u003c\/i\u003e contributed in bringing the topic of global warming to worldwide prominence. For the first time, a scientist provided an accessible and comprehensive account of the history, current status, and future impact of climate change, writing what has been acclaimed by reviewers everywhere as the definitive book on global warming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Weather Makers\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally somewhat of a global warming skeptic, Tim Flannery spent several years researching the topic and offers a connect-the-dots approach for a reading public who has received patchy or misleading information on the subject. Pulling on his expertise as a scientist to discuss climate change from a historical perspective, Flannery also explains how climate change is interconnected across the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes a new afterword by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An authoritative, scientifically accurate book on global warming that sparkles with life, clarity, and intelligence.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Flannery\u003c\/b\u003e is an internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist. His books include the definitive ecological histories of Australia (\u003ci\u003eThe Future Eaters\u003c\/i\u003e) and North America (\u003ci\u003eThe Eternal Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThrowim Way Leg\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Gap in Nature \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAstonishing Animals\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a field zoologist he has discovered and named more than thirty new species of mammals (including two tree-kangaroos) and at 34 he was awarded the Edgeworth David Medal for Outstanding Research. His pioneering work in New Guinea prompted Sir David Attenborough to put him in the league of the world's great explorers and the writer Redmond O'Hanlon to remark, \"He's discovered more new species than Charles Darwin.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e. He received a Centenary of Federation Medal for his service to Australian science and in 2002 he became the first environmentalist to deliver the Australia Day address to the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Flannery spent a year as professor of Australian studies at Harvard, where he taught in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. He is also a familiar voice on ABC Radio, NPR and the BBC for more than a decade. He lives in Adelaide, Australia where he is Director of the South Australian Museum and Professor at the University of Adelaide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 8.34 x 5.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44071475118214,"sku":"9780802142924","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0664\/3446\/5926\/files\/9iLV9SorlQ9780802142924.webp?v=1781577335","url":"https:\/\/profixdiy.com\/products\/the-weather-makers-how-man-is-changing-the-climate-and-what-it-means-for-life-on-earth-paperback","provider":"ProFix Home Repair","version":"1.0","type":"link"}