High Tide: News From A Warming World

ISBN: 0007139403
Author: Mark Lynas
Description:
The No Logo of climate change -- a book that shows how global warming is not a theory we should still debate, but something that has already happened on a global scale. Climate change is not a concern for the future. It's happening right now. In this book - based on the latest scientific evidence - the author takes us around the world to show the impact of global warming already being felt in people's lives. From sand-buried houses in China to thawing Alaskan plains, the author witnesses some of the worst effects of climate change at first hand. Some, like the floods in the UK, are near home. Others - like the drowning Pacific island of Tuvalu - are a world away from the exhaust pipes and factory chimneys that are actually causing global warming. But this isn't simply an inventory of disaster, it's a wry look at how people around the globe are coping as their world changes at unprecedented speed. In the process, the author eats whale blubber in Alaska, swims in shark-infested waters off the Great Barrier Reef and struggles to the top of Andean peaks in Peru. An adventure with a conscience and an argument with an urgent purpose, High Tide is an extremely important book. About the Author Mark Lynas is an activist, journalist and traveller, based in Oxford. He was editor of the website oneworld.net, has been involved in protests against GM crops, road-building, Manchester’s second runway etc, and as a result has made many appearances in the press and TV as a commentator on environmental issues. He also throws custard pies at lunatics who pronounce global warming a fantasy.

Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Genre: Science and Nature
Rating: Not yet rated

Listed Copies of this Book

There are no copies of this book listed

Some Other Books by this Author

Six Degrees: Our Future On A Hotter PlanetAn eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth, and our civilisation, if current rates of global warming persist, by the highly acclaimed author of 'High Tide'. Picture yourself a few decades from now, in a ...
No. of listed copies: 1

see all books for Mark Lynas

Other Books in this Genre

Are We Alone, Implications Of The Discovery Of Extraterrestrial Life ( by P. C. W. Davies
The search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (SETI) raises a number of scientific/philosophical questions. If...
No. of listed copies: 1
Life And Death In A Coral Sea by Jacques Cousteau
another classic from the series.
No. of listed copies: 0
Wild Flowers. by John Gilmour and Max Walters.
. The Fontana New Naturalist. A mass of fascinating information. More than the usual reference book for it inc...
No. of listed copies: 1
Spotlight Science - Framework Edition Students' Book 8: S2 Year 8 by Keith Johnson, Sue Adamson and Gareth Williams
Double-page spreads are carefully designed to give a complete teaching unit of about one hour. This work is op...
No. of listed copies: 1
Astrology by Unknown
The signs of the zodiac and how to interpret them.
No. of listed copies: 1

See all listings in Science and Nature

REVIEWS

This book has not yet been rated