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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.… (mere)
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From the weeping ground there sprang a wind, flaming with vermillion light, which overmastered all my senses, and I dropped like a man pulled down by sleep.
Dante, Inferno, Canto III:
Dante enters the First Circle of Hell
Tilegnelse
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To my wife, Maria; son, Tom; and daughter, Rosa, in the hope that most of the predictions here need not come true.
Første ord
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The knock on the door came at night.
Citater
Sidste ord
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More than anything, it would be a society that survived and prospered and that passed on this glorious inheritance - of ice caps, rain forests, and thriving civilizations - to countless generations, far into the future.
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.
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Skræmmende bog, der remser scenarier op for klodens fremtid efterhånden som vi pumper co2 indholdet op og skaber et varmere klima. ( )