{"product_id":"six-degrees-our-future-on-a-hotter-planet-paperback","title":"Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Lynas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePossibly the most graphic treatment of global warming that has yet been published, \u003ci\u003eSix Degrees\u003c\/i\u003e is what readers of Al Gore's best-selling \u003ci\u003eAn Inconvenient Truth\u003c\/i\u003e or Ross Gelbspan's \u003ci\u003eBoiling Point\u003c\/i\u003e will turn to next. Written by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eHigh Tide\u003c\/i\u003e, this highly relevant and compelling book uses accessible journalistic prose to distill what environmental scientists portend about the consequences of human pollution for the next hundred years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2001, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a landmark report projecting average global surface temperatures to rise between 1.4 degrees and 5.8 degrees Celsius (roughly 2 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of this century. Based on this forecast, author Mark Lynas outlines what to expect from a warming world, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on authoritative scientific articles, the latest computer models, and information about past warm events in Earth history, \u003ci\u003eSix Degrees\u003c\/i\u003e promises to be an eye-opening warning that humanity will ignore at its peril.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Lynas, a journalist, campaigner, and broadcast commentator on environmental issues, is the author of High Tide: News from a Warming World. He is a contributor to periodicals including New Statesman, Ecologist, Granta, and Geographical, and to the Guardian and Observer newspapers in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42731604049983,"sku":"9781426203855","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8685724be98c6727734da0a84aff5173.webp?v=1765129440","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/six-degrees-our-future-on-a-hotter-planet-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}