| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 292 pages) |
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text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
In a attempt to understand what is happening to our planet, Chandler travels to climate science frontiers Antarctica, the Great Barrier Reef, the Wimmera and North Queensland's tropical rainforests, meeting the scientists and discovering the realities embedded in the science. This book puts together some of the pieces in the climate puzzle, meets many passionate and eccentric characters, discovers what makes them tick, and learns a thing or two about herself. |
| Contents |
Storm front -- Flight of the albatross -- Buried treasure -- Revisiting Gondwana -- The possum and the pelican -- Sleeping giants -- Postcard from the edge -- Whale riders -- The siren in the sea -- A reef in time -- Trouble in paradise -- Turtle dreaming -- On thin ice -- Dawn of the Anthropocene. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Australia.
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Climatic changes. |
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Australia. |
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Climatic changes -- Forecasting.
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Climatic changes -- Forecasting. |
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Climatic changes -- Research.
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Climatic changes -- Research. |
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Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- Australia.
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Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780522857719 052285771X (OCoLC)719402708 |
| ISBN |
9780522857719 (paperback) |
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052285771X (paperback) |
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9780522860436 (electronic book) |
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0522860435 (electronic book) |
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