100 Places to Go Before They Disappear
What would our world look like if the planet's average temperature were to rise by only a few degrees? Venice, Bangkok, London, Chicago, and New York would experience severe flooding. The tea fields of Sri Lanka and the vineyards of France would suffer heat and drought. Beijing and Timbuktu would be transformed into deserts, and the Great Barrier Reef's coral colonies would die. The entire nation of Tuvalu would sink into the Pacific Ocean. As plants and animals vital to local ecosystems continue to perish due to climate change, the face of our planet is already being transformed. 100 Places to Go Before They Disappear features the locations…
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Weitere Autoren: Tutu, Desmond (Solist) / Pachauri, Ranjedra (Solist)
- ISBN: 978-1-4197-0003-3
- EAN: 9781419700033
- Produktnummer: 19380389
- Verlag: Abrams
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 255 S.
- Masse: H23.8 cm x B24.0 cm x D2.7 cm 1'152 g
- Gewicht: 1152
- Sonstiges: Ab 13 - 22 J.
Über den Autor
Desmond Tutu, archbishop emeritus of the Anglican Church of South Africa, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his nonviolent struggle against apartheid in his homeland. Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, accepted the Noble Peace Prize in 2007 on behalf of the IPCC, along with former vice president Al Gore.
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