Fragile Earth: Views of a Changing World - Hardcover

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9780061137310: Fragile Earth: Views of a Changing World

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061137316 ISBN 13: 9780061137310

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2006

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An up-to-date, visual analysis of the dramatic changes occurring in the natural world today draws on cutting-edge technologies in satellite imaging to document natural disasters, environmental shifts, and the impact of human development. 35,000 first printing.

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Review:

Time, 1st January 2007
One of the 5 Great Photo Books of the Year

Daily Express, 18th August 2006
Worth buying if only because in a few years it may all be too late.

The Independent, 15th September 2006
...presents horrifying images of the changes in our planet wrought by climate change and relentless human development.

The Sun, 14th September 2006
Amazing pictures.

Real Travel, October 2006
'an enlightening view of a changing world'

About the Author:

Foreword by Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Mark Lynas: author of High Tide and Six Degrees.
Tim Flannery: bestselling author of The Weather Makers
Fred Pearce: Science writer for New Scientist
Guy Dauncey: author of Stormy Weather
Elizabeth Kolbert: author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe
Bjorn Lomborg: Controversial author of the Skeptical Environmentalist
Michael Allaby: Prominent environmental science writer.

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