The Earth transformed an untold history
"Global warming is one of the greatest dangers mankind faces today. Even as temperatures increase, sea levels rise, and natural disasters escalate, our current environmental crisis feels difficult to predict and understand. But climate change and its effects on us are not new. In a bold narrative th...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2023.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| Summary: | "Global warming is one of the greatest dangers mankind faces today. Even as temperatures increase, sea levels rise, and natural disasters escalate, our current environmental crisis feels difficult to predict and understand. But climate change and its effects on us are not new. In a bold narrative that spans centuries and continents, Peter Frankopan argues that nature has always played a fundamental role in the writing of history. From the fall of the Moche civilization in South America that came about because of the cyclical pressures of El Niño to volcanic eruptions in Iceland that affected Egypt and helped bring the Ottoman empire to its knees, climate change and its influences have always been with us"-- |
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| Item Description: | "This is a Borzoi book." -- title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xxv, 695 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780525659167 0525659161 9780593082133 0593082133 |
| Author Notes: | (Bowker Author Biography) |
