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Fragile Earth: Views of a Changing World (Collins)
by: Collins with contributors, Mark Lynas, Tim Flannery, Fred Pearce, Elizabeth Kolbert, Bjorn Lomborg, Guy Dauncey, Michael Allaby

Used Price: $3.73

Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780007233144
Format: Import
ISBN: 0007233140
Label: Collins
Manufacturer: Collins
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: September 04, 2006
Publisher: Collins
Sales Rank: 3527114
Studio: Collins

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- A good book
I decided to buy this book in Amazon because it was cheaper than trying to purchase it here in Spain.(36 euros in spanish in a bookshop here in Spain, but only 24 euros in english, everything included).
It is a good book for those how like views of planet Earth from above, and also interested in Geology, Earth Sciences, etc. I wish it would had more text rather than photos. The texts explaining the pictures could have been longer.

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- ASTONISHING PHOTOS
It was a surprise to see the photos inside, is very good planned the chapters, and really is look of our earth, from Asia to America. If you want ilustrated the climate change, you have to buy this book.

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- Images of an unstable world
Most of us go through life with the assumption and perspective that the world around us is stable. The occassional tsunami or hurricane impresses us on the evening news but the world overall is mostly unchanging. This book will change that perspective and assumption.

Changes in climate, population, pollution, the wreckage of wars and other man made causes as well as natural events such as earthquakes, volcanism, floods, and weather on the earths surface are shown with before and after images. The most interesting to me were the changes in Greenland's ice sheets and many of the world's glaciers due to climate changes and the stark deforestation of the tropics due to burning and agricultural development.

I found the section at the end of the book titled "Future Views" to be an interesting collection of concise essays on the graphical presentions in the preceding section of the book. You ... Read More

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- Glimpses of the neighbourhood
Anybody left harbouring doubts about the reality of climate change will be relieved of them by this book. The images of how glaciers are disappearing, the sea rising to threaten coastal communities or the ravages of intense storms are a jarring sight. The Collins team has performed an outstanding service in compiling such a span of places and conditions in demonstrating what is happening and is likely to occur in our future. With added commentary from a selected group of those interested in environment issues, this is a valuable visual package.

The book is comprised of eight chapters of categorised imagery and one of comment on future conditions. Opening with such natural phenomena as earthquakes, tsunamis and cyclones and tornadoes, the images of human activity follow. Although the natural forces are the stuff of The Weather Channel, there are some human-created conditions that will be novel to many. ... Read More

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