Mark Lynas

Pasos sencers inhabitables. Poblacions senceres aniquilades. En algunes zones del planeta la terra arida s’esquerda i es descrosta. En altres, les inundacions provocades per la crescuda de les aigues devasten el territori. Benvinguts a un mon sis graus mes calid. Benvinguts al futur. En aquest llibre explosiu, Mark Lynas investiga les previsions dels cientifics segons les quals durant aquest segle l’augment d’entre un i sis graus de les temperatures globals tindra efectes devastadors. Lynas ens condueix a traves dels sis estadis de l’escalfament global i ens llança un advertiment global: o actuem immediatament, o ens enfrontarem a l’extincio massiva.

¿QUÉ PASARÍA EN UN MUNDO SEIS GRADOSMÁS CÁLIDO?Países enteros inhabitables. Poblaciones enteras aniquiladas.En algunas zonas del planeta la tierra árida se reseca y resquebraja.En otras, las inundaciones provocadas por la crecida delas aguas devastan el territorio. Bienvenidos a un mundo seisgrados mas calido. Bienvenidos al futuro.En este explosivo libro, Mark Lynas investiga las previsionesde los cientificos segun las cuales durante este siglo el aumentode entre uno y seis grados de las temperaturas globalestendra unos efectos devastadores. Grado a grado, capitulo acapitulo, Lynas nos conduce a traves de los seis estadios delcalentamiento global y nos lanza una advertencia: o actuamosde inmediato, o nos enfrentaremos a la extincion masiva. Delectura absolutamente trepidante, Seis grados muestra comopodemos evitar la catastrofe antes de que sea demasiadotarde.La intencion de Lynas es incentivar al lector para que entreen accion, y no deprimirlo Un narrador apasionante..NatureUn manual apocaliptico sobre lo que nos deparara el calentamientode la Tierra Informacion para reflexionar y paraavergonzarse. Pese a su solida base cientifica, el libro recuerdaa uno de aquellos vividos cuadros medievales que muestrancomo los pecadores acaban justamente desterrados al desierto.Financial TimesLos cientif...

¿QUÉ PASARÍA EN UN MUNDO SEIS GRADOS MÁS CÁLIDO?Países enteros inhabitables. Poblaciones enteras aniquiladas. En algunas zonas del planeta la tierra árida se reseca y resquebraja. En otras, las inundaciones provocadas por la crecida de las aguas devastan el territorio. Bienvenidos a un mundo seis grados mas calido. Bienvenidos al futuro.En este explosivo libro, Mark Lynas investiga las previsiones de los cientificos segun las cuales durante este siglo el aumento de entre uno y seis grados de las temperaturas globales tendra unos efectos devastadores. Grado a grado, capitulo a capitulo, Lynas nos conduce a traves de los seis estadios del calentamiento global y nos lanza una advertencia: o actuamos de inmediato, o nos enfrentaremos a la extincion masiva. De lectura absolutamente trepidante, Seis grados muestra como podemos evitar la catastrofe antes de que sea demasiado tarde."Un manual apocaliptico sobre lo que nos deparara el calentamiento de la Tierra... Informacion para reflexionar y para avergonzarse". Financial Times"La intencion de Lynas es incentivar al lector para que entre en accion, y no deprimirlo... Un narrador apasionante". Nature"Escrito con pasion y cargado con una cantidad impresionante de informacion". The Guardian

This book must not be ignored. It really is our final warning. Mark Lynas delivers a vital account of the future of our earth, and our civilisation, if current rates of global warming persist. And its only looking worse. We are living in a climate emergency. But how much worse could it get? Will civilisation collapse? Are we already past the point of no return? What kind of future can our children expect? Rigorously cataloguing the very latest climate science, Mark Lynas explores the course we have set for Earth over the next century and beyond. Degree by terrifying degree, he charts the likely consequences of global heating and the ensuing climate catastrophe. At one degree the world we are already living in vast wildfires scorch California and Australia, while monster hurricanes devastate coastal cities. At two degrees the Arctic ice cap melts away, and coral reefs disappear from the tropics. At three, the world begins to run out of food, threatening millions with starvation. At four, large areas of the globe are too hot for human habitation, erasing entire nations and turning billions into climate refugees. At five, the planet is warmer than for 55 million years, while at six degrees a mass extinction of unparalleled proportions sweeps the planet, even raising the threat of the end of all life on Earth. These escalating consequences can still be avoided, but time is running out. We must largely stop burning fossil fuels within a decade if we are to save the coral reefs and the Arctic. If we fail, then we risk crossing tipping points that could push global climate chaos out of humanitys control. This book must not be ignored. It really is our final warning.

What effect are you having on the environment? If you buy Kenyan green beans what is the CO2 cost? What about your journey to work, your fridge or your clothes? The Gem Carbon Counter is your portable instant green reckoner. This handy little book includes: Introduction by Mark Lynas author of Hide Tide: News from a Warming World Welcome to the Greenhouse: Explains what the Greenhouse effect actually is, all the issues surrounding global warming and your carbon footprint? Your Carbon Footprint: Measure your own carbon footprint covering all aspects of your life from your food shopping to your work, holidays and clothes. Starting with your home gas and electricity supplies and usage, the handy green reckoner takes you through each part of your life and helps you add up the impact you are making on the environment. So, in turn, it allows you to identify the key parts of your life which youll need to adapt to reduce your carbon footprint: from which coffee you drink to how often you go on holiday. Sustainability: How do you measure up in comparison to the average persons carbon footprint? What can you do to generate your own energy and therefore reduce your footprint and what sort of targets can you set yourself? Helpful Appendices: Includes information on carbon emissions for journeys by car, train and plane. A list of corporate companies, their emissions and what they are doing to reduce their carbon footprint so that as a consumer, you can make decisions on who you support. A helpful carbon diary where you can record your carbon footprint for the year. Useful websites where you can read more about green issues.

An eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth and our civilisation if current rates of global warming persist, by the highly acclaimed author of High Tide. Picture yourself a few decades from now, in a world in which average temperatures are three degrees higher than they are now. On the edge of Greenland, rivers ten times the size of the Amazon are gushing off the ice sheet into the north Atlantic. Displaced victims of North Africas drought establish a new colony on Greenlands southern tip, one of the few inhabitable areas not already crowded with environmental refugees. Vast pumping systems keep the water out of most of Holland, but the residents of Bangladesh and the Nile Delta enjoy no such protection. Meanwhile, in New York, a Category 5-plus superstorm pushes through the narrows between Staten Island and Brooklyn, devastating waterside areas from Long Island to Manhattan. Pakistan, crippled by drought brought on by disappearing Himalayan glaciers, sees 27 million farmers flee to refugee camps in neighbouring India. Its desperate government prepares a last-ditch attempt to increase the flow of the Indus river by bombing half-constructed Indian dams in Kashmir. The Pakistani president authorises the use of nuclear weapons in the case of an Indian military counter-strike. But the biggest story of all comes from South America, where a conflagration of truly epic proportions has begun to consume the Amazon Alien as it all sounds, Mark Lynass incredible new book is not science-fiction; nor is it sensationalist. The six degrees of the title refer to the terrifying possibility that average temperatures will rise by up to six degrees within the next hundred years. This is the first time we have had a reliable picture of how the collapse of our civilisation will unfold unless urgent action is taken. Most vitally, Lynass book serves to highlight the fact that the world of 2100 doesnt have to be one of horror and chaos. With a little foresight, some intelligent strategic planning, and a reasonable dose of good luck, we can at least halt the catastrophic trend into which we have fallen. But the time to act is now.

The No Logo of climate change a book that shows how global warming is not a theory we should still debate, but something that has already happened on a global scale. Climate change is not a concern for the future. Its happening right now. In this book based on the latest scientific evidence the author takes us around the world to show the impact of global warming already being felt in peoples lives. From sand-buried houses in China to thawing Alaskan plains, the author witnesses some of the worst effects of climate change at first hand. Some, like the floods in the UK, are near home. Others like the drowning Pacific island of Tuvalu are a world away from the exhaust pipes and factory chimneys that are actually causing global warming. But this isnt simply an inventory of disaster, its a wry look at how people around the globe are coping as their world changes at unprecedented speed. In the process, the author eats whale blubber in Alaska, swims in shark-infested waters off the Great Barrier Reef and struggles to the top of Andean peaks in Peru. An adventure with a conscience and an argument with an urgent purpose, High Tide is an extremely important book.

Un glaciar desaparece en los Andes peruanos. Se producen inundaciones en la campiña inglesa. Diez mil isleños del Pacífico abandonan sus hogares. Una tormenta de polvo convierte el día en noche a traves de las llanuras de la Mongolia interior. Muchas personas podrian pensar que estos acontecimientos no guardan relacion. Pero se equivocan. Mientras los cientificos y otros expertos siguen debatiendo los detalles, la crisis climatica, casi inadvertida, se ha instalado en el planeta Tierra. Marea alta revela las primeras pruebas, recogidas durante tres años de viajes a los lugares mas alejados del globo, de como el calentamiento global nos esta afectando. Lynas hace aqui una severa advertencia. Nadie que lea esta obra podra mirar atras y decir que no lo sabia.

Los dos libros sobre cambio climático más impactantes de los últimos tiempos a un precio excepcional.En "Seis grados", premio de la Royal Society al mejor libro de divulgación científica, Mark Lynas nos descubre grado a grado los terribles efectos sobre el clima y la naturaleza que provocara el progresivo calentamiento global de nuestro planeta. Y en "Guerras climaticas", el experto en geopolitica mundial Gwynne Dyer analiza las secuelas politicas, sociales y militares que acarrearan dichos cambios: guerras, hambrunas, oleadas de refugiados Dos titulos que se complementan a la perfeccion para explicar las consecuencias del cambio climatico en un futuro muy cercano ¡si no se toman medidas de inmediato!"Seis grados es un manual apocaliptico sobre lo que nos deparara el calentamiento de la Tierra... informacion para reflexionar y para avergonzarse."Financial Times"Guerras climaticas auna disciplinas muy diversas para completar un analisis que ayuda a entender por que el cambio climatico crea un planeta mas inseguro."La Vanguardia

Marea alta revela las primeras pruebas, recogidas minuciosamente en el curso de tres años de viajes a los lugares más alejados del globo, de cómo el calentamiento global nos está afectando. Habla de la experiencia de esquimales de Alaska, isleños de los Mares del Sur, pastores de ovejas chinos y victimas de inundaciones en Gran Bretaña. Lynas hace aqui una severa advertencia. Nadie que lea esta obra podra mirar atras y decir que no lo sabia.Con Marea alta, Mark Lynas nos ha hecho un gran regalo: ha viajado por el tiempo hacia nuestro aterrador futuro volectivo, un futuro que ya ha llegado a los lugares mas alejados del globo. Acompañele en este pasmoso viaje, y le prometo que regresara cambiado y decidido a alterar el curso de la historia. Naomi Klein, autora de No logo.

LA TRILOGIA DEFINITIVA PER ENTENDRE EL CANVI CLIMÀTIC"Sis graus", premi de la Royal Society a la Divulgació Científica, és un estudi explosiu que investiga grau a grau els terribles efectes sobre el

Originally published as The God Species: How the Planet Can Survive the Age of Humans The green movement has got it very wrong. Nature no longer controls our planet it is humanity, the god species, that must save the environment we have inflicted unprecedented damage upon. And the tools we must use are the very technologies that environmentalist have told us for years will spell disaster: nuclear power, GM food and geo-engineering. In this blistering and urgent manifesto, Mark Lynas identifies a new future for the green movement and an entirely fresh agenda for how we will save the Earth, and ourselves.