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A Brief History of Climate Folly

تاريخ موجز للحماقة المناخية

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What do we do about the climate? If cutting emissions is too difficult and too slow, maybe science can find a solution?

It turns out that this thinking is as old as humanity. For thousands of years, humans have sought - or claimed - to influence the weather, from sorcery to cloud seeding and Cold War plans to destroy the Arctic ice sheet. In this engaging overview of history's greatest and strangest climate change attempts, Tim and Emma Flannery address a crucial question: Can weAchieving better outcomes in the Anthropocene? After all, our lives depend on it.

A Brief History of Climate Folly

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PublisherThe Text Publishing CompanyWebsite
Countryاستراليا
Primary CategoryTechnologies and Sciences
Published2026
LanguageEnglish (EN)
Pages192 pages
EditionThe first
Dimensions12×19
ISBN9781923058965
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About Tim Flannery

Tim Flannery is a paleontologist, an explorer, a conservationist and a leading writer on climate change. His books include the award-winning international bestseller *The Weather Maker*s, and *Here on Earth*, *Atmosphere of Hope* and *Europe: The First 100 Million Years*, as well as his previous collaboration with his daughter, Emma Flannery, *Big Meg*.

About Emma Flannery

Emma Flannery is a scientist and writer. She has explored caves, forests and oceans across most of the globe’s continents in search of elusive fossils, animals and plants. Her research and writing on geology, chemistry and paleontology has been published in scientific journals, children’s books and a number of museum-based adult education tours.

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