by Tim F. Flannery · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141026275
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«The Weather Makers» is a popular science essay by Tim Flannery, published by Penguin Books in paperback (368 pages, in English).
Tim Flannery narrates the history of the Earth's climate and how science has come to understand it, from the past to the present. The journey crosses ecosystems around the world and explains how global warming already manifests in phenomena such as hurricanes and heatwaves, with consequences for the future of life on Earth.
«The Weather Makers» received the Australian Book Industry Award and the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award in 2006.
Aimed at general readers interested in science, ecology and climate change, as well as students and academic audiences.
Timothy Fridtjof Flannery is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, conservationist, explorer, author, science communicator, activist, and public scientist. He is especially known for his 1994 book The Future Eaters, on the natural history of Australia, which was adapted for television in 2006, and his 2006 book The Weather Makers, about the effects of climate change in Australia.
