{"product_id":"six-degrees-our-future-on-a-hotter-planet-9781426203855","title":"Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet","description":"Possibly the most graphic treatment of global warming that has yet been published, \u003ci\u003eSix Degrees\u003c\/i\u003e is what readers of Al Gore's best-selling \u003ci\u003eAn Inconvenient Truth\u003c\/i\u003e or Ross Gelbspan's \u003ci\u003eBoiling Point\u003c\/i\u003e will turn to next. Written by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eHigh Tide\u003c\/i\u003e, this highly relevant and compelling book uses accessible journalistic prose to distill what environmental scientists portend about the consequences of human pollution for the next hundred years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2001, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a landmark report projecting average global surface temperatures to rise between 1.4 degrees and 5.8 degrees Celsius (roughly 2 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of this century. Based on this forecast, author Mark Lynas outlines what to expect from a warming world, degree by degree. At 1 degree Celsius, most coral reefs and many mountain glaciers will be lost. A 3-degree rise would spell the collapse of the Amazon rainforest, disappearance of Greenland's ice sheet, and the creation of deserts across the Midwestern United States and southern Africa. A 6-degree increase would eliminate most life on Earth, including much of humanity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on authoritative scientific articles, the latest computer models, and information about past warm events in Earth history, \u003ci\u003eSix Degrees\u003c\/i\u003e promises to be an eye-opening warning that humanity will ignore at its peril.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National Geographic Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781426203855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Mark Lynas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935573807285,"sku":"9781426203855","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e405ccf6-0d97-4e34-9e38-ed59926e71d1.jpg?v=1688489734","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/six-degrees-our-future-on-a-hotter-planet-9781426203855","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}