Turn on the television, read any newspaper - one cannot avoid stories of major changes that are taking place on Earth. An increase in hurricanes and tornadoes, huge tsunamis, flooding along the coasts, melting of polar ice caps. What's going on?
With over two hundred stunning images from the air, land and space, Fragile Earth attempts to answer these questions by bringing together the most dramatic natural and man-made events. You can trace, building-by-building, the path Hurricane Katrina took through New Orleans; or see clearly the damage done to the presidential palace in Baghdad during the war in Iraq. The rapid decrease in glaciers worldwide and the impact on our coastline of rising sea levels is vividly illustrated.
- This book is the first to visually show the extraordinary effects of man and nature on our planet.
- Provides the facts and images that show how the changing world will affect your life.
- • Foreword by Sir Ranulph Fiennes and viewpoints from renowned authorities on environmental issues. Contributors include Elizabeth Kolbert, Bjørn Lomborg, Mark Lynas, Guy Dauncey and Tim Flannery.
Large format hardback
Publication date: September 2006
UK price: £30
ISBN: 978-0-00-723314-4
Trim Size: 280 x 250mm (11.3 x 10.2 in)
Extent: 272 pages
Illustrations: 218 stunning images
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Small format paperback with expanded future chapter
Publication date: March 2008
UK price: £12.99
ISBN: 978-0-00-726680-7
Trim Size: 210 x 187mm (8.2 x 7.4 in)
Extent: 304 pages
Illustrations: 246 stunning images
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