Sunburnt country : the history and future of climate change in Australia / Joëlle Gergis.
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TextPublisher: Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Publishing, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: FirstDescription: x, 310 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), facsimiles ; 24 cmContent type: cartographic image | still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780522871548; 9780522871555 (ebook)Subject(s): Nature -- Effect of human beings on | Climate change -- Australia | Nature -- Effects of human beings on | Weather -- Environmental aspects -- Australia | Human beings -- Effect of environment on | Meteorology -- Australia | Global warming -- Australia | Weather -- Australia | Climatic changes | Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- Australia | Climatic changes -- Australia -- History | Climatic changes | Klimaänderung | Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning | Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning | Climate change -- Australia -- History | Weather -- Australia -- History | Climatic changes -- Australia | Australia -- Climate | Australia -- Climate -- History | Australien | Australia | AustralianDDC classification: 363.73874 LOC classification: QC903.2.A8 | G47 2018Also published electronically.Summary: What was Australia's climate like before official weather records began? How do scientists use tree-rings, ice cores and tropical corals to retrace the past? What do Indigenous seasonal calendars reveal? And what do settler diary entries about rainfall, droughts, bushfires and snowfalls tell us about natural climate cycles? Sunburnt Country pieces together Australia's climate history for the first time. It uncovers a continent long vulnerable to climate extremes and variability. It gives an unparalleled perspective on how human activities have altered patterns that have been with us for millions of years, and what climate change looks like in our own backyard. Sunburnt Country highlights the impact of a warming planet on Australian lifestyles and ecosystems and the power we all have to shape future life on Earth.
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Includes bibliographical references ( pages 274-299) and index.
What was Australia's climate like before official weather records began? How do scientists use tree-rings, ice cores and tropical corals to retrace the past? What do Indigenous seasonal calendars reveal? And what do settler diary entries about rainfall, droughts, bushfires and snowfalls tell us about natural climate cycles? Sunburnt Country pieces together Australia's climate history for the first time. It uncovers a continent long vulnerable to climate extremes and variability. It gives an unparalleled perspective on how human activities have altered patterns that have been with us for millions of years, and what climate change looks like in our own backyard. Sunburnt Country highlights the impact of a warming planet on Australian lifestyles and ecosystems and the power we all have to shape future life on Earth.
Also published electronically.
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