Fire, Storm and Flood, 9781800242494
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Earth’s violent climate: from ancient disasters to human-caused chaos.
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Fire, Storm and Flood

the violence of climate change

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    320 pages

  • Release Date

    27 October 2021

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Summary

Fire, Storm, and Flood: A Photographic Journey Through Earth’s Climate History

Violent geologic events have ravaged the Earth since time began, spanning the vast eons of our planet’s existence. These seismic phenomena have scored their marks in rock strata and been reflected in fossil records for future humanity to excavate and ponder. For most of the preceding 78,000 years Homo sapiens simply observed natural climate upheaval. One hundred years ago, however, industrialization stunn…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781800242494
ISBN-10:1800242492
Author:James Dyke
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Apollo
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:27 October 2021
Weight:1.47kg
Dimensions:246mm x 189mm
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Critics Review

‘This impactful book, full of dramatic photography, is a global wake-up call’

This impactful book, full of dramatic photography, is a global wake-up call * Daily Mail *

About The Author

James Dyke

Dr. James Dyke is Assistant Director of the Global Systems Institute and Programme Director of the MSc ‘Global Sustainability Solutions’ at the University of Exeter. He is Visiting Fellow in the School of Geography & Environmental Science at the University of Southampton where, previous to his Exeter appointment, he was an Associate Professor of Sustainability Science. Dyke is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a member of the European Geophysical Union, and serves on the editorial board of the journal Earth System Dynamics. He regularly writes for The Ecologist, Guardian, and Independent. He has written over forty peer-reviewed science papers and book chapters, and over forty-five popular science and environmental articles.

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