The Coming Storm: Extreme Weather and Our Terrifying Future - Hardcover

Reiss, Bob

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786866659 ISBN 13: 9780786866656

Verlag: Hyperion, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

Tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, heat wavesacts of God or the results of mans actions To answer that question, this riveting book places readers in the eye of todays deadliest storms. If you think the worlds weather catastrophes are becoming more frequent and more powerful, youre right. Ten of the last eleven years have been the hottest on record, filled with dozens of record-breaking hurricanes, floods, and droughts. Is this a coincidence, or is our civilization wreaking havoc on global weather Journalist Bob Reiss shares North Americas growing fascinationand concernwith the phenomenon of extreme weather, a series of interlocking human stories that together create an ominous forecast for the twenty-first century. The Coming Storm presents a frightening, enlightening, and fascinating portrait of an ecosystem off track.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Bob Reiss is a former Chicago Tribune reporter who has written for The Washington Post, Outside, Parade, Smithsonian, GQ, and Rolling Stone.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Hyperion
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0786866659
• ISBN 13: 9780786866656
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 323
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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