The weather makers : how man is changing the climate and what it means for life on Earth / Tim Flannery.
Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956-
2005
QC981.8.C5 F438 2005 (Mapit)
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Title The weather makers : how man is changing the climate and what it means for life on Earth / Tim Flannery.
Author Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956-
Edition 1st American ed.
ISBN 0871139359
Imprint New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2005.
Language English
Description xv, 357 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Other Standard Identifiers 9780871139351
Call Number QC981.8.C5 F438 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.738/74
Note "Originally published in 2005 by Text Publishing Company, Melbourne, Australia"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-343) and index.
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