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Uncover Australia’s climate history, human impact, and a vulnerable future.
Sunburnt Country
The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia
$44.99
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277 pages
- Release Date
2 April 2018
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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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522871548 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522871542 |
| Author: | Joelle Gergis |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 277 |
| Release Date: | 2 April 2018 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 153mm x 231mm |
A-Format111 × 178 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
153 × 231 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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About The Author
Joelle Gergis
Joelle Gergis is an award-winning climate scientist and writer from the University of Melbourne.
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