Planet

Der australische Verlag Lonely Planet Publications (abgekürzt Lonely Planet oder LP, deutsch: „einsamer Planet“) nimmt für sich in Anspruch, der weltweit größte Verlag für unabhängige Reise- und Sprachführer zu sein. Die Reiseführer des Unternehmens, die mittlerweile zu fast allen Ländern, Metropolen und Regionen erscheinen, sind besonders unter Rucksacktouristen weit verbreitet. Sie erscheinen in 14 Sprachen (u. a. Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch, Spanisch und Hebräisch). Die Gesamtzahl der Titel liegt bei etwa 650, die Gesamtauflage bei etwa 55 Millionen. Der Verlag beschäftigt über 400 Angestellte in seinen Niederlassungen in Melbourne, Oakland, London und Paris und hält ein Kontingent von ca. 150 Autoren.

In his first speech in the Senate, Bob Brown raised the threat posed by climate change. It has taken 10 years for politicians to finally begin to acknowledge the causes and effects of climate change.

This book is a thorough introduction to climate science and global change. The author is a geologist who has spent much of his life investigating the climate of Earth from a time when it was warm and dinosaurs roamed the land, to today's changing climate. Bill Hay takes you on a journey to understand how the climate system works. He explores how humans are unintentionally conducting a grand uncontrolled experiment which is leading to unanticipated changes. We follow the twisting path of seemingly unrelated discoveries in physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and even mathematics to learn how they led to our present knowledge of how our planet works. He explains why the weather is becoming increasingly chaotic as our planet warms at a rate far faster than at any time in its geologic past. He speculates on possible future outcomes, and suggests that nature itself may make some unexpected course corrections.

This book is a thorough introduction to climate science and global change. The author is a geologist who has spent much of his life investigating the climate of Earth from a time when it was warm and dinosaurs roamed the land, to today's changing climate. Bill Hay takes you on a journey to understand how the climate system works. He explores how humans are unintentionally conducting a grand uncontrolled experiment which is leading to unanticipated changes. We follow the twisting path of seemingly unrelated discoveries in physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and even mathematics to learn how they led to our present knowledge of how our planet works. He explains why the weather is becoming increasingly chaotic as our planet warms at a rate far faster than at any time in its geologic past. He speculates on possible future outcomes, and suggests that nature itself may make some unexpected course corrections.