The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civilizations

Eugene Linden

ISBN 10: 0684863529 / ISBN 13: 9780684863528

Published by Simon & Schuster February 2006, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civilizations
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster February 2006
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684863529
• ISBN 13: 9780684863528
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science::Environmental/Conservation

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Synopsis

A concise history of significant world events that occurred as a direct result of climate changes describes lost societies in Greenland, central America, and central Africa, in a cautionary account that evaluates the present world's readiness for threatening climate changes. By the author of The Octopus and the Orangutan. 35,000 first printing

About the Author

Eugene Linden is the author of seven books and for many years wrote about global environmental issues for Time. He has contributed to The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Fortune, and Slate. Linden has won numerous journalistic awards, including the American Geophysical Union?s Walter Sullivan Award. He was named by Yale University in 2001 as a Poynter Fellow in honor of his work in environmental journalism. He lives in Washington, D.C.