Feeling The Heat
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Author: Jo Chandler
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 256
Feeling the Heat reveals startling truths about that delicate, confounding organism we call Earth. In Feeling the Heat, journalist Jo Chandler sets out on a quest that takes her across the Antarctic ice, under the seas and through the tropical rainforests of far north Queensland. Her mission is to explore one of the defining mysteries of our age-climate change. The story Chandler tells is an epic adventure complete with heroes and villains. It's a love story for those with an affection for nature. A reality show like no other. It's also a story of science in its most glorious, pure form. Chandler takes us into wild landscapes in the company of scientists trying to decode climate information that will be critical to the decisions we make for the future of the planet. Written in the vein of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief, and by turn lyrical, funny, and achingly sad, Feeling the Heat reveals startling truths about that delicate, confounding organism we call Earth. Winner- 2012 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing Shortlisted- 2011 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Science Writer Award Longlisted- 2012 John Button Prize
Author: Jo Chandler
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 256
Feeling the Heat reveals startling truths about that delicate, confounding organism we call Earth. In Feeling the Heat, journalist Jo Chandler sets out on a quest that takes her across the Antarctic ice, under the seas and through the tropical rainforests of far north Queensland. Her mission is to explore one of the defining mysteries of our age-climate change. The story Chandler tells is an epic adventure complete with heroes and villains. It's a love story for those with an affection for nature. A reality show like no other. It's also a story of science in its most glorious, pure form. Chandler takes us into wild landscapes in the company of scientists trying to decode climate information that will be critical to the decisions we make for the future of the planet. Written in the vein of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief, and by turn lyrical, funny, and achingly sad, Feeling the Heat reveals startling truths about that delicate, confounding organism we call Earth. Winner- 2012 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing Shortlisted- 2011 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Science Writer Award Longlisted- 2012 John Button Prize
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Jo Chandler
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 256
Feeling the Heat reveals startling truths about that delicate, confounding organism we call Earth. In Feeling the Heat, journalist Jo Chandler sets out on a quest that takes her across the Antarctic ice, under the seas and through the tropical rainforests of far north Queensland. Her mission is to explore one of the defining mysteries of our age-climate change. The story Chandler tells is an epic adventure complete with heroes and villains. It's a love story for those with an affection for nature. A reality show like no other. It's also a story of science in its most glorious, pure form. Chandler takes us into wild landscapes in the company of scientists trying to decode climate information that will be critical to the decisions we make for the future of the planet. Written in the vein of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief, and by turn lyrical, funny, and achingly sad, Feeling the Heat reveals startling truths about that delicate, confounding organism we call Earth. Winner- 2012 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing Shortlisted- 2011 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Science Writer Award Longlisted- 2012 John Button Prize
Author: Jo Chandler
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 256
Feeling the Heat reveals startling truths about that delicate, confounding organism we call Earth. In Feeling the Heat, journalist Jo Chandler sets out on a quest that takes her across the Antarctic ice, under the seas and through the tropical rainforests of far north Queensland. Her mission is to explore one of the defining mysteries of our age-climate change. The story Chandler tells is an epic adventure complete with heroes and villains. It's a love story for those with an affection for nature. A reality show like no other. It's also a story of science in its most glorious, pure form. Chandler takes us into wild landscapes in the company of scientists trying to decode climate information that will be critical to the decisions we make for the future of the planet. Written in the vein of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief, and by turn lyrical, funny, and achingly sad, Feeling the Heat reveals startling truths about that delicate, confounding organism we call Earth. Winner- 2012 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing Shortlisted- 2011 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Science Writer Award Longlisted- 2012 John Button Prize
Feeling The Heat