Resultaten voor 'tim flannery'
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A Brief History of Climate Folly
If reducing carbon emissions is too difficult and too slow, could we engineer a scientific solution to the climate crisis?For millennia, humans have been trying - or claiming to - influence the weather. We have thought up ever more audacious and technologically advanced ways to change our climate to suit our needs, from performing human sacrifices, to drawing up plans to drain the Mediterranean, create a 'second moon', or even drop nuclear bombs on polar ice caps.In this book, Tim and Emma Flannery provide an entertaining overview of the most extraordinary attempts - from the utterly ridiculous to the not so sublime - and the ecological, geopolitical, and ethical issues they have raised. But despite past failures and wasted resources, new initiatives are being explored to bring us back from the brink of climate collapse: from pumping saltwater into the Arctic to injecting sulphur into the atmosphere. Drawing on the most up-to-date developments in climate science, Tim and Emma show us how these technological efforts are just as likely to fail and our hubris may lead us into even greater destruction.
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Life On Us
Life On Us is a first-of-its-kind exploration of everything that lives ON and IN us, but is NOT us, from one of the world’s greatest living explorers and scientists! Welcome to the fascinating world of Life On Us! Our bodies are home to tens of thousands of species that aren't at all human – on our skin, inside our gut and even in our brain, and they can have an extraordinary impact on how we feel, act and live. Many organisms are microscopic, but some are far longer than we are. Some make frequent but temporary visits, while others stay for a very long time! Get ready to learn all about our amazing microbiome and the trouble-making germs and parasites you won't like to host. Scientist-extraordinaire Tim Flannery and his daughter Emma Flannery come together in this incredible exploration of a rapidly growing and enormously exciting area of science. Together, they've assembled possibly the weirdest collection of knowledge about the human body, from poo transfusions to research into how parasites can help us. Find out what's living on you! Did you know: - that your gut microbiome makes up three-quarters of the weight of your poo? - that COVID-19 can enter your body through your eyeballs? - that botox is more poisonous than any snake, spider or jellyfish? - that your pet cat could pass on a mind-controlling parasite?
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Megahaai
Het verhaal van het grootste roofdier dat ooit leefdeStel je een woeste zeejager voor van twintig meter lang, twee keer zo zwaar als een bultrugwalvis en tien keer zo hoog als de Tyrannosaurus rex, met kaken die twee meter wijd open kunnen gaan en volgepropt zijn met 276 gekartelde hoektanden. Deze reuzenhaai, de megalodon, zwom drie miljoen jaar geleden rond. Als je dat vergelijkt met de dinosauriërs die 66 miljoen jaar geleden werden uitgeroeid is dat nog maar kortgeleden. Toch zijn er nauwelijks vondsten van tanden en wervels van de megalodon bekend; zijn bestaan is gehuld in mysteriën ... tot nu. Tim Flannery en zijn dochter Emma vertellen voor het eerst het spannende verhaal van de reuzenhaai, een mijlpaal in de paleontologie. Megahaai is de biografie van het ultieme roofdier en beschrijft de zoektocht naar de mystificatie van deze kolos die vrijwel zonder een spoor achter te laten van de aardbodem verdween. De auteurs onthullen waar en hoe hij leefde en bespreken de theorieën rond zijn bestaan, inclusief de verhalen die suggereren dat hij misschien nog rondspookt in de diepte van de oceanen. ‘Als je al niet verslaafd bent aan Tim Flannery’s verhalen, ontdek hem dan nu.' – Jared Diamond.
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Beautiful Lies
In Beautiful Lies Tim Flannery launches an attack on the various lies that we tell ourselves about our resources, our past and our future.¿The lie of terra nullius that made us ignore the Aborigines' knowledge of the environment. The lie of the Snowy Mountains Scheme that did untold damage to our river system for the sake of white immigration. The lie that rushing to preserve wilderness will save endangered species. Tim Flannery is also skeptical about the myths of multiculturalism, and he argues that we cannot sustain a larger population given our resources. In his conclusion, he asks how we can discharge our responsibility to the refugees who are the victims of American policies we collude with.'This essay is written as a thundering no to the characteristic Australian assumption that 'She'll be right' . . . This is a Quarterly Essay written in the passionate belief that we need a coherent policy on population . . . If we do not have one, we will never be in a position to do justice to . . . the dispossessed people of the earth; indeed our children's children will . . . think we have dishonoured their birthright.' -Peter Craven, Introduction'The refusal to ratify the Kyoto Protocol will almost certainly, in time, be remembered as the greatest failure of the Howard government - Tampa, detention camps and Iraq notwithstanding.' -Tim Flannery, Beautiful Lies
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Big Meg
"When Tim Flannery was a boy he found a fossilized tooth of the giant shark megalodon at a beach near his home in Australia. This remarkable find-the tooth was large enough to cover his palm-sparked an interest in paleontology that was to inform his life's work and a lifelong quest to uncover the secrets of the great shark Otodus megalodon. Tim passed on his love of the natural world and interest in the fossil record to his daughter, Emma, a scientist and writer. And now, together, they have written a fascinating account of this ancient marine creature. Big Meg charts the evolution of megalodon, its super-predator status for about fifteen million years and its decline and extinction. It delves into the fossil record to answer questions about its behavior and role in shaping marine ecosystems as well as its impact on the human psyche. It contains stories of the scientist and amateur fossil hunters who have scoured the seas, and land, for fossil remains, drawn to the beauty and mystique of the great shark, sometimes meeting their death in the process."--
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Now or Never
Sometime this century, after 4 billion years, some of Earth's regulatory systems will pass from control through evolution by natural selection, to control by human intelligence. Will humanity rise to the challenge?This landmark essay by Tim Flannery is about sustainability, our search for it in the twenty-first century, and the impact it might have on the environ- mental threats that confront us today. Flannery discusses in detail three potential solutions to the most pressing of the sustainability challenges: climate change. He argues that Australia has a special responsibility when it comes to climate change, and that our prime minister could be a critical player on the global stage in Copenhagen in December 2009 - but only if we take swift and effective action and make sharp cuts in emissions. Brilliant and terrifying, Now or Never is a call to arms by Australia's leading thinker and writer on the natural world."Throughout the latter part of 2007 and into 2008, I found it increasingly hard to read the scientific findings on climate change without despairing ... I think that there is now a better than even chance that, despite our best efforts, in the coming two or three decades Earth's climate system will pass the point of no return." Tim Flannery, Now or Never
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Big Meg
'Big Meg is big fun! It's packed to the gills with gobsmacking facts, insightful conjecture, and personal obs from two world-class scientists and explorers ... a megaladon of delight for any shark-lover!' - Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus'Tim Flannery scores again, diving into the murky myth-filled waters surrounding the world's biggest predator, and surfacing with a breathless true story stuffed with astounding facts and personal experience.' - Lucy Cooke, author of Bitch and The Unexpected Truth about Animals'If you are not already addicted to Tim Flannery's writing, discover him now.' - Jared Diamond, author of Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel'Engagingly written and a real labour of love (down to the tiny fin at the bottom of each right hand page). Give this book to the wannabe palaeontologist in your life' - MAIL ON SUNDAY------------------------------------------------------------------------------Imagine a ferocious marine hunter up to twenty metres long, weighing twice as much as a humpback whale and ten times more than Tyrannosaurus rex. With jaws that can open two metres wide, crammed with 276 serrated fangs, it can bite down with the greatest force of any animal that has ever lived. This is the Megalodon, also known as 'the Bigtooth', and it swam in our waters three million years ago. Compared with the dinosaurs, wiped out 66 million years ago, this is but a stone's throw into our planet's shadowy past when monsters reigned. Yet the Megalodon has been largely absent from the fossil record, leaving behind only a smattering of teeth and vertebrae prized by collectors, its existence steeped in mystery... until now. Marking a milestone in palaeontology, Tim Flannery, celebrated environmentalist, zoologist and explorer, and his scientist daughter Emma, tell the story of the giant shark for the first time. Big Meg follows the quest to demystify the colossus that left Earth with barely a trace, reveals where and how it lived, and discusses the theories and haunting stories surrounding this ancient legendary creature, including that it may still stalk the deep... This is the biography of the ultimate apex predator - a vital piece of the great natural history of our planet - and a compelling exploration of its awesome grip on the human imagination today. ............................................................................. ............................................................................. ............................................................. 'Tim Flannery is the real thing: a man with a gift for lucid exposition, who can really make his subject come alive.' Literary Review'This man is a national treasure, and we should heed his every word' Sunday Telegraph
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De bizarste beesten ooit
Zet je schrap! Je gaat op reis door de tijd met professor Tim Flannery, de meest enthousiaste ontdekkingsreiziger en wetenschapper ter wereld, om de bizarste beesten te ontmoeten die ooit hebben geleefd – en zijn gestorven. Zet de tijdmachine aan en ontdek het allemaal! Dit is een fantastisch nieuw boek van de auteur van Gek! Gaaf! Geweldig! en Duik mee in de diepzee. Elke bladzijde krioelt van de felgekleurde illustraties en barst van de krankzinnigste feiten over de ongelooflijke dieren die ooit op aarde rondzwierven – je zult je verbazen, lachen en rillen van afschuw!
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Gek, Gaaf, Geweldig!
Gek, Gaaf, Geweldig! Niet eerder was een titel zó van toepassing op een boek! 256 kleurige bladzijden met het ene na het andere wonder uit de natuur. Je blijft je verbazen! Tim Flannery is een dierenexpert en ontdekkingsreiziger die al tientallen dieren heeft ontdekt die geen mens ooit eerder zag. Hij heeft het boek geschreven waar hij als kind altijd al van droomde. Een boek waar je je over blijft verbazen en dat je de meest bijzondere wonderen van de natuur laat zien. Flannery neemt je mee op reis over land, door bossen, woestijnen en graslanden, door de lucht en duikt met je het water in. Je leert welk insect tranen drinkt, wat adelaars eten, waarom een stinkdier strepen heeft – je ontdekt dieren die je wildste dromen overtreffen – je hoort verhalen over de avonturen die Flannery op zijn tochten beleefde – je komt, kortom, van alles te weten over honderden dieren! En alle verhalen en feitjes zijn ook nog eens vrolijk geïllustreerd door Sam Caldwell. Na het lezen van dit boek wil iedereen bioloog worden, of paleontoloog, of ecoloog… In ieder geval wordt elke lezer een natuurliefhebber. Want dit boek is onweerstaanbaar.
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Europa
De eerste 100 miljoen jaarTim Flannery brengt in zijn baanbrekende boek Europa de geschiedenis van ons werelddeel in kaart en de krachten die het leven erop vormen – inclusief de moderne mens – en schildert daarmee een portret van een continent dat vandaag de dag nog steeds een enorme invloed op de wereld uitoefent. Zo’n 100 miljoen jaar geleden dreven de drie grote continenten – Azië, Noord-Amerika en Afrika – uit elkaar, waardoor een grote, tropische eilandenarchipel ontstond. Deze archipel zou zich ontwikkelen tot Europa. Flannery vertelt de rijke geschiedenis van dit werelddeel vanuit een verrassende en vernieuwende invalshoek: de ecologie. Door de eeuwen heen zijn talloze dier- en plantsoorten naar Europa gemigreerd en met het continent mee geëvolueerd. In Europa werden de eerste koraalriffen gevormd, leefden holenberen, mammoeten en ’s werelds grootste olifanten én vonden cruciale ontwikkelingen plaats in de ontwikkeling van onze eigen soort. Sinds de mens 40 000 jaar geleden in Europa aankwam heeft hij enorme invloed gehad op de flora en fauna, en die invloed neemt alleen maar toe.
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Quarterly Essay 48, After the Future
Australia is home to many animals and plants found nowhere else on earth, making Australians caretakers of a unique heritage in a land that tolerates few mistakes. Yet, in After the Future, Tim Flannery shows that this country is now on the brink of a new wave of extinctions, which threatens to leave our national parks as "marsupial ghost towns." Why are species becoming extinct despite the tens of millions of dollars being spent to protect nature? And what more should be done?In this passionate and illuminating essay, Flannery tells the story of the human impact on the continent. He revisits his Future Eaters hypothesis, discussing how firestick farming helped to shape the ecology and preserve native fauna. He looks at the way recent governments, in tandem with an indifferent populace and a rabid libertarian right, have let environmental knowledge and commitments erode. Finally, he describes new approaches to wildlife conservation and argues that Australia must take the lead on these. This is an essay that rings the alarm on behalf of the natural world, and asks us to think again about protection of its irreplaceable riches."Such is the depth of public ignorance about Australia's extinction crisis that most people are unaware that it is occurring, while those who do know of it commonly believe that our national parks and reserves are safe places for threatened species. In fact the second extinction wave is now in full swing, and it's emptying our national parks and wildlife reserves as ruthlessly as other landscapes."-Tim Flannery, After the FutureiCorrespondenceThis issue also contains correspondence relating to the previous issue QE47 Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbott by David Marr.
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Here on Earth
What is our place on Earth? Are humans destined to become a footnote in history or will we become stronger and wiser and conquer our environmental problems? In this extraordinary story of our planet and our place upon it Here on Earth discovers the remarkable source of all life and how it has developed into the wonder around us today. From ant-colonies to zinc mining Tim Flannery takes us on a journey around the world and from the top of the food-chain to the very chemicals of which we are made and explores how the fate of humanity is in our own hands.
€ 23,60