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Imagine a ferocious marine hunter up to 20 metres long, weighing twice as much as a humpback whale and ten times more than Tyrannosaurus rex. With jaws that open three 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, and it once existed 3 million years ago. Next to the dinosaurs, wiped out 66 million years ago, it is but a stone's throw into our murk...

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Imagine a ferocious marine hunter up to 20 metres long, weighing twice as much as a humpback whale and ten times more than Tyrannosaurus rex. With jaws that open three 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, and it once existed 3 million years ago. Next to the dinosaurs, wiped out 66 million years ago, it is but a stone's throw into our murk...

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Bu kitabi eline alan herhangi biri basligindan dolayi merak duymus olabilir. Ölümcül Havalar sözü gayet ciddi bir sözdür. Ve eger on yil önce biri bana gezegenimizin acil bir tehlike icinde oldugunu söyleseydi, onu pek dikkate almazdim. Bu kitapta o günden beri ögrendiklerimi ve bunlarin görüsümü nasil degistirdigimi anlatacagim size. Son on yildir iklim bilimi ciddi bir devrim geciriyor, bugün artik yeryüzünün iklim sistemini ve bu sis-temin ...

Are zombie ants real? How high can an armadillo jump? What's it like to wrestle a python? Tim Flannery has the answers. In this informed and accessible book, he introduces some of the most spectacular and unusual creatures in our planet's deserts and grasslands with in-depth and often-bizarre facts. Flannery ties together concepts of climate change, evolution, conservation, and taxonomy throughout each animal's profile, firmly connecting it t...

Can owls swim? Do woodpeckers eat wood? Are vampire bats real? Tim Flannery has the answers. In this informed and accessible book, he introduces some of the most spectacular and unusual creatures soaring through Earth's skies with in-depth and often-bizarre facts. Flannery ties together concepts of climate change, evolution, conservation, and taxonomy throughout each animal's profile, firmly connecting it to its environment while sparking won...

The tools required to avoid a climate disaster already exist. Between emissions cuts and emerging technologies, we can do it. This book introduces us to the innovative new solutions being developed around the world, which work with the Earth's systems to combat climate change - and could safeguard our future.

In twenty short books, Penguin Classics brings you the ideas that have changed the way we think and talk about the living Earth. Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a ...

Von der Entstehung der ersten Korallenriffe über die Ära, als noch riesige Elefanten durch die Wälder zogen, führt uns Flannery durch die Jahrtausende bis ins moderne Zeitalter, in dem der Mensch seine Umwelt mindestens ebenso sehr prägt wie diese ihn. Er erzählt von den oft exzentrischen Forschern, denen wir unser heutiges Wissen verdanken, von ihren abenteuerlichen Erkundungen und spektakulären Entdeckungen. Dabei verwebt er Natur- und Kultu...

Explores the world's most fascinating animals in all of their bizarre glory, with anatomically correct artwork, labelled drawings and cartoon-style illustrations. Snappy, easily-digestible text.

From internationally bestselling author and celebrated scientist Tim Flannery, a history of Europe unlike any before: an ecological account of the land itself and the forces shaping life on it.

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»Europa«, verkündete Angela Merkel 2007 in Berlin, »ist viel mehr als Milchkühe und die Chemikalienrichtlinie«. Zweifellos verbindet die Landmassen vom nördlichen Skandinavien bis zum südlichen Italien mehr als ein gemeinsamer Name. Aber die Fragen, was Europa, wer Europäer und was europäisch ist, sind heute so umstritten wie selten zuvor.In seinem beeindruckenden Buch geht Tim Flannery zurück bis zu den Ursprüngen des Kontinents. Vor rund 100...

Professor Tim Flannery is a palaeontologist and conservationist who frequently presents programmes on ABC Radio, NPR and the BBC. He is a leading writer on climate change and his previous books include Here on Earth (2010) and The Weather Makers (2005).

From internationally bestselling author and celebrated scientist Tim Flannery, a history of Europe unlike any before: an ecological account of the land itself and the forces shaping life on it. In Europe: A Natural History, world-renowned scientist, explorer, and conservationist Tim Flannery applies the eloquent interdisciplinary approach he used in his ecological histories of Australia and North America to the story of Europe. He begins 100 m...

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In Now or Never, internationally acclaimed author Tim Flannery has written a book that is at once a forceful call to action to combat global warming and a deeply and often surprisingly pragmatic road map toward sustainability.