Earth 2020: An Insider's Guide to a Rapidly Changing Planet
by Philippe Tortell (ed.)
Publisher: Open Book Publishers 2020
ISBN-13: 9781783748471
Number of pages: 290
Description:
This accessible, incisive and timely collection of essays brings together a diverse set of expert voices to examine how the Earth's environment has changed over the past half century, and what lies in store for our planet over the coming fifty years.
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