Australia's favourite science guru explains the facts about climate change -- and how we can fix it
How do Greenhouse Gas molecules shimmy and shake to trap 400,000 Hiroshima atom bombs' worth of the Sun's heat each day?
Who did the early research into Climate Change and then spent billions trying to cover it up?
What's the Hockey Stick Graph and why is it so important?
How did Climate Change tip the Earth off its axis?
Why was Sydney the hottest place on Earth on 4 January 2020?
How can we move to zero and even negative emissions?
How can kelp help?
When it comes to long-haul transport, why is hydrogen the way to go?
And much more!
Now, in this never dull, easy-to-understand guide Dr Karl explains the science of climate change and how we can fix it. (We can!)
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HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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US School Grade: Preschool, Interest Age: From 7 to 9 years
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978-1-4607-1303-7 (9781460713037)
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Dr Karl Kruszelnicki AM just loves science to pieces, and has been spreading the word in print, on TV and radio and online for more than thirty years. The author of forty-eight books, Dr Karl is a lifetime student with degrees in physics and mathematics, biomedical engineering, medicine and surgery. He has worked as a physicist, labourer, roadie for bands, car mechanic, filmmaker, biomedical engineer, taxi driver, TV weatherman, and medical doctor at the Children's Hospital in Sydney. Since 1995, Dr Karl has been the Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at the University of Sydney. In 2019 he was awarded the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularisation of Science, previous recipients of which include Margaret Mead, David Attenborough, Bertrand Russell and David Suzuki.
