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The Ferocious Summer: Palmer's Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica

The Ferocious Summer: Palmer's Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica


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About the Book

The Antarctic Peninsula is for all of us an early warning system. This brilliant book tells the story of Antarctic warming and of how scientists are piecing together the jigsaw of causes and impacts, here in particular through a study of the changing lives and habits of a group of Adelie penguins. To write this book Meredith Hooper worked with key scientists in bases, on ice breakers and in research vessels. Her story is very precisely located in time and space, focusing on the work and ideas of individual scientists and on the local animals. In it she memorably brings an outsider's non-specialist awareness to the crucial understanding of what is happening, now, to the planet we share.

About the Author :
Meredith Hooper is most often referred to as an award-winning writer of many books of non-fiction for children, though her writing ranges from academic articles to fiction for young children. During the last fifteen years she has specialised in writing about the history, geology, and wildlife of Antarctica. In 2000 she was awarded the Antarctic Service Medal by the US Congress. She lives in London, however calls Australia her spiritual home!

Review :
Hooper has a superb eye for detail and... a highly entertaining style. She points out early that she is not a scientist describing herself as an 'outsider' to the way scientists think and work. And yet this is one of the most important popular science books to be written in years. A vivid snapshot of the extraordinary challenges involved in understanding what is happening to the penguins and why one particular type of this much-loved bird is in sharp decline. Hooper's story of scientists, penguins and her growing obsession with the beauty of ice conveys the allure of working in this most challenging of environments. Hooper has a light - even charming- touch in her account of the challenges faced both by the penguins and the scientists who study them, but there are some very serious lessons for those who wish to heed them. A breezy mix of anecdotal sketches recording life on the (Antarctic) base, topographical description, simple biology and accessible climate science


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781846680083
  • Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Profile Books Ltd
  • Height: 240 mm
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Sub Title: Palmer's Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica
  • Width: 162 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1846680085
  • Publisher Date: 23 Aug 2007
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 32 mm
  • Weight: 660 gr


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