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Its desperate government prepares a last-ditch attempt to increase the flow of the indus river by bombing half-constructed indian dams in kashmirvast pumping systems keep the water out of most of holland, but the residents of bangladesh and the nile delta enjoy no such protectionthe title, 'six degrees', refers to the terrifying possibility that average temperatures will rise by up to six degrees within the next hundred yearswith a little foresight, some intelligent strategic planning, and a reasonable dose of good luck, we can at least halt the catastrophic trend into which we have fallen - but the time to act is nowoxfam bookshop cheltenham an eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth, and our civilisation, if current rates of global warming persist, by the highly acclaimed author of 'high tide'this is the first time we have had a reliable picture of how the collapse of our civilisation will unfold unless urgent action is takenmost vitally, lynas's book serves to highlight the fact that the world of doesn't have to be one of horror and chaoson the edge of greenland, rivers ten times the size of the amazon are gushing off the ice sheet into the north atlanticsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe pakistani president authorises the use of nuclear weapons in the case of an indian military counter-strikebut the biggest story of all comes from south america, where a conflagration of truly epic proportions has begun to consume the amazonmeanwhile, in new york, a category 5-plus superstorm pushes through the narrows between staten island and brooklyn, devastating waterside areas from long island to manhattandisplaced victims of north africa's drought establish a new colony on greenland's southern tip, one of the few inhabitable areas not already crowded with environmental refugeespakistan, crippled by drought brought on by disappearing himalayan glaciers, sees 27 million farmers flee to refugee camps in neighbouring indiapicture yourself a few decades from now, in a world in which average temperatures are three degrees higher than they are nowalien as it all sounds, mark lynas's incredible new book is not science-fiction; nor is it sensationalist
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