Award-winning climate scientist and author Joëlle Gergis will talk in April about her soon to be released book, “Sunburnt Country”.
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| New book by Joëlle Gergislaunched in April. |
Promoting the Thursday, April 5, event, the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute said: “Gergis shares her fascinating journey through Australia to unearth our climate history.
“Her new book, Sunburnt Country, pieces together Australia’s climate history for the first time,” it said.
Listing the book, amazon.com asked, “What was Australia's climate like before official weather records began? How do scientists use tree-rings, ice cores and tropical corals to retrace the past? What do Indigenous seasonal calendars reveal? And what do settler diary entries about rainfall, droughts, bushfires and snowfalls tell us about natural climate cycles?.
“Sunburnt Country pieces together Australia's climate history for the first time. It uncovers a continent long vulnerable to climate extremes and variability. It gives an unparalleled perspective on how human activities have altered patterns that have been with us for millions of years, and what climate change looks like in our own backyard.
“Sunburnt Country highlights the impact of a warming planet on Australian lifestyles and ecosystems and the power we all have to shape future life on Earth,” Amazon added.
The April 5 discussion will be held in the Basement Theatre at the University of Melbourne’s School of Design. Those eager to attend and hear more about the new book can register here.
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