Sunburnt Country

Sunburnt Country
The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia
Joëlle Gergis

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.

My Review

Actually not yet read, but when I first saw that the book Sunburnt Country was published, I thought I have read a lot of books on the subject and perhaps I will skip this one.  However after reading an article in The Age on 30 December 2018, I was inspired to buy the book.  I found from the article that Joëlle was someone to really look up to and a person who wanted to help save the world while there was time.