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Read an introduction to the Six Degrees concept
Degree by degree outline, as published in the Independent
Hell on Earth: the six degree world
This page is dedicated to discussing issues raised in the book Six Degrees - I invite comments from readers on this and related subjects under the articles posted, and please feel free to suggest new topics for debate.
Order Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet, by Mark Lynas, now from Amazon.co.uk or alternatively from the Friends of the Earth online shop.
National Geographic has made a superb film adaptation of my book Six Degrees, which is premiering on NG Channel in the US on February 10 at 8pm ET/9pm PT, and around the world on later dates. Check out the special website, which allows you to explore the warming world interactively, and also to watch video trailers for the world at each degree.
It’s always nice when real scientists come to the same conclusions as us amateurs. So I got a pleasant surprise, when flicking through the Summary for Policymakers of the IPCC’s WGIII report, to see a table on page 23 which strongly resembles a table in the final chapter of Six Degrees, outlining the likely temperature rise associated with each incremental rise in CO2 concentrations.
A short interview for the Friends of the Earth website, covering subjects such as why six degrees is called six degrees, and what annoys me most about car drivers…
By the end of the century, the Earth could be more than 6C hotter than it is today, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. We know that would be bad news – but just how bad? How big a rise will it take for the Alps to melt, the oceans to die and desert to conquer Europe and the Americas? Mark Lynas sifted through thousands of scientific papers for his new book on global warming. This is what the research told him…