Tim Flannery - Climate Change & How to Save the Planet pt5-6

watch part 6 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j3nWVhqwWk

November 23, 2007 -- Democracy now spent hour with one of the world's leading scientists studying climate change, Tim Flannery. An Australian mammologist, palaeontologist and field zoologist, he has discovered and named more than thirty new species of mammals. He has been described as being in the league of all-time great explorers such as David Livingstone. Flannery might be best known as the author of the bestselling book "The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change." Earlier this year he was named 2007 Australian of the Year. Tim Flannery recently spoke before a packed crowd at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe New Mexico as part of "Readings and Conversations," a series sponsored by the Lannan Foundation. Tim Flannery spoke on the environment, how human activity is altering the earth's climate and what we can do to save it

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