Field notes from a catastrophe : man, nature, and climate change / Elizabeth Kolbert.
Kolbert, Elizabeth.
2006
QC981.8.G56 K655 2006 (Mapit)
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Title Field notes from a catastrophe : man, nature, and climate change / Elizabeth Kolbert.
Author Kolbert, Elizabeth.
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
ISBN 1596911255
Publication Details New York : Bloomsbury Pub. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2006.
Language English
Description 210 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Item Number 9781596911253
Call Number QC981.8.G56 K655 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.738/74
Summary New Yorker writer Kolbert tackles the controversial subject of global warming. Americans have been warned since the late 1970s that the buildup of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere threatens to melt the polar ice sheets and irreversibly change our climate. With little done since then to alter this dangerous course, now is the moment to salvage our future. By the end of the century, the world will likely be hotter than it's been in the last two million years, and the sweeping consequences of this change will determine the future of life on earth for generations to come. Kolbert approaches this monumental problem from every angle. She travels to the Arctic, interviews researchers and environmentalists, explains the science and the studies, draws frightening parallels to lost ancient civilizations, unpacks the politics, and presents the personal tales of those who are being affected most--the people who make their homes near the poles and are watching their worlds disappear.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-203) and index.
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The curse of Akkad
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Business as usual
The day after Kyoto
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Man in the Anthropocene.

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