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Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change
Field Notes from a Catastrophe Man Nature and Climate Change
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Expanding her three-part New Yorker series, journalist Elizabeth Kolbert examines the immediate and far-reaching consequences of global warming, drawing on history and cutting-edge science and discussing the contentious political debate surrounding the issue. Anyone familiar with Kolbert's work knows how thoughtful and engagingly accessible ... more »
Author:
Expanding her three-part New Yorker series, journalist Elizabeth Kolbert examines the immediate and far-reaching consequences of global warming, drawing on history and cutting-edge science and discussing the contentious political debate surrounding the issue. Anyone familiar with Kolbert's work knows how thoughtful and engagingly accessible ... more »
ISBN-13: 9781596911307
ISBN-10: 1596911301
Publication Date: 12/26/2006
Pages: 240
Rating: 22
ISBN-10: 1596911301
Publication Date: 12/26/2006
Pages: 240
Rating: 22
3.1 stars, based on 22 ratings
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Audio CD
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Audio CD
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Wendy N. reviewed Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change on + 177 more book reviews
I've read lots of climate change books, and this one didn't appeal to me as the others have. I didn't get the sense of the overwhelming scale of the problem as I have in other books, or the feeling that we may actually be able to do something to avert the oncoming disaster. It reads as sort of a "state of the problem" dissertation, with litanies of evidence of global warming, and the political challenges posed against solving it. I'd recomment eaarth or The Weathermakers instead.
Genres:
- Science & Math >> Earth Sciences >> Environmental Science
- Science & Math >> Earth Sciences >> Rivers
- Science & Math >> General
- Engineering & Transportation >> Professional Science >> Earth Sciences >> Environmental Science
- Outdoors & Nature >> Environment >> Weather
