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The uninhabitable earth : life after warming / David Wallace-Wells.

Wallace-Wells, David, (author.).

Summary:

"An exploration of the devastating effects of global warming-how the future will look to those living through it as well as a direct overview and an impassioned and hopeful call to action to change the trajectory while there is still time. Adapted for young adults from the #1 New York Times bestseller"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780593483572
ISBN: 059348357X
ISBN: 9780593483558
ISBN: 0593483553
Physical Description: xi, 157 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index. Adapted for young adults. This work is based on The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming, originally published in hardcover by Tim Duggan Books, New York, in 2019 and in paperback by Tim Duggan Books, in slightly different form, in 2020.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Cascades -- Elements of Chaos. Heath death -- Hunger -- Drowning -- Wildfire -- Freshwater Drain -- Dying Oceans -- Unbreathable air -- Plagues of warming -- Economic collapse -- Climate conflict -- "Systems" -- The climate kaleidoscope. Storytelling -- The church of technology -- Politics of consumption -- HIstory after progress -- Ethics at the end of the world. -- The anthropic principle.
Target Audience Note:	Ages 12 and up Delacorte Press. 1320L Lexile