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