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Author Goodell, Jeff, author.

Title The heat will kill you first : life and death on a scorched planet / Jeff Goodell.

Publication Info. New York, New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023.
©2023

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  363.73874 G613h 2023    ---  Available
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Edition First edition.
Description x, 385 pages ; 25 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-372) and index.
Summary "The Heat Will Kill You First is about the extreme ways in which our planet is already changing. It is about why spring is coming a few weeks earlier and fall is coming a few weeks later and the impact that will have on everything from our food supply to disease outbreaks. It is about what will happen to our lives and our communities when typical summer days in Chicago or Boston go from 90°F to 110°F. A heatwave, Goodell explains, is a predatory event--one that culls out the most vulnerable people. But that is changing. As heatwaves become more intense and more common, they will become more democratic. As an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of environmental journalism for decades, Goodell's new book may be his most provocative yet, explaining how extreme heat will dramatically change the world as we know it"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Prologue: The Goldilocks zone -- A cautionary tale -- How heat shaped us -- Heat islands -- Life on the run -- Anatomy of a crime scene -- Magic valley -- The blob -- The sweat economy -- Ice at the end of the world -- The mosquito is my vector -- Cheap cold air -- What you can't see won't hurt you -- Roast, flee, or act -- The white bear -- Epilogue: Beyond Goldilocks.
Subject Global warming.
Heat waves (Meteorology)
Climatic changes.
Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on (OCoLC)fst01766583
Global warming -- Social aspects (OCoLC)fst00943530
Heat waves (Meteorology) (OCoLC)fst00953995
Genre/Form Informational works. https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1919930
Informational works.
Added Author Little, Brown and Company, publisher.
ISBN 9780316497572 (hardcover)
0316497576 (hardcover)

 
    
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