| Edition |
1st U.S. ed. |
| Description |
210 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-203) and index. |
| Contents |
Shishmaref, Alaska -- A warmer sky -- Under the glacier -- The butterfly and the toad -- The curse of Akkad -- Floating houses -- Business as usual -- The day after Kyoto -- Burlington, Vermont -- Man in the Anthropocene. |
| 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.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Global warming.
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Global temperature changes.
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Global environmental change.
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| ISBN |
1596911255 |
| Standard No. |
9781596911253 |
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NLGGC 288456629 |
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