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It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible--food shortages, refugee emergencies, climate wars and economic devastation.
An "epoch-defining book" (The Guardian) and "this generation's Silent Spring" (The Washington Post), The Uninhabitable Earth is both a travelogue of the near future and a meditation on how that future will look to those living through it--the ways that warming promises to transform global politics, the meaning of technology and nature in the modern world, the sustainability of capitalism and the trajectory of human progress.
The Uninhabitable Earth is also an impassioned call to action. For just as the world was brought to the brink of catastrophe within the span of a lifetime, the responsibility to avoid it now belongs to a single generation--today's.
Praise for The Uninhabitable Earth:
"The Uninhabitable Earth is the most terrifying book I have ever read. Its subject is climate change, and its method is scientific, but its mode is Old Testament. The book is a meticulously documented, white-knuckled tour through the cascading catastrophes that will soon engulf our warming planet."--Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times
"Riveting. . . . Some readers will find Mr. Wallace-Wells's outline of possible futures alarmist. He is indeed alarmed. You should be, too."--The Economist
"Potent and evocative. . . . Wallace-Wells has resolved to offer something other than the standard narrative of climate change. . . . He avoids the 'eerily banal language of climatology' in favor of lush, rolling prose."--Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times
"The book has potential to be this generation's Silent Spring."--The Washington Post
"The Uninhabitable Earth, which has become a best seller, taps into the underlying emotion of the day: fear. . . . I encourage people to read this book."--Alan Weisman, The New York Review of Books
No.1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "The Uninhabitable Earth hits you like a comet, with an overflow of insanely lyrical prose about our pending Armageddon."--Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon
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Global warming, Climatic changes, Environmental degradation, Global environmental change, Nature, effect of human beings on, Physics, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2019-03-10, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Popular works, Political aspects, Social aspects, Nature, Effect of human beings on, Human ecology, Forecasting, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Human influence on nature, Climate chang, Homme, Influence sur la nature, Réchauffement de la Terre, Aspect social, Climat, Changements, Changement global (Environnement), Environnement, Dégradation, Écologie humaine, PrévisionEdition | Availability |
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Uninhabitable Earth: Life after Warming
2023, Random House Children's Books
in English
059348357X 9780593483572
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Uninhabitable Earth: Life after Warming
2023, Random House Children's Books
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0593483553 9780593483558
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
Mar 17, 2020, Tim Duggan Books
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0525576711 9780525576716
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
Mar 17, 2020, Tim Duggan Books
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El planeta inhóspito : La vida después del calentamiento / The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
Feb 18, 2020, Debate
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8417636463 9788417636463
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The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future
Sep 05, 2019, Penguin
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0141988878 9780141988870
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
2019, Tim Duggan Books
in English
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0525576703 9780525576709
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Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future
2019, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
0241355230 9780241355237
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life after Warming
Feb 19, 2019, Random House LCC US
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1984826581 9781984826589
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Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future
2019, Penguin Books, Limited
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0241400511 9780241400517
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Den ubeboelige planeten: En fortelling om fremtiden på jorden
2019, J. M. Stenersens Forlag
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8272016893 9788272016899
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-299) and index.
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