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Field Notes From a Catastrophe - Man, Nature, and Climate Change
Field Notes From a Catastrophe - Man Nature and Climate Change
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Long known for her insightful and thought-provoking political journalism, author Elizabeth Kolbert now tackles the controversial and increasingly urgent subject of global warming. In what began as groundbreaking three-part series in the New Yorker, for which she won a National Magazine Award in 2006, Kolbert cuts through the competing rhe... more »
Author:
Long known for her insightful and thought-provoking political journalism, author Elizabeth Kolbert now tackles the controversial and increasingly urgent subject of global warming. In what began as groundbreaking three-part series in the New Yorker, for which she won a National Magazine Award in 2006, Kolbert cuts through the competing rhe... more »
ISBN-13: 9780743555647
ISBN-10: 0743555643
Publication Date: 3/7/2006
Edition: Unabridged
Rating: 4
ISBN-10: 0743555643
Publication Date: 3/7/2006
Edition: Unabridged
Rating: 4
3.6 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Book Type: Audio CD
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Book Type: Audio CD
Other Versions: Paperback
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Wendy N. reviewed Field Notes From a Catastrophe - Man, Nature, and Climate Change on + 177 more book reviews
I've read lots of climate change books, and this one didn't appeal to me as the others have. I didn't get the sense of the overwhelming scale of the problem as I have in other books, or the feeling that we may actually be able to do something to avert the oncoming disaster. It reads as sort of a "state of the problem" dissertation, with litanies of evidence of global warming, and the political challenges posed against solving it. I'd recomment eaarth or The Weathermakers instead.
Genres:
- Science & Math >> Earth Sciences >> Environmental Science
- Science & Math >> Earth Sciences >> Rivers
- Science & Math >> General
- Engineering & Transportation >> Professional Science >> Earth Sciences >> Environmental Science
- Outdoors & Nature >> Environment >> Weather
