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Title details for Hothouse Earth by Bill McGuire - Available

Hothouse Earth

by Bill McGuire
Mike Cooper
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"Providing a post-COP26 perspective on the climate emergency, Hothouse Earth: An Inhabitant's Guide acknowledges that it is now practically impossible to keep this side of the 1.5°C dangerous climate-change guardrail. The upshot is that we can no longer dodge the arrival of a disastrous, all-pervasive climate breakdown that will come as a hammer blow to global society and economy. Bill McGuire, Professor of Geophysical and Climate Hazards, explains the science behind the climate crisis, painting a blunt but authentic picture of the sort of world our children will grow old in, and our grandchildren grow up in, a world that we catch only glimpses of in today's blistering heatwaves, calamitous wildfires, and ruinous floods and droughts. Bleak though it is, the picture is one we must all face up to, if only to spur genuine action—even at this late stage—to stop a harrowing future from becoming a truly cataclysmic one."

  • Creators

  • Series

    Hot Science

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 9, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666617719
      • File size: 148314 KB
      • Duration: 05:08:59

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Mike Cooper's clear British English, deliberate delivery, and overall thoughtful rendition well serve this serious audiobook. He delivers its straightforward yet bleak findings authoritatively. The environmental studies are presented unflinchingly, and the conclusions--we are very late in the climate-change fight--are disturbing. McGuire, a climatologist and geologist, has been a leading voice in warning world leaders that drastic actions on climate are overdue. He is especially good at explaining how we have gotten to where we are and moves through geologic time adeptly. This is an up-to-the-minute scientific report on what the author calls "global heating" and "climate breakdown." He pulls no punches, and this short but blunt presentation may leave some listeners depressed. One hopes that others may want to take action. A.D.M. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

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