Hot : living through the next fifty years on earth

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Hot : living through the next fifty years on earth

Title remainder

living through the next fifty years on earth

Statement of responsibility

Mark Hertsgaard

Creator

• Hertsgaard, Mark, 1956-

Subject

• Climatic changes
• Global environmental change
• Global warming
• Human beings -- Effect of climate on

Language

eng

Summary

For twenty years, Mark Hertsgaard investigated climate change, but it took the birth of his daughter to bring the truth home. Another revelation came when an expert advised that, without doubt, global warming had arrived, more than a hundred years earlier than expected. Now, with his daughter and the next generation in mind, Hertsgaard delivers a resounding, motivating message of hope that will spur activism among parents, college students, and all readers. He gives specifics about what we can expect in the next fifty years: Chicago's climate transformed to resemble Houston's; the loss of cherished crops and luxuries, such as California wines; the redesign of U.S. cities. Addressing problems we'll face very soon and revealing where they'll be most serious, Hertsgaard offers "pictures" of what unbiased experts expect, and looks at who is taking wise, creative precautions. Hot is, finally, a book about how we'll survive.--Publisher description

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

index present

LC call number

QC981.8.G56

LC item number

H47 2011

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography