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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Feeling the Heat: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Climate Changeby Jim Motavalli
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:From the thawing Arctic to the rising shoreline of Manhattan, people are feeling the effects of global warming in ways hardly imagined just a few years ago. Feeling the Heat takes readers to the hot spots where global warming is not just a scientific debate but a matter of survival.
Richly illustrated with photographs from around the world, the book captures the most dramatic evidence from the front lines of climate change: the glaciers of Montana's Glacier National Park may well be gone in 30 years; Australia's Great Barrier Reef is threatened with extinction as warming waters kill coral around the world; the entire ocean nation of Fiji is disappearing under rising tides; breathing the air in southern India is equivalent to smoking twenty cigarettes a day. Even the retaining wall of the former World Trade Center — merely ten feet above sea level — may have to be raised before new construction can begin. Many consequences are subtle and indirect, like the rise in malaria as mosquitoes proliferate or the increase in violent storms around the world. Traveling the globe with some of the world's most respected observers of global warming, Feeling the Heat is a vivid portrait of the people coping day to day with climactic disruptions. Book News Annotation:Ten articles selected from the September/October 2000 issue of
E/The Environmental Magazine present heavily documented, plain
English evidence that the planet is getting warmer. In addition to a
number of places in the US, they report from India, China, Australia,
Fiji, Antarctica, and the Caribbean islands of Antigua and Barbuda.
Distributed by Taylor and Francis.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Review:"This disturbing report, by a brilliant team of environmental journalists, portrays an industrial civilization on the verge of destroying its own conditions of existence. We are all captives, the authors warn us, on a runaway train. Can we change drivers soon enough to avoid the largest catastrophe in the last 10,000 years?" Mike Davis, author of Ecology of Fear and Dead Cities Review:"This book arrived on my desk two days after the U.S. Senate voted down, yet again, legislation that would have begun the process of finally dealing with climate change, albeit in a tiny, timid way. I wish that every member of that chamber would be forced to read this book to realize that global warming is not some distant threat, but a very present reality. It is a powerful document of witness." Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature Review:"This is a book that should silence once and for all the flat-earthers, naysayers, industry biostitutes, and the indentured servants of big oil and big coal in our political capitals who still say global warming does not exist. These eyewitness accounts of the catastrophic impacts of global warming are fresh ammunition in the apocalyptic battle against the forces of ignorance and greed." Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President, Waterkeeper Alliance Review:"The authors of Feeling the Heat are to be complimented for their factual and readable explanation of the climate change problem. All too few Americans, including our political leaders in Washington, understand its serious threat and the impacts climate change will have on agriculture, forestry, and our natural environment. Scientific investigations of the loss of glaciers and the northward expansion of birds, butterflies, and other species confirm that the global climate change now is taking place and the threat is growing." David Pimentel, Cornell University Review:"This book makes it abundantly clear that we are seeing the first footprint of the enhanced greenhouse effect, and that the trail will lead to environmental and economic holocaust unless we kick our fossil-fueled addiction fast." Jeremy Leggett, chief executive officer, Solarcentury, and author of The Carbon War Synopsis:For an increasing number of people, global warming is not an academic and scientific debate, but a matter of survival. As the planet warms at a rate of four degrees Fahrenheit per century, violent storms are increasing in frequency, icebergs are melting, sea level is rising, species are losing their habitats, and temperature records are being broken. Feeling the Heat consists of chapter-length visits by well-known authors to actual world "hot" spots, where people are already coping day-to-day with the consequences of climactic disruption. The locations for the book were strategically chosen because each represents a separate and important global warming impact, such as rising tides, melting glaciers, evolving ecosystems and air pollution. Feeling the Heat takes global warming out of the realm of armchair speculation and arcane scientific debate, revealing the process of climate change to be ongoing, serious and immediate. About the AuthorJim Motavalli is the editor of E: The Environmental Magazine, an award-winning bi-monthly, and author of the books Forward Drive and Breaking Gridlock. He writes on environmental subjects for the New York Times, Salon, and many other publications. He also hosts a public affairs radio show and teaches journalism in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Table of ContentsContents Introduction Preface PART ONE: HUMAN IMPACTS Chapter One — China: The Cost of Coal, Mark Hertsgaard Chapter Two — Europe: Planning Ahead, Colin Woodard Chapter Three — Greater New York: Urban Anxiety, Jim Motavalli Chapter Four — Antigua and Barbuda: Islands Under Siege, Dick Russell Chapter Five — Asia: Clouds Got In the Way, Jim Motavalli Through a Lens, Darkly: A Photo Essay by Gary Braasch, Gary Braasch PART TWO: ECOSYSTEMS IN TROUBLE Chapter Six — Alaska and the Western Arctic: The Ice Retreats, Kieran Mulvaney Chapter Seven — The California Coast: Marine Migrations and the Collapsing Food Chain, Orna Izakson Chapter Eight — Australia, Florida and Fiji: Reefs At Risk, David Helvarg Chapter Nine — Pacific Northwest: The Incredible Shrinking Glaciers, Sally Deneen Chapter 10 — Antarctica: The Ice is Moving, David Helvarg End Notes About E Magazine What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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