Field Notes from a Catastrophe

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Field Notes from a Catastrophe

Man, Nature, and Climate Change

Environmental policy and protocols Environmental science, engineering and technology

Author: Elizabeth Kolbert

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Language: English

Published by: Bloomsbury USA

Published on: 3rd February 2015

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 1 Mb

ISBN: 9781620409893


New Edition of Elizabeth Kolbert's Book

A new edition of the book that launched Elizabeth Kolbert's career as an environmental writer—updated with three new chapters, making it, yet again, "irreplaceable" (Boston Globe).

Background of the Book

Elizabeth Kolbert's environmental classic Field Notes from a Catastrophe first developed out of a groundbreaking, National Magazine Award-winning three-part series in The New Yorker. She expanded it into a still-concise yet richly researched and damning book about climate change: a primer on the greatest challenge facing the world today.

Recent Developments

But in the years since, the story has continued to develop; the situation has become more dire, even as our understanding grows. Now, Kolbert returns to the defining book of her career. She has added a chapter bringing things up-to-date on the existing text, plus three new chapters—on ocean acidification, the tar sands, and a Danish town that's gone carbon neutral—making it, again, a must-read for our moment.

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