The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and D Goodell, Jeff Paperback

Description: Title: The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet Author: Goodell, Jeff Publisher: Back Bay Books Binding: Paperback Pages: 416 Dimensions: 8.23h x 5.51w x 1.14d Product Weight: 0.83 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9780316497558 FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD New York Times best-selling journalist Jeff Goodell presents a "masterful, bracing" (David Wallace-Wells) examination of the impact that temperature rise will have on our lives and on our planet, offering a vital new perspective on where we are headed, how we can prepare, and what is at stake if we fail to act.​ "When heat comes, it's invisible. It doesn't bend tree branches or blow hair across your face to let you know it's arrived.... The sun feels like the barrel of a gun pointed at you." The world is waking up to a new reality: wildfires are now seasonal in California, the Northeast is getting less and less snow each winter, and the ice sheets in the Arctic and Antarctica are melting fast. Heat is the first order threat that drives all other impacts of the climate crisis. And as the temperature rises, it is revealing fault lines in our governments, our politics, our economy, and our values. The basic science is not complicated: Stop burning fossil fuels tomorrow, and the global temperature will stop rising tomorrow. Stop burning fossil fuels in 50 years, and the temperature will keep rising for 50 years, making parts of our planet virtually uninhabitable. It's up to us. The hotter it gets, the deeper and wider our fault lines will open. The Heat Will Kill You First is about the extreme ways in which our planet is already changing. It is about why spring is coming a few weeks earlier and fall is coming a few weeks later and the impact that will have on everything from our food supply to disease outbreaks. It is about what will happen to our lives and our communities when typical summer days in Chicago or Boston go from 90 F to 110 F. A heatwave, Goodell explains, is a predatory event-- one that culls out the most vulnerable people. But that is changing. As heatwaves become more intense and more common, they will become more democratic. As an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of environmental journalism for decades, Goodell's new book may be his most provocative yet, explaining how extreme heat will dramatically change the world as we know it. Masterfully reported, mixing the latest scientific insight with on-the-ground storytelling, Jeff Goodell tackles the big questions and uncovers how extreme heat is a force beyond anything we have reckoned with before.   Authorized Dealer Ships Fast From The USA Stock Photo - Actual Cover May Vary Hassle-Free 30 Day Returns

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Book Title: Heat Will Kill You First : Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

Number of Pages: 416 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Little Brown & Company

Item Height: 1.1 in

Publication Year: 2024

Topic: Chemistry / Environmental (See Also Environmental Science), Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, Earth Sciences / Geology, Ecology, Global Warming & Climate Change

Genre: Nature, Science

Item Weight: 12.8 Oz

Item Length: 8.3 in

Author: Jeff Goodell

Item Width: 5.5 in

Format: Trade Paperback