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David Wallace-Wells - The Uninhabitable Earth (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
Subtitled : A Story of The Future.
Selected as a Book of the Year 2019 by the Sunday Times, Spectator and New Statesman
A Waterstones Paperback of the Year and shortlisted for the Foyles Book of the Year 2019.
. . . It is worse, much worse, than you think . . .
The slowness of climate change is a fairy tale, perhaps as pernicious as the one that says it isn't happening at all, and if your anxiety about it is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible, even within the lifetime of a teenager today.
Over the past decades, the term "Anthropocene" has climbed into the popular imagination - a name given to the geologic era we live in now, one defined by human intervention in the life of the planet. But however sanguine you might be about the proposition that we have ravaged the natural world, which we surely have, it is another thing entirely to consider the possibility that we have only provoked it, engineering first in ignorance and then in denial a climate system that will now go to war with us for many centuries, perhaps until it destroys us.
In the meantime, it will remake us, transforming every aspect of the way we live-the planet no longer nurturing a dream of abundance, but a living nightmare.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Non-Fiction - Geography, Earth Sciences & Space
- Published : 2019 (Penguin)
- ISBN : 9780141988870
- SKU : B004040
- PPC : SP300gm
- RRP : £9.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
'An epoch-defining book' - Matt Haig.
'If you read just one work of non-fiction this year, it should probably be this' - David Sexton, Evening Standard.
'A must-read. It's not only the grandkids and the kids: it's you. And it's not only those in other countries: it's you.' - Margaret Atwood.
'I've not stopped talking about The Uninhabitable Earth since I opened the first page. And I want every single person on this planet to read it.' - Google Review.
'Riveting . . . Some readers will find Mr Wallace-Wells's outline of possible futures alarmist. He is indeed alarmed. You should be, too.' - The Economist.
'Clear, engaging and often dazzling' - The Telegraph.
'A masterly analysis' - Nature.
AI Summary
Explore the urgent realities of our changing climate through David Wallace-Wells' compelling investigation into the environmental challenges facing humanity. This thought-provoking work examines the cascading effects of global warming across multiple dimensions - from air quality and food systems to economic stability and geopolitical conflict. Wallace-Wells presents a sobering yet accessible analysis that moves beyond abstract statistics to reveal the tangible impacts on human civilization. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the scale and complexity of the climate crisis and its implications for our collective future.
The Author
David Wallace-Wells is a national fellow at the New America foundation and a columnist and deputy editor at New York magazine. He was previously the deputy editor of The Paris Review. He lives in New York City.
