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Field Notes from a Catastrophe

Man, Nature, and Climate Change

By: Elizabeth Kolbert

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Paperback | 3 February 2015

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320 Pages

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17.78 x 12.7 x 2.54

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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).

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.

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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"Among the few irreplaceable volumes yet written about climate change." --Bill McKibben, Boston Globe"If you have time this year for just one book on science, nature, or the environment, this should be it." --San Diego Union-Tribune"A perfect primer on global warming. It might be the most important book you read this year." --Cleveland Plain Dealer Among the few irreplaceable volumes yet written about climate change. Bill McKibben, Boston Globe If you have time this year for just one book on science, nature, or the environment, this should be it. San Diego Union-Tribune A perfect primer on global warming. It might be the most important book you read this year. Cleveland Plain Dealer" Among the few irreplaceable volumes yet written about climate change. "Bill McKibben, Boston Globe" If you have time this year for just one book on science, nature, or the environment, this should be it. "San Diego Union-Tribune" A perfect primer on global warming. It might be the most important book you read this year. "Cleveland Plain Dealer"" "Among the few irreplaceable volumes yet written about climate change." --Bill McKibben, "Boston Globe""If you have time this year for just one book on science, nature, or the environment, this should be it." --"San Diego Union-Tribune""A perfect primer on global warming. It might be the most important book you read this year." --"Cleveland Plain Dealer"

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