Deep Future

A "Kirkus Reviews" Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
"Amid all the ranting, confusing, and contradicting books on climate change, at last here's one that does something truly useful: Clearly and engagingly, scientist Curt Stager guides us back into the atmosphere's history, letting us compare it to the present and draw informed ideas about what to expect in the future. It's heartening to know that he expects us to have one."
--Alan Weisman, author, "The World Without Us
"""Deep Future" is a richly informative and deeply persuasive book -- one that will be relevant for generations."
--Elizabeth Kolbert, author of "Field Notes from a Catastrophe
"""Deep Future "is like one of Jared Diamond's magisterial accounts, except set in the future, not the past."
--Bill McKibben, author of "The End of Nature "and "Eaarth
""A highly entertaining, carefully balanced, and deeply sobering look at our climate future."
--William F. Ruddiman, author of "Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum
""Fascinating and measured - at last someone is taking the long view."
--Mark Lynas, author of "Six Degrees
""This intriguing and thought-provoking view of the far future is an essential read for all interested in the full force of climate change. "
--Paul Andrew Mayewski, Director of the Climate Change Institute, and author of "The Ice Chronicles
""A probing exploration of the impact of climate change over geological time. ... Essential reading."
--"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)
"A thoughtful, if controversial, approach to an over-heated subject."
--"Publishers Weekly
"""Deep Future" is a clear, concise, and thought provoking work, one that takes a refreshingly frank look at the science behind global warming and, more importantly, what is coming next. In a field where hyperbolic claims and bitter skepticism prevail, the clarity and unflappability of Stager's account is like a breath of fresh, slightly heated air."