The fragile earth : writing from the New Yorker on climate change
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The fragile earth : writing from the New Yorker on climate change
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
541 pages ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Genre:
Summary:
"A collection of the New Yorker's groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of climate change-including writing from Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Ian Frazier, Kathryn Schulz, and more"--
Contents:
Foreword / by David Remnick -- Reflections : the end of nature / by Bill McKibben -- The climate of man ; The darkening sea / by Elizabeth Kolbert -- Writers in the storm / by Kathryn Schulz -- The end of ice / by Dexter Filkins -- The new harpoon / by Tom Kizzia -- The sixth extinction? / by Elizabeth Kolbert -- The ice retreat / by Fen Montaigne -- The inferno / by Christine Kenneally -- The end of the end of the world / by Jonathan Franzen -- The emergency / by Ben Taub -- The day the Great Plains burned / by Ian Frazier -- Life on a shrinking planet / by Bill McKibben -- Green Manhattan / by David Owen -- Big foot / by Michael Specter -- The great oasis / by Burkhard Bilger -- The climate fixers / by Michael Specter -- Adaptation / by Eric Klineberg -- Power brokers / by Bill McKibben -- Value meal / by Tad Friend -- Trailblazers / by Nicola Twilley -- Afterword / by Elizabeth Kolbert.
Publication Info:
New York : Ecco, [2020]
Subject:
Climatic changes |
Human beings -- Effect of climate on |
Essays. |
Changes, Climatic |
Changes in climate |
Climate change |
Climate change science |
Climate changes |
Climate variations |
Climatic change |
Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects |
Climatic fluctuations |
Climatic variations |
Global climate changes |
Global climatic changes |
Human beings -- Climatic factors |
SAILS ISBN:
9780063017542
9780063017559