Forecast: The Surprising--and Immediate--Consequences of Climate Change - Brossura

Faris, Stephan

 
9780805090840: Forecast: The Surprising--and Immediate--Consequences of Climate Change
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ISBN 10: 0805090843 ISBN 13: 9780805090840
Casa editrice: Holt Paperbacks, 2009

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The revealing and highly praised portrayal of the surprising ways that climate change will affect the world in the very near future

Climate change has already been altering lives on our planet for a generation: the critically acclaimed Forecast shows, through Stephan Faris's vivid on-the-ground reporting, that there are unanticipated and surprising effects—some catastrophic and some positive—right around the corner.

Global warming will spur the spread of many diseases. The warming world will shift huge populations and potentially redraw political alliances around the globe, driving environmentalists into the hands of anti-immigrant groups. America's coasts are already more difficult places to live as increasing insurance rates make the Gulf Coast and other gorgeous spots prohibitively expensive. Crops will fail in previously lush places and thrive in some formerly barren zones, altering huge industries and remaking traditions. Water scarcity has the potential to inflame and draw the United States into multiple conflicts.

Told through the narratives of current, past, and future events, the result of astonishingly wide travel and reporting, Forecast is a powerful, gracefully written account that opens our eyes about this most urgent issue and how it has altered and will alter our world.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Stephan Faris is a journalist who specializes in writing about the developing world. Since 2000, he has covered Africa, the Middle East, and China for publications including Time, Fortune, The Atlantic Monthly, and Salon. He has lived in Nigeria, Kenya, Turkey, and China. He now lives in Italy with his wife and son.

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Editore
Holt Paperbacks
Data di pubblicazione
2009
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0805090843
ISBN 13 
9780805090840
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
256
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile

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9780805087796: Forecast: The Consequences of Climate Change, from the Amazon to the Artic, from Darfur to Napa Valley

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ISBN 10:  0805087796 ISBN 13:  9780805087796
Casa editrice: Henry Holt & Co, 2008
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