00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773861955073 Buklod 20140514162212.0 g||| | || || ta 160120t20072006nyuab rb |001 0|eng d 9781596911307 (iLib)UPBAG-00013651271 OLC BAG rda eng QC 981.8 G56 K65 2007 Kolbert, Elizabeth author. Field notes from a catastrophe man, nature, and climate change Elizabeth Kolbert. Paperback edition. New York, NY Bloomsbury 2007. ©2006. 225 pages illustrations, maps 21 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier "Updated with a new afterword in 2009."--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-216) and index. Shishmaref, Alaska -- A warmer sky -- Under the glacier -- The butterfly and the toad -- The curse of Akkad -- Floating houses -- Business as usual -- The day after Kyoto -- Burlington, Vermont -- Man in the Anthropocene. New Yorker writer Kolbert tackles the controversial subject of global warming. Americans have been warned since the late 1970s that the buildup of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere threatens to melt the polar ice sheets and irreversibly change our climate. With little done since then to alter this dangerous course, now is the moment to salvage our future. By the end of the century, the world will likely be hotter than it's been in the last two million years, and the sweeping consequences of this change will determine the future of life on earth for generations to come. Kolbert approaches this monumental problem from every angle. She travels to the Arctic, interviews researchers and environmentalists, explains the science and the studies, draws frightening parallels to lost ancient civilizations, unpacks the politics, and presents the personal tales of those who are being affected most--the people who make their homes near the poles and are watching their worlds disappear.--From publisher description. Global warming. Global temperature changes. Global environmental change. FO UPBAG KTRC QC 981.8 G56 K65 2007 Book