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Bezig met laden... Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change (origineel 2015; editie 2015)door Elizabeth Kolbert (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkField Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change [Updated Edition 2015] door Elizabeth Kolbert (2015)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Just more apocalyptic chicken little pseudoscientific doomsaying. Environmental alarmists like Kolbert exploit latent religious instincts by appealing to the archetypal apocalyptic flood myth while fallaciously appealing to "science" as holy writ. Like any fundamentalist cult, skeptics are labeled heretics (deniers) while those with low scientific literacy and a high reverence for science (scientism) are easily seduced into terrified apocalyptic hysteria (see comments below for examples). Don't be fooled by this rubbish, the climate cult is 50 years old now and humans and the earth are doing better than ever. Famine is at all time lows, food production at all time highs, and countries that have adopted environmental stewardship values have cleaner air and water than ever before. This book is best used as a door stop. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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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. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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