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Long known for her insightful and thought-provoking political journalism, author Elizabeth Kolbert now tackles the controversial and increasingly urgent subject of global warming. In what began as groundbreaking three-part series in the New Yorker, for which she won a National Magazine Award in 2006, Kolbert cuts through the competing rhetoric and political agendas to elucidate for Americans what is really going on with the global environment and asks what, if anything, can be done to save our planet. Now updated and with a new afterword, Field Notes from a Catastrophe is the book to read on the defining issue and greatest challenge of our times.

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“[A] small miracle of concision, gaining by its brevity and its plan of attack a rhetorical power that elucidates, rises to meet and deftly answers the historic crisis in which we find ourselves.”—Los Angeles Times

“Important…Precise and measured. Visiting an Inupiat community in Alaska, a butterfly expert in England, or a midlevel Bush administration official in Washington, D.C., [Kolbert] lets readers connect the dots to form a frightening (and still avoidable) vision of our future…[Grade:] A.”—Entertainment Weekly

“If you have time this year for just one book on science, nature or the environment, this should be it.”—San Diego Union-Tribune

“Passionate…well-researched.”—New York Times Book Review

About the Author

Elizabeth Kolbert was a reporter for the New York Times for fourteen years before becoming a staff writer covering politics for the New Yorker. She and her husband, John Kleiner, have three sons. They live in Williamstown, MA.

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ASIN : B001FA23ZE
Publisher : Bloomsbury USA; 1st edition (December 26, 2006)
Language : English
Paperback : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 1596911301
ISBN-13 : 978-1596911307
Item Weight : 2.4 ounces
Dimensions : 8.3 x 6.34 x 0.65 inches

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SNSS

Great Overview of Climate Change

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2017

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This book is a great purchase for someone who wants an overview of the different effects of climate change. In my opinion, it goes into just enough detail. The vocabulary is easy for the layperson to understand. I have a master’s degree in environmental science and it was also a satisfying read for me. Elizabeth Kolbert also does a great job on focusing on the science, however, she does mention politics.

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J. Raitses

Surprisingly current

Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2018

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While parts of the book start to feel dated (originally published in 2005, after all), others take on a surprisingly prescient feel. Discussing droughts in California nearly a decade before they happened gives the book's other predictions a sharp urgency.

The update is welcome, however, as it ties in to progress (or reress) that has been made in the last few years. Final chapter carries some much-needed optimism and ends on a bright spot.

Highly recommended.

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Change or cease to exist as a significant species!

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2016

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A must read for everyone. This is not some conspiracy. We all need to act now, or be willing to promote the end of what we know as life on this planet and may our children and grandchildren be dammed! Let's do this. Educate yourself.

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notmyname

Enlightening, depressing, enraging

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2015

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Elizabeth is an amazing storyteller and also on the ground and in the thick of it. She's got a lot of courage in writing about this subject, but also in the time and energy she dedicates to being with these scientists in some inhospitable places.

Climate change is it folks. The big IT. This will become more apparent as the decades pass and we realize that the time to act was 20-30 years ago. Our children and grandchildren will be bewildered at how inactive and/or in denial we were. Let's hope more Elon Musks (and less Jim Inhofes) pop up soon or else civilization, as we know it, is over.

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KittyKath

Great read!

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2017

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Excellent read! Depressing subject matter. She does a great job organizing the information she shares. I believe she is a journalist, not a scientist. She lays out all the information in a very readable, and even interesting manner. This book is a quick and easy read. It definitely should be required reading for ALL High School Seniors.

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Patricia A Bond

Heed Elizabeth Kolbert's warning

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2020

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This book presents a well-reasoned case for action on climate change, one which we would all do well to pay attention to. Elizabeth Kolbert writes compellingly and logically, and her arguments are worth reading.

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TKerr

Great overview of climate issues

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2016

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Very well written. Tends to focus on the political aspects of climate change--I would have preferred more exploration of the hard science, but there are other books that take care of that (notably The Long Thaw).

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Timothy

Updated book, clearly told.

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2018

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Written well, concise, and easy to understand. Humanity is killing itself slowly along with the rest of the planet. Though no worries we had GDP growth at 3% for a few years.

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These field notes build a convincing case

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2019

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Each of the chapters represents a different scenario in a different location from the cloud forest of Puerto Rico to the tar sands of Alberta. They are so well written intelligent and interesting it could almost be an uplifting exploration of the Incredible variety of environments and natural resources that sustain life. Instead in each one a pattern of decline and danger is uncovered by the author’s careful and patient investigation. I hadn’t realised that many of the field notes had been collected more than a decade ago but there are some updates. Since 2005/6 global warming has increased just as predicted or worse. Essential reading.

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Jay

Informative. Read it.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2019

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A series of notes written over several years up to the early naughties. Informative and scary. Factual and as impartial as possible. I hope the politicians read this and act.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 12, 2018

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Maurice Eichenberger

Field notes from a catastophe

Reviewed in Germany on August 16, 2015

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Ce livre est très bien documenté. Il nous rappelle que nos politiciens et une bonne partie de la population mondiale se comporte comme des autruches vis à vis du réchauffement climatique. Ils ne cherchent ni à voir les conséquences désastreuses pour l'environnement, la disparition de la diversité des animale. Mais l'homme fait partie du règne animal. Un environnement dévasté ne peux plus supporter une agriculture qui doit nourrir une population qui explose.
Nous rassurer et dire que tout est en ordre est un mensonge qui se paiera très, très cher.
La croissance voulues par les politiciens accélère la destruction de notre planète.

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C. Riordon

We are about to be run over by a bus...

Reviewed in Canada on November 27, 2014

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If you are not prepared to be shocked by the revelations in Kolbert's book, be prepared to suffer the far heavier impact of the future that will surely come from denying the changes we are imposing on our biosphere. This book has been compared to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in terms of its impact and importance in exposing the risks posed by the CO2 we are adding to the atmosphere. The CO2 problem, however, has fundamentally more impact on the natural world, and if not quickly corrected, has the potential to extinguish 35 to 90% of existing species, and in an extreme case, convert our oceans from producing oxygen to producing hydrogen sulfide gas Under a Green Sky by Peter D. Ward). Hard to imagine that being anybody's idea of fun.

Read this together with Tim Flannery's The Weather Makers, and what you will not know about global warming is of little importance. If you truly understand the message here, you will surely experience a thrill of genuine fear at sheer magnitude of our collective folly, and our evident inability to come to grips with the problem in a timely and effective manner.

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