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FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE | FINALIST FOR THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD 

New York Times best-selling journalist Jeff Goodell presents a "masterful, bracing" (David Wallace-Wells) examination of the impact that temperature rise will have on our lives and on our planet, offering a vital new perspective on where we are headed, how we can prepare, and what is at stake if we fail to act.​

 “When heat comes, it’s invisible. It doesn’t bend tree branches or blow hair across your face to let you know it’s arrived…. The sun feels like the barrel of a gun pointed at you.” 
 
The world is waking up to a new reality: wildfires are now seasonal in California, the Northeast is getting less and less snow each winter, and the ice sheets in the Arctic and Antarctica are melting fast.  Heat is the first order threat that drives all other impacts of the climate crisis.  And as the temperature rises, it is revealing fault lines in our governments, our politics, our economy, and our values. The basic science is not complicated: Stop burning fossil fuels tomorrow, and the global temperature will stop rising tomorrow. Stop burning fossil fuels in 50 years, and the temperature will keep rising for 50 years, making parts of our planet virtually uninhabitable.  It’s up to us.  The hotter it gets, the deeper and wider our fault lines will open.  
 
The Heat Will Kill You First is about the extreme ways in which our planet is already changing. It is about why spring is coming a few weeks earlier and fall is coming a few weeks later and the impact that will have on everything from our food supply to disease outbreaks. It is about what will happen to our lives and our communities when typical summer days in Chicago or Boston go from 90° F to 110°F. A heatwave, Goodell explains, is a predatory event— one that culls out the most vulnerable people.  But that is changing. As heatwaves become more intense and more common, they will become more democratic.  
 
As an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of environmental journalism for decades, Goodell’s new book may be his most provocative yet, explaining how extreme heat will dramatically change the world as we know it.  Masterfully reported, mixing the latest scientific insight with on-the-ground storytelling, Jeff Goodell tackles the big questions and uncovers how extreme heat is a force beyond anything we have reckoned with before.

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“Entertaining and thoroughly researched, Jeff Goodell brings the subject of climate-driven extreme heat to life in his comprehensive look at heat’s substantial impact on humanity’s past, present, and future.”―Former Vice President Al Gore

“Through stellar reporting, artful storytelling and fascinating scientific explanations, Goodell brings to life heat as a world re-making force. In his skillful hands, the climbing temperature is revealed as an invisible, planetary animator that is already pushing landscapes, bodies, and social systems to their limits – and, unless we change course, it will take humanity to an oven-like climate that will feel more like a war than a home. This searing plea for a better, fairer and cooler future should be read by anyone with skin in the game – which is every single one of us.”―Naomi Klein, author of the New York Times bestselling This Changes Everything

"In his fast-paced new book about climate change. . .Goodell denounces the term 'global warming' for sounding 'gentle and soothing.' As this terrifying book makes exceptionally clear, thinking we can just crank up the A.C. is a dangerous way to live. This is a propulsive book, one to be raced through; the planet is burning, and we are running out of time."―Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times

"The climate crisis brings no greater threat than the prospect of deadly extreme heat. In The Heat Will Kill You First, Jeff Goodell brings a mix of fantastic storytelling, lucid science communication, and eternal optimism in detailing the profound threat we face with the climate crisis and what we can still do about it.”―Michael Mann, Presidential Distinguished Professor, University of Pennsylvania and author of The New Climate War

“It is already a new world, hotter than ever before in human history and getting rapidly hotter still. The Heat Will Kill You First is a masterful, bracing, vivid portrait of the future we now know will be shaped, like clay, by that heat—a godlike force, as Goodell writes, governing all life conducted under its profound and brutal reign.” ―David Wallace-Wells, author of The New York Times bestselling The Uninhabitable Earth

“This is a scary book.  It humanizes global warming by telling amazing stories of individuals already affected by it, making very clear the danger we are putting ourselves in.  We all have a cognitive map in our head that includes a near future, which is sketchier than our map of the present, being made of our hopes and fears.  This book will sharpen that sketch in electrifying ways.  You won’t see the world the same way after reading it.” ―Kim Stanley Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of The High Sierra and The Ministry for the Future

"If you have ever sweated through a heatwave and wondered how much worse things are going to get as temperatures continue to rise around the planet, then Jeff Goodell's The Heat Will Kill You First is just the book for you. Meticulously researched yet thoroughly readable, this is at once a portrait of a heat-disrupted world and a primer for how to prepare for it."―Amitav Ghosh, bestselling author of The Nutmeg’s Curse and The Great Derangement

 “As the planet warms, all our assumptions are going to be upended. Jeff Goodell asks us to imagine the impact on our minds and bodies, our communities and economies. The Heat Will Kill You First is essential reading for anyone who cares about the future.” ―Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Sixth Extinction

"[Goodell] provides an intimate look at the effects of our planet's warming on individual lives...another stark, crucial reminder that we are running out of time to save humankind."―Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

"Once you read this book, you may never see a hot summer day the same way again.  Jeff Goodell gives heat names, faces, stories, and emotions that you will find hard to forget."―Andrea Dutton, MacArthur Fellow and Professor of Geology, University of Wisconsin–Madison

“With his trademark blend of meticulous research, vivid storytelling, and unflinching honesty, Goodell exposes the devastating toll that extreme heat is already taking on communities around the world, and the inspiring efforts of scientists, activists, and everyday people who are working tirelessly to find solutions. Urgent, compelling, and deeply informative, The Heat Will Kill You First is a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of our planet…I couldn’t put it down.”―Eleni Myrivili, Global Chief Heat Officer, UN-Habitat

"In 14 whirlwind chapters, Goodell, a longtime climate journalist and contributing editor for Rolling Stone, earns his book’s grim title. The chapters travel from the Arctic Circle to the tropics and back again, tracing the effects of heat on melting ice andsuffering corals, but also on enthused mosquitoes, whose ranges are stretching wider as temperatures warm....The scariest thing about the heat-infused future, Goodell notes, is that we don’t treat it with the respect and concern that it deserves."―The Washington Post

"Astonishing" ―Time, Health Matters

"An urgent warning."―PBS NewsHour

"A remarkable exploration of the deadly consequences of rising temperatures...The book’s biggest takeaway is that the harm from heat falls unfairly on those least able to protect themselves....Unlike some climate-science writers who drown readers in data and seem to write only for other activists, Mr Goodell tells his story colourfully. Readers meet people working to raise awareness of climate change by figuring out which extreme weather events can be attributed to it, and helping its victims by leaving water for migrants crossing the Arizona desert or campaigning for safer conditions for farmworkers….The Heat Will Kill You First could not be more timely.”―The Economist

"Heat has a public relations problem, argues journalist Jeff Goodell in his latest book, The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet. Most of us are familiar with the temperature readings we see on the nightly news, usually the temperature of the air around us or the heat index—a gauge of air temperature and humidity. But during the latest U.S. heat wave, some areas reported what’s known as wet bulb temperatures—a measurement of the lowest temperature that the evaporation of water can cool air—of 94 degrees. 

This measurement in ambient air temperature may not seem like a big deal to many people. But it’s a dangerous measurement in wet bulb temperatures, Goodell explains in his book. The higher the wet bulb temperature, the less effective evaporation is, and the harder it is for our sweat to cool us down."

―New Republic

"Read this book and then look at the temperatures in the northern hemisphere. That's the Anthropocene: so hot, it's chilling."―Jeff Sparrow, The Saturday Paper

“They’re no disputing that Goodell is an engaging writer at the top of his game.  He's like the love child of Ed Yong and James Patterson, with a little bit of Rachel Carson thrown in, which is to say he writes science-based dystopian thrillers."―Jennifer Graham, The Hippo

"As The Heat Will Kill You First makes clear, the time to mitigate the sources and effects of rising temperatures is now."―Inside Higher Ed

“Goodell’s brilliant and sobering book can help inspire a critical mass of people to “reimagine everything” and join the fight to create a habitable future.”―Sierra Magazine

“'Prescient' and 'gripping' are two words that come to mind when describing Goodell’s latest book. Goodell guides us clearly with clear science and great storytelling.”―The Los Angeles Times

"The Heat Will Kill You First is arguably also one of the most eloquent books — and one of the most terrifying — to hit the global bookshelf. Because Heat brings home the perilous urgency of the current moment like no other."
 
"the extraordinary power of Goodell’s narrative is the way he renders cutting-edge science understandable, adroitly interweaving scientific detail, relevant statistics and conversations with scientists with the stories of ordinary individuals to drive home the invisible power of “this form of heat that has been unleashed upon us through the burning of fossil fuels”.―Bron Sibree, Sunday Times

“The Heat Will Kill You First spans the globe, with Goodell constantly on assignment, jumping from melting icebergs in Antarctica to the scalding streets of Chennai. His stories make heat, and the dangers it incites, visible in new ways.”―John Washington, New York Review of Books

About the Author

Jeff Goodell’s latest book is The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet. He is the author of six previous books, including The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World, which was a New York Times Critics Top Book of 2017.  He has covered climate change for more than two decades at Rolling Stone and discussed climate and energy issues on NPR, MSNBC, CNN,  CNBC,  ABC, NBC, Fox News and The Oprah Winfrey Show.  He is a Senior Fellow at the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center and a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow. 

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown and Company (July 11, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316497576
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316497572
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 1.31 x 9.65 inches
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Jeff Goodell’s most recent book is the New York Times bestseller The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet. It was named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The Economist, and the Los Angeles Times and was nominated for the LA Times Book Prize and the New York Public Library’s Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism. Goodell is the author of six previous books, including The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World, which was a New York Times Critics Top Book of 2017. He has covered climate change for more than two decades at Rolling Stone and discussed climate and energy issues on NPR, MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, ABC, NBC, Fox News and The Oprah Winfrey Show. He was a 2016 New America Fellow and a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow.

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5.0 out of 5 stars fascinating and noncontroversial
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2024
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Whenever you title a headline, “noncontroversial,” you’re sure to unearth a doubter/naysayer/argument. But what I particularly like about this book is it just takes a look at 1.) what’s happening now that’s fully documented and well-understood, 2.) what happened in the past that is fully documented and understood. And, despite the fact that I’ve followed these things for ~2 decades and find the topic both interesting and (to me) economically important (coming from a farming family), there was a ton here that I didn’t know about.

Most importantly, it’s just interesting and well-written, with interesting stories, history that is contemporary, historical, pre-historical, and even delves into paleontology; also implicit and explicit recommendations of what we can do. Maybe the most important thing of all is aligning our collective interests so that we can work together, so that tackling the problem becomes the obvious task: get up in the morning, brush teeth, be climate-friendly…end list.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Documentation of a Steepening Heat Slope and How All Life on Earth is Affected
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2023
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Jeff Goodell’s The Heat Will Kill You First reads as a what will happen to the common man, what we can expect in regard to the looming human caused climate crisis on Earth. As one who has been knocked down with heat exhaustion on a 12 mile summer evening run over 40 years ago, I find it mind numbing that people are succumbing to heat while just living. Goodell tactfully takes the reader through a number of cases, where individuals who succumbed to heat related causes. The first few chapters are can’t put the book down stuff, as he discusses the physiological effects heat has on humans.

The book is divided into 14 chapters, each with a unique concern for the coming plight for humans. Will the wealthy be the only people in the world population who manage to live in climate controlled zones? The author dissects the Heat Islands that our, urban and metropolitan areas have become. What will become of our agricultural zones responsible for feeding so many of the world’s people, and what happens to the worlds displaced populations who are forced to migrate due to heat and or rising water levels? As an aside, I wonder how many times New Orleans will endure endemic flooding, as well as the suburbs of Houston built upon flood plains.

What will happen to the bounty supplied by the oceans despite overfishing, as the chemistry of the oceans are changing with increased warming. Will the major ocean currents, that are responsible for spreading and mixing the cold and warm water patterns and associated weather fail? Will virulent diseases, vectored in by ticks and mosquitoes become more prevalent? What will happen to the remaining wildlife with which humans share a rapidly warming world?

Goodell provides a small amount of human approach to combatting the worlds warming such as planting more trees in urban areas, to releasing aerosols into the atmosphere to reflect the suns warming rays, yet how might such a procedure adversely impact some humans. What it comes down to is our global leaders are dithering as we, as a species, are rapidly approaching a tipping point from which there is no coming back. As I write this, the temperatures have soared in NE Minnesota in early September. It can get warm up here, but the current heat dome is an anomaly amongst many worldwide, that when put together, spell trouble. Goodell’s 317 pages of text, is supported by a short glossary, 40 pages of notes, a four page bibliography, and a decent index. All this added together provides the reader with a very readable and sobering story for what is occurring and what is to come.
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4.0 out of 5 stars thought provoking and informative
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2023
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I enjoyed this book. I learned a lot; it was the kind of book where I’ve been sharing bits from it in conversation with friends and family. The main weakness of the book is evidenced in the title: a slight trend towards sensationalism in language. However, don’t let that deter you; there is plenty of solid research and substance here.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Critically urgent and needed
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2024
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I’ve read a lot about various aspects of climate change, but this was one of the best, explaining in specific and visceral terms exactly what is happening to our planet and to us when it comes to heat, the driver and proximate cause of the worst effects of climate change.

I can’t recommend this book enough to anyone who wants to understand what’s going to happen in the near future, and how best to prepare.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This Brings It Home!
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If you are looking for a comprehensive review over the years and what is currently happening, this book is a must read. Easy and very relatable read. Not a "fun read", but factual and obviously well backed by writers research and science.
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5.0 out of 5 stars clear, relatable, well-explained
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2023
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Very readable and relatable. Goodell does an excellent job of explaining all the consequences of a hotter planet. You've heard of most, maybe all, of them -- but, well, he explains why objects in the mirror are closer than they appear. From a gripping account of how a couple, their child, and their dog all died on a short hike a five-minute drive from their home, to why whole cities and major sections of our country will no longer support their populations. And of course we see it on the news every day. Heat amounts to a confluence of disasters, caused by us and our foolishness. As I said, you've probably heard it all before, but Goodell brings it from the future of somebody else's problems, to ours, to here, to now. And of course this isn't just the US, but I stress that because we don't seem to be able to take a disaster seriously until we are the ones being hit by it.

The only two weak chapters are the ones on Antarctic ice melt and the disappearing Arctic polar ice. I think that's maybe because it's hard to observe it happening. Oh sure, we can understand methane from permafrost melt and we can see all the water where ice used to be, but it still appears very cold. And yet every country with a border up there is getting ready to exploit it, not save it. Goodell tries to make us feel for the polar bears, doomed to extinction, but we can still see them. I did see a film of one swimming far out to sea looking for ice floes which would enable him to hunt for seals. Polar bears are great swimmers but eventually he returned to land, and died. Goodell did finally see one, close, but she moved off with her cubs. Will they live?

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2.0 out of 5 stars Envío rápido libro maltratado y sucio
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The book came in the usual Amazon envelope. During the packing, the book cover must have been folded and glued to the usual pull opener of the cardboard. Thus, when opening the package the cover broke.

The book is readable and no further problem. But I would expect greater care in the packaging, even more for a 25€ book.
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Absorbing and understandable book covering all the issues relation to climate change
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Reviewed in Italy on August 30, 2023
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Great book about a scary prospect for all of us. Each chapter details an aspect of the effects of global warming. Well written and fascinating.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Our Scorching Planet
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Like his earlier work The Water Will Come, this recent book by Jeff Goodell is at the same time a terrifying read, an instructive scientific work, an uplifting view of our human home, the planet, a page turner and a book that remains with you long after you have read the last page.
With striking examples of the effects of an ever hotter planet on us humans and on all other life around us, the author forces us to understand what effect heat has now on our lives and what effect it will have on the lives of all life in the future. This book should be required reading in all schools and by all governments around the world!
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