The heat will kill you first: life and death on a scorched planet

"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...

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1. Verfasser: Goodell, Jeff 19XX- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; Boston ; London Little, Brown and Company July 2023
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:"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"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-372) and index
Beschreibung:x, 385 Seiten 25 cm
ISBN:9780316497572
0316497576

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