H is for hope : climate change from A to Z / Elizabeth Kolbert ; illustrations by Wesley Allsbrook.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Ten Speed Press, [2024]Edition: First editionDescription: 159 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781984863522
- 1984863525
- Climate change from A to Z
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | New | 304.28 K81 | Available | 33111011340771 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In twenty-six essays--one for each letter of the alphabet--the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction takes us on a hauntingly illustrated journey through the history of climate change and the uncertainties of our future.
Climate change resists narrative--and yet some account of what's happening is needed. Millions of lives are at stake, and upward of a million species. And there are decisions to be made, even though it's unclear who, exactly, will make them.
In H Is for Hope , Elizabeth Kolbert investigates the landscape of climate change--from "A", for Svante A rrhenius, who created the world's first climate model in 1894, to "Z", for the Colorado River Basin, ground z ero for climate change in the United States. Along the way she looks at Greta Thunburg's " b lah blah blah" speech ("B"), learns to fly an all- e lectric plane ("E"), experiments with the effects of extreme t emperatures on the human body ("T"), and struggles with the deep u ncertainty of the future of climate change ("U").
Adapted from essays originally published in The New Yorker and beautifully illustrated by Wesley Allsbrook, H Is for Hope is simultaneously inspiring, alarming, and darkly humorous--a unique examination of our changing world.
"In 26 connected essays, Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter Elizabeth Kolbert takes us on an illustrated journey through the landscape of climate change and the stories we tell ourselves about the future"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-159).