Nowhere Left to Go: How Climate Change Is Driving Species to the Ends of the Earth

Animals and plants are migrating to the margins to escape rising temperatures and drought, but when even these places become too hot, they are left with only one path to survival: an often-formidable journey toward the poles. Environmental journalist Benjamin von Brackel traces these journeys and celebrates the resilience of species, but the lengths they must go to avoid extinction are alarming.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 14 September 2022
Publisher: The Experiment LLC

From the unseen front lines of the climate emergency, an astonishing and inspiring work that follows the harrowing migrations of animals and plants as they flee rising temperatures and drought in their natural habitats. As humans accelerate global warming, destroying the environment, animals and plants are forced to retreat to the margins: on scattered nature reserves, between major highways, or in urban sprawl. And when even these places become too hot and inhospitable, wildlife is left with only one path to survival: an often-difficult journey to the poles as they race to find a new home in a warming world. Tropical zones empty, beavers settle in Alaska, and gigantic shoals of fish disappear - only to reappear on foreign shores. Award-winning environmental journalist Benjamin von Brackel traces these awe-inspiring journeys and celebrates the remarkable resilience of species around the world. But the lengths these plants and animals must go to avoid extinction are as alarming as they are inspiring: Sea animals, such as fish, move an average of 45 miles a decade to cooler regions, while land animals, such as beavers and butterflies, move 11 miles. As even the Earth's poles heat up, we are faced with a stark and irreversible choice: stop the climate emergency now, or face a massive die-off of species, who are increasingly left with nowhere to go.

Weight: 300g
ISBN-13: 9781615198610