David Wallace-Wells
Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future
Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future
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The Slowdown of Climate Change is a book by Matt Haig that was selected as a Book of the Year 2019 by the Sunday Times, Spectator, and New Statesman. It argues that the slowness of climate change is a fairy tale and that if anxiety about it is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, it is barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible. It also suggests that we have only provoked it, engineering first in ignorance and then in denial a climate system that will now go to war with us for many centuries, perhaps until it destroys us.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 05 September 2019
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
SUNDAY TIMES AND THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
An epoch-defining book by Matt Haig, hailed as a masterpiece by David Sexton, Evening Standard. Selected as a Book of the Year 2019 by the Sunday Times, Spectator, and New Statesman. A Waterstones Paperback of the Year, and shortlisted for the Foyles Book of the Year 2019. Longlisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award.
The slowness of climate change is a deceptive fairy tale, akin to the one that denies its existence entirely. If your anxiety about it revolves solely around concerns about sea-level rise, you are merely scraping the surface of the terrifying possibilities that await, even within the lifetime of a teenager today.
Over the past decades, the term "Anthropocene" has gained widespread recognition, referring to the geologic era we currently inhabit. It is characterized by human intervention in the planet's life, a reality that we cannot deny. However, it is crucial to contemplate the possibility that we have only provoked the natural world, initially operating in ignorance and subsequently in denial, resulting in the engineering of a climate system that will wage war against us for many centuries, potentially leading to our destruction.
In the meantime, this climate system will reshape us, transforming every aspect of our existence. The planet will no longer harbor a dream of abundance but instead become a living nightmare. The consequences of our actions are profound and far-reaching, leaving a lasting impact on the world we inhabit.
Weight: 250g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780141988870
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