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Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, A Division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 592 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive history of the Gulf of Mexico and its identity as a region marked by hurricanes, oil fields, and debates about population growth and the environment demonstrates how its picturesque ecosystems have inspired and reflected key historical events.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
234 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it? That man should have dominion "over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth" is a prophecy that has hardened into fact. So pervasive are human impacts on the planet that it's said we live in a new geological epoch:...
Author
Publisher
Tim Duggan Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible. In California, wildfires now rage year-round, destroying thousands of homes. Across the US, "500-year" storms pummel communities month after month, and floods displace tens of millions annually. This is only a preview of the changes to come. And they are coming fast....
