THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH

Reviewed 6/03/2019

The Uninhabitable Earth, by David Wallace-West

THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH
Life After Warming
David Wallace-West
New York: Tim Duggan Books, February 2019

Rating:

4.5

High

ISBN-13 978-0-525-57670-9
ISBN-10 0-525-57670-3 310pp. HC $27.00

Table of Contents

I. Cascades 1
 
II. Elements of Chaos 37
Heat Death 39
Hunger 49
Drowning 59
Wildfire 70
Disasters No Longer Natural 78
Freshwater Drain 86
Dying Oceans 94
Unbreathable Air 100
Plagues of Warming 109
Economic Collapse 115
Climate Conflict 124
"Systems" 131
 
III. The Climate Kaleidoscope 141
Storytelling 143
Crisis Capitalism 158
The Church of Technology 171
Politics of Consumption 185
History After Progress 197
Ethics at the End of the World 204
 
IV. The Anthropic Principle 217
 
Acknowledgments 229
Notes 233
Index 301
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