The end of the long summer
Subtitle: why we must remake our civilization to survive on a volatile Earth
By: Dianne Dumanoski
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780307396075
Description: A noted environmental journalist discusses the possible ecological consequences beyond global warming resulting from modern human activity and describes the possibility of massive instability and climate swings, including a possible return to ice ages of the past.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-292) and index.
Table of contents: title: The future head-on; title: The planetary era; title: Lessons from the ozone hole; title: The return of nature; title: A stormworthy lineage; title: Playing Prospero : the temptations of technofix; title: On vulnerability and survivability; title: A new map for the planetary era; title: Honest hope.