BookHope Jahren.
Summary: The author uses several the key inventions--from electric power to large-scale farming and automobiles--to illustrate that the science improves human life, but also releases untenable amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The author explains the current and projected consequences of greenhouse gases--from superstorms to rising sea levels--and shares the science-based tools that could help us fight back.
Contents:
Part one. Life
Our story begins
Who we are
How we are
Where we are
Part two. Food
Growing grain
Raising meat
Finding fish
Making sugar
Throwing it all away
Part three. Energy
Keeping the lights on
Moving around
The plants we burn
The wheels we turn
Part four. Earth
Altered air
Warming weather
Melting ice
Rising waters
The big good-bye
Another page
Appendix: The story of less
The action you take
The difference you make
An environmental catechism
Sources and suggested reading.
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