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- Did you know that the most catastrophic effects of climate change are set to arrive much sooner—and hit much harder—than even the most dire news reports suggest?
- Have you ever wondered how a warming planet could trigger a terrifying chain reaction of global pandemics, economic collapse, and permanent war?
- Are you curious about which parts of our modern world are already destined to disappear, and what life will truly look like in an era of runaway wildfires and submerged cities?
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What You'll Learn from The Uninhabitable Earth
- The Paris climate accord targets are wildly unrealistic.
- The harmful effects of climate change spark chain reactions, causing even more warming.
- Extreme weather conditions are becoming the new normal.
- Climbing sea levels will inundate whole cities and nations.
- Runaway heating will unleash mass hunger and malnourishment.
The Uninhabitable Earth Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: The Paris climate accord targets are wildly unrealistic.
Chapter 3: The harmful effects of climate change spark chain reactions, causing even more warming.
Chapter 4: Extreme weather conditions are becoming the new normal.
Chapter 5: Climbing sea levels will inundate whole cities and nations.
Chapter 6: Runaway heating will unleash mass hunger and malnourishment.
Chapter 7: The hotter it gets, the more disease there will be.
Chapter 8: Collapsing air quality is suffocating us.
Chapter 9: Freshwater is becoming an increasingly scarce resource.
Chapter 10: Human conflict rises on a hotter, dirtier planet.
Chapter 11: New technologies give us ways to lessen these disasters, but they are impractical today.
About The Uninhabitable Earth
The Uninhabitable Earth (2019) is a terrifying rundown of the horrors which await in an ever-warming world. With poetic brilliance, Wallace-Wells draws from the latest research in climate science to give us an elegant final warning. Runaway wildfires, submerged cities, polluted air and global pandemics – these and other climate-induced catastrophes not only await in the very near future but in some cases have already arrived.
Who Should Listen to The Uninhabitable Earth
- Climate-conscious citizens who need it given to them straight
- Anyone seeking to understand the cutting edge of environmental science
- Everyone living on planet Earth
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