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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
Such an enlightening book on what is happening with climate change, its cascades, feedback systems, impacts, future threats - so many more than i could have imagined... how soon we are expecting them, why we think about climate change the way we do. Very digestible with day to day language, kinda of a horror story when you start envisioning it! :0
Whew! This is depressing as hell. It’s also incredibly important. Highly recommend.
"Die unbewohnbare Erde" beschreibt auf eine sachliche und gleichzeitig schockierende Weise die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels. Ich beschäftige mich seit einiger zeit mit diesem Thema und war ehrlich schockiert, wie viel ich dennoch nicht mitbekomme. Aufgrund dessen und wegen der Art des Buches, welche offensichtlich nicht Roman ist, war es teilweise etwas schleppend zu lesen. Doch auch, wenn es etwas Zeit in Anspruch nimmt, denke ich, sollte man, wenn man sich für das Thema Klimawandel interessiert, oder vielleicht gerade wenn nicht, das Buch lesen, um sich wirklich bewusst zu machen, wie die Situation aussieht. Ich fand es interessant zu sehen, wie der Autor es geschafft hat, alles dennoch nicht völlig hoffnungs- und trostlos aussehen zu lassen. Die Unterkapitel bzw. der Hauptteil laden definitiv dazu ein, daran zu verzweifeln. Die verwendeten Informationen sind gut recherchiert und vermerkt.
This book thoroughly terrified me. David Wallace-Wells writes about a grim world indeed. Darker still is the knowledge that it's the future I face. After reading this book I feel compelled to help avert that sheer catastrophe in any way I can. I hope to educate myself in environmental science and learn how I can effect change. I fully intend on reading through the notes at the end of the book.
If you know of any other resources please share them. I would especially like to know what teenagers like me can do to help.
If you know of any other resources please share them. I would especially like to know what teenagers like me can do to help.
This approachable book about the consequences of climate change covers an enormous amount of ground, including:
–The limits of the Paris climate goals, which, even if they are met, won't be enough to stop major flooding in cities like Miami and Hong Kong.
–Cascade effects of climate change's immediate impacts (e.g. Arctic melting releases carbon trapped in permafrost, triggering more warming)
–Increased need for food and freshwater, while having less and less farmable land and freshwater.
–Tropical diseases like malaria spreading to more areas of the world as climates warm.
–More air pollution-related deaths
–More war and climate-related conflicts as resources become increasingly scarce.
At one point, the author says, "If you have made it this far, you are a brave reader.” The relentless bad news accumulated in this book can feel unrelenting (I read this in conjunction with something funny, which I would recommend). But ultimately, I respect being told exactly how bad it is, even if it's scary to bear.
I work at a national science organization, so almost none this was news to me. But I think this book would make a great climate change primer for people who are unfamiliar with these issues/the numbers and currently lack the sense of dread and drive for action we should all have.
–The limits of the Paris climate goals, which, even if they are met, won't be enough to stop major flooding in cities like Miami and Hong Kong.
–Cascade effects of climate change's immediate impacts (e.g. Arctic melting releases carbon trapped in permafrost, triggering more warming)
–Increased need for food and freshwater, while having less and less farmable land and freshwater.
–Tropical diseases like malaria spreading to more areas of the world as climates warm.
–More air pollution-related deaths
–More war and climate-related conflicts as resources become increasingly scarce.
At one point, the author says, "If you have made it this far, you are a brave reader.” The relentless bad news accumulated in this book can feel unrelenting (I read this in conjunction with something funny, which I would recommend). But ultimately, I respect being told exactly how bad it is, even if it's scary to bear.
I work at a national science organization, so almost none this was news to me. But I think this book would make a great climate change primer for people who are unfamiliar with these issues/the numbers and currently lack the sense of dread and drive for action we should all have.
challenging
slow-paced
This book may give you climate depression
But hopefully, it will give you strength and courage to protest against fossil fuels and ignorance of our governments. And to annoy your friends with trying to convince them they should be protesting as well. Because this is the only thing we can do, really.
Not eating meat is amazing for different reasons, recycling is all fun and helpful but this alone won’t change much on a big scale.
But hopefully, it will give you strength and courage to protest against fossil fuels and ignorance of our governments. And to annoy your friends with trying to convince them they should be protesting as well. Because this is the only thing we can do, really.
Not eating meat is amazing for different reasons, recycling is all fun and helpful but this alone won’t change much on a big scale.
https://chloeyeoman.wordpress.com/2020/07/22/the-uninhabitable-earth-david-wallace-wells/
2.5 stars
I think this novel is more than needed: Way too many people try to cast the problem of climate change out of their lives, something, that will never work out. So I do think that this book would be a fantastic wake-up call for everyone.
Nonetheless, I didn't like certain aspects of it:
I found that many of the examples used in this book were extremely specific to America, which I thought unnecessary.
Apart from that, it is full, and I mean full, of data (numbers and statistics) from start too finish. Most of the chapters were difficult to get through because of that. I felt quite overwhelmed by it. The author didn't really explain the how or why climate change is furthered/produced, which I would have found really interesting.
It would also have been nice to get to know some solutions, as to how I, as a regular citizen, could help to turn this crisis around.
I think this novel is more than needed: Way too many people try to cast the problem of climate change out of their lives, something, that will never work out. So I do think that this book would be a fantastic wake-up call for everyone.
Nonetheless, I didn't like certain aspects of it:
I found that many of the examples used in this book were extremely specific to America, which I thought unnecessary.
Apart from that, it is full, and I mean full, of data (numbers and statistics) from start too finish. Most of the chapters were difficult to get through because of that. I felt quite overwhelmed by it. The author didn't really explain the how or why climate change is furthered/produced, which I would have found really interesting.
It would also have been nice to get to know some solutions, as to how I, as a regular citizen, could help to turn this crisis around.