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3.98 AVERAGE
Took me a while to finish this unflinching book. Had to steal myself to look at the implications of climate change. Very well written, thoroughly researched, not sensationalist but very very sobering. The fact that hit home hardest: "more than half of the carbon exhaled into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels has been emitted in just the past three decades".
I found the second half insightful, but the first half — which delineates all of the various existential threats of climate change — was a barrage of information and stats, and was difficult for me to absorb. Overall, an informative read — and everyone should learn more about climate change! But this was perhaps not the top choice for the casual readers or the less scientifically oriented, like myself.
The first section of this book lists the predicted injuries the world will suffer. This is the weakest part. It is just too difficult to engage with alarming facts about problems at scales outside ones own experience. I hoped for scenarios followed by justifications for their likelihood, but if course that is so much harder than it sounds.
The remainder of the book is superb
The remainder of the book is superb
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
The extreme weather that affects us worldwide should be a wake-up call. Whether you believe it is human-made or not is irrelevant - the fact is that society is being impacted means that something needs to be done.
"The Uninhabitable Earth" is well written, and the author does not mince his words. We have a short time to fix the problem and who knows, we may already be beyond the point of no return.
The book presents what results from extreme climate change - loss of freshwater sources, reduction in economic output, species extinction, military conflicts, uncontrolled mass migration across regions and more.
Expecting some as yet undiscovered technology to magically solve the problem in some future is as bad as sticking ones head in the sand and pretending we have nothing to worry about. What world are we leaving to future generations who will have to deal with the worst of the problems?
Overall, a terrifying vision of our future.
"The Uninhabitable Earth" is well written, and the author does not mince his words. We have a short time to fix the problem and who knows, we may already be beyond the point of no return.
The book presents what results from extreme climate change - loss of freshwater sources, reduction in economic output, species extinction, military conflicts, uncontrolled mass migration across regions and more.
Expecting some as yet undiscovered technology to magically solve the problem in some future is as bad as sticking ones head in the sand and pretending we have nothing to worry about. What world are we leaving to future generations who will have to deal with the worst of the problems?
Overall, a terrifying vision of our future.
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Filed under "probably not going to finish." Not a bad book, but I am not really the target audience. Very much a case if preaching to the choir, and full of things that I mostly know already. Lots of lists of alarming numbers, which should be and are scary, but ultimately not that interesting to me.
This book delivers on its premise and more. Its portrayal of climate change is almost Lovecraftian: we have unleashed a horror completely beyond our comprehension. Takes stock of not only the ecological, but also the human, political, and spiritual toll that climate change will take if we don’t act - and now.
The most terrifying and urgent book I have ever read on any subject.
The most terrifying and urgent book I have ever read on any subject.
I just kind of eh. It’s like semi-interesting in the sense that it sets up the stage for what things could look like but then it falls really flat anything pay that.
This book is extremely alarmist and gave me intense anxiety. I have studied sustainability and am aware of all the topics that were brought up, but this book just gives all devastating facts one right after the other with no breaks. I couldn’t finish the book because it was just too much with not a lot of explanation or detail of each topic that was brought to attention. I would not recommend this book for anyone interested in learning about climate change