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4.31 AVERAGE
4.31 AVERAGE
informative
medium-paced
informative
medium-paced
Eye opening and a powerful informative book about how humans are migrating and adjusting to the weather caused by Climate change. How we have impacted the planet by polluting it to the extent that we now are reaping what we sow and having to migrate from certain areas that have seen more and more extreme weather over the last 30 years. What the government is doing to the towns and citizens in these areas and if there is time to still fix what we have done.
Incredibly informative and eye-opening about the numerous ways in which climate change is displacing people from their homes, and the challenges that must be managed now and also in the near-future. However, definitely a bit of an anxiety-provoking as well, at least for me. Incredibly worth reading, but definitely have some lighter lined up for you next book when you're finished.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I'm finishing this book while spending my day seeing apocalyptic footage of LA and reaching out to friends and family to make sure they're okay. This book highlights the nightmare new normal we are going to face in the coming years.
informative
medium-paced
challenging
informative
fast-paced
I read this for my Urban Planning and Policy graduate class and it was genuinely a good read and easy to get through. Definitely recommend.
dark
informative
fast-paced
I would recommend reading the first 75% of this book. It gets quite loose and speculative at the end. The first 3/4s of the book are case studies of communities in the United States specifically that have been affected by climate change. The author typically outlines the disaster that occurred (some are fast like wildfires, some are very slow like bayou erosion), how the community was impacted, and where the residents were displaced to.
I found some chapters more engaging than others. Perhaps because I've already read a lot about the Tubbs and Camp Fires, those chapters felt redundant. But the chapters about Il de Jean Charles in Louisiana and water rights in Arizona were fascinating.
This book is fairly recent and already feels out of date given the context of the LA Wildfires.
I found some chapters more engaging than others. Perhaps because I've already read a lot about the Tubbs and Camp Fires, those chapters felt redundant. But the chapters about Il de Jean Charles in Louisiana and water rights in Arizona were fascinating.
This book is fairly recent and already feels out of date given the context of the LA Wildfires.
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Eye opening discussion on the impact of climate change on various regions of the US. There are obvious issues of water rise on the coastal regions, but less obvious is the impact of temperature rise - especially south of the mason dixon line - even if tough goals are achieved to slow the progress to 2degree increase. Hard times are coming for many.