A review by uhambe_nami
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert

4.0

This is not a speculative gloom-and-doom story, but a great textbook on climate change research and the current state of affairs, with clear case studies of places around the world where climate change is already affecting the lives of people. The chapter on Dutch water management and the floating houses in Maasbommel is excellently done; the 'Ruimte voor de Rivier' (Room for the River) projects of which she speaks are now well underway and set to be completed in 2015. In the few years since Ms. Kolbert wrote her book, the global CO2 levels have gone up from 380 to 400 parts per million, an indication of the urgency of the climate change problem.