THE STORY OF MORE : How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here
by Hope Jahren
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- ISBN 13
- 9780525563389
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New York, NY: Vintage, 2020. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Text/New & Bright. 2020, First Edition, 2nd Printing. Softcover/NF w/a whisper of shelfwear. Demographics, population of human beings on earth, believed to have taken 2 million years to reach one billion, and only 207 years to top 7.9 billion in November 2021! Human needs & ingenuity have transformed earth in to an imperiled planet. Socio-economic responsibilities is here called to task by award-winning scientist Hope Jahren (1969 -). 205 pgs, 19 chapters in 4 parts: Part 1, Life; 2, Food; 3, Energy; and 4, Earth, followed by appendices. Critical analysis of the science behind key inventions --- from electric power to large-scale farming & automobiles --- that, though facilitating life facilitated, were at the cost of dispelling greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as never before. Jahren explains our current & projected of global warming woes consequent to super storms & rising sea levels, as what humans can correct, once we understand underlying causal mechanisms, with the same traditionally proven response to our needs with ingenuity.
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- Title
- THE STORY OF MORE : How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here
- Author
- Hope Jahren
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0525563385
- ISBN 13
- 9780525563389
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2020
- Pages
- 205
- Keywords
- Climate Change, Social Responsibility, Corrections
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