Man, Nature, and Climate Change

 by Elizabeth Kolbert

 

Known for her insightful and thought-provoking journalism, New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert now tackles the controversial subject of global warming. Americans have been warned since the late 1970s that the buildup of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere threatens to melt the polar ice sheets and irreversibly change our climate. Kolbert travels to the Arctic, interviews researchers and scientists, unpacks the politics, and presents the personal tales of those who are affected most—the people who live near the poles and who are watching their worlds disappear.