La Catastrofe Que Viene : La Naturaleza, el Hombre y Calentamiento Global (Paperback)

from JenneB

Well, what I got from this book was that we're pretty much screwed.However this is less depressing than you might expect since I just read [book:The World Without Us] and it seems like even if we don't survive at least the rest of the world will, and it'll probably evolve some interesting new spe...

from LibraryCin

3.5 stars This is another book that looks at climate change - what humans are doing to cause it, the politics, the science, and what is happening with the climate and our world. It was good. I think the author presents it in an easy-to-understand way. I will admit to losing focus a few times whil...

from rmwilliamsjr

Recent (March 2006) addition to the literature addressed to the mythical educated layman on the issue of anthrogenic climate change. Better than most, a bit more science, much more personal interest (partly i think because the author is female and partly because it began as a series in the NYT). ...

from JaredOrlando

Published in '06, Kolbert's Field Notes is more valid now than ever. With a president in office that is ignorant of the change's of the Earth due to man's hand, we learn, from real science, the price we are paying for the choices we have made. But there is a positive. There isn't a way we can und...

from Stbalbach

Kolbert is a science reporter for the New York Times. She wrote a series of human interest + science articles about the work various scientists around the world are doing to study global warming. This is the book version. The message is clear: we're in trouble. If you've never read a book on glob...