Before It's Gone
Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small-town America
New York, NY : One Signal Publishers / Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC, [2024]
Format: Book
Edition: First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Description: xxxiv, 269 pages ; 24 cm
Discussion of the climate crisis has always suffered from a problem of abstraction. Data points and warnings of an overheated future struggle to break through the noise of everyday life. Deniers often portray climate solutions as inconvenient, expensive, and unnecessary. And many politicians, cloistered by status and focused always on their next election, do not yet see climate as a winning issue in the short run, so they don't take any action at all. But climate change, and its devastating consequences, has kept apace whether we want to pay attention or not. CBS News national correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti has seen that crisis unfold for himself, spending nearly two decades reporting across the United States (and the world) documenting the people, communities, landmarks, and traditions we've already surrendered. Vigliotti shares with urgency and personal touch the story of an America on the brink. Before It's Gone traces Vigliotti's travels across the country, taking him to the frontlines of climate disaster and revealing the genuine impacts of climate change that countless Americans have already been forced to confront. From massive forest fires in California to hurricanes in Louisiana, receding coastlines in Massachusetts and devastated fisheries in Alaska, we learn that warnings of a future impacted by climate are no more; the climate catastrophe is already here. Before It's Gone traces Vigliotti's travels across the country, taking him to the frontlines of climate disaster and revealing the genuine impacts of climate change that countless Americans have already been forced to confront. From massive forest fires in California to hurricanes in Louisiana, receding coastlines in Massachusetts and devastated fisheries in Alaska, we learn that warnings of a future impacted by climate are no more; the climate catastrophe is already here.
Subjects:
Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- United States.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- United States.
Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- United States.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- United States.
ISBN:
1668008173
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SCIENCE Climate Vig | Main (Downtown) | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/13/2024) |
SCIENCE Climate Vig | Blythewood | New, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/21/2024) |
SCIENCE Climate Vig | Sandhills Indoors | New, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/22/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references and index.