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I picked this one up based on the author after reading her The Sixth Extinction, it is equally good and the examples are telling even if it‘s a bit dated now. She talks with Bush appointees and his policies, and I felt like saying ugh, it‘s even worse now...but the patterns and problems hold still, apparently no matter who is in office. So maybe it‘s less dated than I would have hoped (only the names change) because we haven‘t changed much.

The end of this tied in unexpectedly with #Separated which I‘m also reading, as the refugees are coming, often from violence, but just as frequently drought.

Sometimes reading the just slight dated books are so informative. Again, published in 2006, and they weren‘t sure yet, and I think 2020 would respectfully disagree giving us an increase in intensity and frequency, and that‘s just 14 years later, not centuries.

This book was written in 2006, I couldn‘t help but think of all the wildfires in CA this year...how we know it‘s getting warmer & drier, have known for awhile, but yet our politicians still think they can adapt to it, apparently by raking these days 🙄

It was 70 degrees here in Pennsylvania. Just sayin‘ #globalwarming

Holy biscuits the evidence that global warming can affect evolution was first seen in mosquitoes!!!

One of the most awesome things about this book are its references to citizen science. Sometimes we know things because someone has kept careful records. They did it because they thought the flower was pretty, or they‘d never seen that particular bird before. It was just something someone wanted to know and now we can track changes over time because of someone‘s innate curiosity.

This annoys me. It‘s even worse when authors feel compelled to describe scientists who are women. It‘s often comes across as “oh they‘re not very attractive so that‘s why they‘re scientists” or “they‘re attractive and it‘s so hard to believe they‘re scientists”. Mary Roach is terrible about this. Tell the reader their credentials and move on. Who cares about their grin?! Ahhhhhhhh!!!

I‘ve decided that I need to move more inland to escape as much of the ocean rising as I can. I‘m not sure I should read this book right now!

Ok, so the #TalkGreenToMe book club meets tomorrow and I‘m only 6% done with the book. 😬 Right now I‘m reading about permafrost thawing and, not to be alarmist, but we‘re all going to die. I keep hoping I won‘t live to see how this all ends but I become increasingly afraid that I will. Don‘t worry about those plastic straws because we‘re going down in flames, possibly quite literally. Or in some version of the Big Water from Trial of Lightning.

If you‘re in Austin or the Austin area, join me on Thursday, July 25th at Recycled Reads (Burnet) from 7pm to 8 pm to discuss this book. #TalkGreenToMe

A backlist title from Kolbert, this is a good overview of the 5 Ws (and the How) of climate change. There is some hard science in here and I did not find it as accessible or well written as her outstanding The 6th Extinction, but it is a worthy predecessor.

#dogsofLitsy #Bindi #Greta #mylegsareundertheresomewhere

Seems like I‘ve been absent from Litsy forever - don‘t worry! I‘m not dead, my life is just in shambles (see messy shelves for an accurate representation). Between summer reading and planning our Big Read, I‘m running myself ragged at work. I took a (much needed) week off, and came back even more exhausted and unmotivated.
TLDR: Life sucks.
(PS #ShortStorySwap match & @CSeydel - my package is ready to go out first thing Thursday morning!)

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️.5/5
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This is my first complete book of the year that I read for my climate change program!
I really enjoyed it and hope by the end of this week I can write a full review on my wordpress, which I will then link on this post.
I‘m busy getting back on my feet and college really wants to take me out so here is a sad picture of the book + college life. Sorry folks college is not an esthetic 🤷🏻‍♀️❤️👌🏻

“... some climate models -worldwide, there are about 15 major ones in operation- predict that the perennial sea-ice Cover in the arctic will disappear entirely by the year 2080. At that point, although there would continue to be seasonal ice that forms in the winter, in summer the Arctic Ocean would be completely ice free.

While it's a few years out of date now (at least my edition is), this book is still a surprisingly readable and fun rundown on climate change, what can and should be done, and the science and scientists at the heart of the issue.

Theme viewing while I read and a cute kitty for company! Not too shabby #catsoflitsy #planetearth #saturday

My 13th book of the 2016 read harder challenge.

Reading while the 3yo naps. Surely I'm not the only one who uses my kids as props? 😜