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The Last Winter
The Last Winter: The Scientists, Adventurers, Journeymen, and Mavericks Trying to Save the World | Porter Fox
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A gripping blend of narrative travelogue, history, and climatology set against the end of ice, snow, and winter as we know it. As the planet warms, winter is shrinking. In the last fifty years, the Northern Hemisphere lost a million square miles of spring snowpack and in the US alone, snow cover has been reduced by 15-30%. On average, winter has shrunk by a month in most northern latitudes. In this deeply researched, beautifully written, and adventure-filled book, journalist Porter Fox travels along the edge of the Northern Hemisphere's snow line to track the scope of this drastic change, and how it will literally change everything--from rapid sea level rise, to fresh water scarcity for two billion people, to massive greenhouse gas emissions from thawing permafrost, and a half dozen climate tipping points that could very well spell the end of our world. This original research is animated by four harrowing and illuminating journeys--each grounded by interviews with idiosyncratic, charismatic experts in their respective fields and Fox's own narrative of growing up on a remote island in Northern Maine. Timely, atmospheric, and expertly investigated, The Last Winter will showcase a shocking and unexpected casualty of climate change--that may well set off its own unstoppable warming cycle.
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Frightening to say the least.I‘m already aware of the changes on earth but this book…

The author said something along these lines, society was not ready nor did it handle the pandemic, what is it going to do when we are facing the last winter.

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Happy #NewReleaseTuesday! A little later than usual, but I can share Molly‘s first selfie. 😂 Her nose and paws operate my phone, so I came back to this today. 💜

I‘m most excited about the tagged. #SeasonalRead The Shteyntgart also sounds interesting. I went with Cokie over the Ai Wei Wei memoir due to length and heaviness, but I have a bit of fomo. I‘m trying to continue my anti-racism education, so Speaking of Race sounded good! All tagged ⬇️

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MallenNC I‘m looking forward to the Cokie Roberts book. I read a book on NPR‘s “Founding Mothers” that was partly about her. 2y
Megabooks @MallenNC I read that as well. It‘s another reason I chose this! (Damn 451 character count. 😉) Such an interesting book. 2y
MallenNC It was very interesting. I understood after reading it why the first women at NPR stayed so long — they had to work so hard to get there. 2y
Cinfhen Im most excited by the new Shteyngart and of course, Mollly‘s first selfie 🐶🐾♥️ 2y
Cinfhen The Ai We Wei will work for #Booked2022 #China 2y
Cinfhen Speaking of race also works for #Booked2022 #WrittenByAJournalist and it sounds GREAT!! 2y
BarbaraBB That selfie is hilarious 😍 2y
Megabooks @MallenNC yes! The first two chapters covered her family life, but I‘m into the third, which talks about her early career and she‘s just started at npr. It expand a lot of the npr book. She‘s a really interesting woman!! 2y
Megabooks @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB I knew her aunts would love the selfie!! 😁😁 2y
Megabooks @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB I have my doctor‘s appointment (not procedure - just to talk) tomorrow morning so I‘ll write you after that when I know something more. 💜💜 2y
Cinfhen Good luck 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😘😘😘😘 2y
BarbaraBB Thanks for keeping us posted. I hope he can reassure you a bit. Sending love and positive vibes 🍀🍀🍀💚💚💚 2y
Centique Molly‘s selfie!! She‘s more than your usual pup that one 😍 2y
Megabooks @Centique thank you!! She is. 💕💕💕 (edited) 2y
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