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Wow, what a terrific but terrifying read. This are hot and only getting hotter. Yes the heat will kill humans but of course those on the fringes first. It‘s also going to ruin our systems, notably our food supply. The global south will suffer first, and of course sea waters are rising and wildfires are happening much more often. Can we change in time? Will we? I‘m sad, but this is a great book.

So well written, the prologue hooked with a terrible tragedy that could easily happen to any of us. We can't keep wasting time. People are unwittingly moving to areas that are growing considerably hotter with the expectation that we'll just keep cranking up the AC and pumping in water. It's not sustainable. With every area on the planet heating up, the impacts to the food supply and political stability are a nightmare already started.

I've read--and enjoyed--all three of Goodell's books on climate change, and this one was, by far, the best.

This reads like a series of magazine essays about climate change. Goodell is an engaging writer who puts himself in the narrative just enough to humanize but not overly personalize. This was one of my scary reads for October. It‘s excellent! 🥵

I like how he puts this. He's referring to how architects who have designed homes in hot climates have always understood the importance of things such as shade, airflow, insulation, and light colors, but how our knee-jerk reaction to use air conditioning helps us to forget these things.

(The Asian longhorned tick)

For every degree Celsius of increase in global mean temperature, yields are expected to decrease by 7 percent for corn, 6 percent for wheat, and 3 percent for rice.

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(Continued)...which sometimes finish a race looking like their necks are covered in shaving cream (thus the origin of the phrase "get in a lather.") ?

Blame this one on BookTok. It‘s a pick for this desert dweller. Equal parts discouraging & encouraging.
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Global warming has been on my mind since the Carter administration, but my strongly worded letters to power brokers, attendance at neighborhood meetings about tree cover, & solar panel purchase haven‘t fixed it yet. Go figure.

84/150 I guess the title of the book pretty much sums up what it's about. It's a fact that the Earth is getting hotter, each year being the hottest on record. The author mixes scientific information with anecdotes about his personal experience with extreme heat and how it is altering the environment, and the people and animals trying to adapt to the increasing hotter planet. 4.25/5

Goodell does a fantastic job of using each chapter to explore a different issue on the ramifications of a warming planet. The science is solid, personal stories to make the human impact of heat relatable, hope in solutions, and warnings if we don‘t act with urgency. Great read!

It's hard to imagine a timelier or more devastating book than this one. The author vividly describes the deadly cost of rising heat in places like California, Phoenix, Paris, Chennai, Antarctica and the Arctic. Truly a must read for anyone who wants to comprehend the impact of climate change in real time. I wish I could give a copy to every driver on the roads of Lexington with a "Friends of Coal" license plate.