UNINHABITABLE EARTH

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It is much worse than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible. I n California, drought is unending and wildfires now rage year-round. Across the USA, ''500-year'' storms pummel communities month after month, and floods displace tens of millions annually. This is only a preview of the changes to come. Without a revolution in how billions of humans conduct their lives, parts of the Earth could become close to uninhabitable, and other parts horrifically inhospitable, as soon as the end of this century. In his travelogue of our near future, David Wallace-Wells brings into stark relief the climate troubles that await--food shortages, refugee emergencies, and other crises that will reshape the globe. Show more