The Fragile Earth: writing from the New Yorker on climate change

Title: The Fragile Earth: writing from the New Yorker on climate change
Editors: David Remnick and Henry Finder
Year: 2021
Publisher: Harper-Collins Ecco
Pages: 541
ISBN: 978-0-06-301755-9
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Contents: These are stories from the New Yorker by well known expository writers on climate change issues including on what the greenhouse effect means for us (McKibben), disappearing islands, thawing permafrost and melting polar ice (Kolbert), what carbon emissions are doing to our oceans (Kolbert), how Australia reconed with the worst wildfires in its history (Kenneally), how warfare, climate change, and extreme hunger converged in Chad (Taub), the continuing assult on facts (McKibben) green Manhattan should be replicated everywhere (Owen), the complexity of making eco-friendly choices (Specter), whether there is a technical solution to global warming (Specter), whether cities can be made climate proofed (Klineberg), and saving the world by inventing a better burger (Friend).
There are no equations. Chapter 2 (Reflections on the end of nature by Bill Mckibben) contains a valuable account of an interview with James Hansen, a leader in the climate change field. He was the director for some years of Nasa,s + Columbia University's GISS (Geographic Institute for Space Science) which has developed a predictive model over several decades.