The heat will kill you first : life and death on a scorched planet / Jeff Goodell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodell, Jeff, author.

Contributor:

Little, Brown and Company, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Global warming.

Heat waves (Meteorology).

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Effect of human beings on.

global warming.

climate change.

Genre:

Informational works.

Physical Description:

xiv, 397 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Back Bay paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Back Bay Books / Little, Brown and Company, 2024.

Summary:

"The Heat Will Kill You First is about the extreme ways in which our planet is already changing. It is about why spring is coming a few weeks earlier and fall is coming a few weeks later and the impact that will have on everything from our food supply to disease outbreaks. It is about what will happen to our lives and our communities when typical summer days in Chicago or Boston go from 90°F to 110°F. A heatwave, Goodell explains, is a predatory event--one that culls out the most vulnerable people. But that is changing. As heatwaves become more intense and more common, they will become more democratic. As an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of environmental journalism for decades, Goodell's new book may be his most provocative yet, explaining how extreme heat will dramatically change the world as we know it"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: The Goldilocks zone

A cautionary tale

How heat shaped us

Heat islands

Life on the run

Anatomy of a crime scene

Magic valley

The blob

The sweat economy

Ice at the end of the world

The mosquito is my vector

Cheap cold air

What you can't see won't hurt you

Roast, flee, or act

The white bear

Epilogue: Beyond Goldilocks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-384) and index (pages 385-397).

ISBN:

031649755X

9780316497558

OCLC:

1408649475