Climate change isn’t happening just in the computer models used to test out disaster scenarios—it’s also happening to us. As such, it is important to focus not only on the challenges we face on our rapidly changing Earth but also on how these changes make us feel, says climate scientist Kate Marvel.
Interweaving earth science, mythology, natural history, and personal narrative, Marvel charts an inspiring and surprisingly funny course through our perpetually shifting world. She tells a story of terrible villains (e.g., Thomas Midgley Jr., the inventor of leaded fuel and chlorofluorocarbons) and unlikely heroes (e.g., Eunice Foote, the scientist who first grasped that carbon dioxide could warm the planet); glee at the marvels of Earth and the workings of physics; and volcanoes, witchcraft, hubristic emperors, CEOs, ancient sequoia groves, and the many small miracles of nature we take for granted.
Marvel’s new book, Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet (HarperCollins), is available for purchase.
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