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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
When his wife, Ada, vanishes from their bed one night, with their son, Gilles, in the next room, Danny discovers mothers around the world are vanishing from their homes and wonders if the mystery is linked to the forest she seemed magnetically drawn to.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In 2050, behind the exclusive Inside Project, a series of weather-safe, city-sized structures around the world, three women, employees of the billionaire/women's rights advocate responsible for this strange new society, notice cracks in the system, in this thrilling story of queer love, betrayal and chosen family"--
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Language
English
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Description
The world is changing, and humanity must change with it. Rising seas and soaring temperatures have radically transformed the face of Earth. Meanwhile, Earth is being observed from afar by other civilizations... and now they are ready to make contact. Vying to prepare humanity for first contact are a group of dreamers and changemakers, including Peter Hendrix, the genius inventor behind the most advanced VR tech; Charyssa, a beloved celebrity icon...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the near future, humanity hasn't avoided the worst of climate change: wildfires, rising oceans, mass migration, and skyrocketing inequality have become the daily reality. Just when it seems that it can't get any worse, a movement of workers, migrants, and refugees inspires the world to band together, save the planet, and rebuild a society for all. This is The Great Transition. Emi Vargas was born post-Transition, a utopia compared to the world...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
We think about the dangers of climate change in the future tense: that as global warming gets worse over the coming decades, millions of people will scatter around the world fleeing famine and rising seas. What we often don't realize is that the consequences of climate change are already visible, right here in the United States. Bittle shows that, from fire-scorched California to the soaked watersheds of inland North Carolina, people are moving....
8) Project F
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Language
English
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Description
Several hundred years in the future, in a world where fossil fuels are no longer used as a power source, a thirteen-year-old boy named Keith joins a jet pack project that will give people the ability to fly.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The conditions that allowed humans to live on Earth are incredibly fragile. Climate variability has at times created new niches that humans or their ancestors could potentially exploit, and challenges that at times have spurred innovation. But there's a relatively narrow envelope of climate variability within which human civilization remains viable, and our survival depends on conditions remaining within that range. In this book, renowned climate...
11) Wildfire
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"After her home burns down, Julianna moves to a new town to start over but learns that the boy who started the fire goes to her new school" --
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Follows a middle aged media consultant, a twenty-something influencer and regretful climate change denier, and a teenager with a personal vendetta as they all struggle to survive in a world lit on fire and full of refugees due to escalating climate crises.
14) Fifteen hurricanes that changed the Carolinas: powerful storms, climate change, and what we do next
Author
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This informative and engaging book tells the true stories of the hurricanes that had the greatest impact on North Carolina and South Carolina, from the eighteenth century to the present day. Hurricane historian Jay Barnes offers an illuminating and compelling account of the Carolinas' most recent storm disasters, Matthew and Florence, as well as thirteen other memorable hurricanes in the Tar Heel and Palmetto States, including Hazel, Hugo, Fran,...
15) Infinity gate
Author
Series
Pandominion volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Pandominion: a political and trading alliance of a million worlds. Except that they're really just one world, Earth, in many different realities. And when an A.I. threat arises that could destroy everything the Pandominion has built, they'll eradicate it by whatever means necessary. Scientist Hadiz Tambuwal is looking for a solution to her own Earth's environmental collapse when she stumbles across the secret of inter-dimensional travel, a secret...
16) Nuclear now
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States, filmmaker Oliver Stone explores the possibility for the global community to overcome challenges like climate change and reach a brighter future through the power of nuclear energy an option that may become a vital way to ensure our continued survival sooner than we think.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
358 pages : chart ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A sentient AI determines that all humans must be eliminated as the root of climate change and leaves a woman named Sen as a "witness" to record her observations on the end of humanity as the world begins to rewild.
18) She's a killer
Author
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
381 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Alice: 30-something, IQ of 159 (almost a genius), only communicates with her mother in Morse code. Her imaginary friend is back. Erika: 15, daughter of hot 'wealthugee' who loves Russian literature, genuine genius, killer eyeliner and killer instincts. The climate is in crisis and wealthy immigrants are flocking to New Zealand for shelter, stealing land, driving up food prices, and taking over. But Alice has far more important things to worry about:...
Author
Language
English
Description
Denied a dog, a baby, and even a faithful fiancé, Cat suddenly craves a snake: a glistening, writhing creature that can be worn like "jewelry, living jewelry" to match her black jeans. But when the budding social media star promptly loses the young "Burmie" she buys from a local pet store, she inadvertently sets in motion a chain of increasingly dire and outrageous events that comes to threaten her very survival.
20) The last resort
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"It's March 2034, six months after D.C. police detective Jen Lu and Chandler, her sentient bio-computer and wannabe tough guy implanted in her brain, cracked the mystery of Eden. The climate crisis is hitting harder than ever: a mega-hurricane has devastated the eco-system and waves of refugees pour into Washington, D.C. Environmental lawyer and media darling Patty Garcia dies in a bizarre accident on a golf course. Of the seven billion people on...
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