Forecast The Surprising--and Immediate--Consequences of Climate Change [Paperback]

The revealing and highly praised portrayal of the surprising ways that climate change will affect the world in the very near future

Climate change has already been altering lives on our planet for a generation: the critically acclaimedForecastshows, through Stephan Faris's vivid on-the-ground reporting, that there are unanticipated and surprising effectssome catastrophic and some positiveright around the corner.

Global warming will spur the spread of many diseases. The warming world will shift huge populations and potentially redraw political alliances around the globe, driving environmentalists into the hands of anti-immigrant groups. America's coasts are already more difficult places to live as increasing insurance rates make the Gulf Coast and other gorgeous spots prohibitively expensive. Crops will fail in previously lush places and thrive in some formerly barren zones, altering huge industries and remaking traditions. Water scarcity has the potential to inflame and draw the United States into multiple conflicts.

Told through the narratives of current, past, and future events, the result of astonishingly wide travel and reporting,Forecastis a powerful, gracefully written account that opens our eyes about this most urgent issue and how it has altered and will alter our world.

Stephan Farisis a journalist who specializes in writing about the developing world. Since 2000, he has covered Africa, the Middle East, and China for publications includingTime,Fortune,The Atlantic Monthly, andSalon. He has lived in Nigeria, Kenya, Turkey, and China. He now lives in Italy with his wife and son.

Bad news is good news if it gets us to act.Forecastshould--it shows that this is not a crisis for our children, but the central question of our time. Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and The Bill McKibben Reader

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