{"product_id":"runaway-climate-what-the-geological-past-can-tell-us-about-the-coming-climate-change-catastrophe","title":"Runaway Climate: What the Geological Past Can Tell Us about the Coming Climate Change Catastrophe","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith tipping points and extreme global warming looming, the key to understanding our climate future lies in our distant past\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"If you care at all about our future, you must read Runaway Climate .\" ?Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith rising emissions, we are on track to cause rapid global warming with devastating con- sequences. But how bad could climate change get and what might it do to planet Earth and humanity?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFifty-six million years ago our planet experienced a period of intense warming known as the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), resulting in a rapid global temperature increase of about 7°C. Triggered by natural geological processes over millennia and magnified by strong climate feedback loops, the PETM lasted for about 180,000 years and drastically altered life on Earth. Yet in only a few short decades we've pumped similar amounts of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere, making the PETM an unsettlingly apt analogy for our current predicament. This deeply cautionary tale explores:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe runaway feedbacks that pushed the PETM's climate past the tipping point Subsequent cascades of environmental devastation?from plant and animal migrations to ocean acidification, extreme weather, and mass extinctions A sobering vision of life on hothouse Earth?a hostile world of desertification, sea-level rise, climate refugees, and agricultural collapse The urgent need for decisive individual and collective actions to slash carbon emissions, stabilize the climate, and undertake a rapid transition to a cleaner and healthier future. Scientifically rigorous, yet accessible to a wide audience, Runaway Climate is essential reading for every- one committed to understanding and taking action on the climate emergency.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT-BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":53957771690352,"sku":"978-0865719897","price":13.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/8543\/8576\/files\/81D3SYFtRVL._SY522.jpg?v=1782784417","url":"https:\/\/antbook.store\/de\/products\/runaway-climate-what-the-geological-past-can-tell-us-about-the-coming-climate-change-catastrophe","provider":"ANTBOOK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}