Field Notes from a Catastrophe

Field Notes from a Catastrophe

<p><b>A new edition of the book that launched Elizabeth Kolbert's career as an environmental writer--updated with three new chapters, making it, yet again, "irreplaceable" (<i>Boston Globe</i>). </b></p><p>Elizabeth Kolbert's environmental classic <i>Field Notes from a Catastrophe </i>first developed out of a groundbreaking, National Magazine Award-winning three-part series in <i>The New Yorker</i>. She expanded it into a still-concise yet richly researched and damning book about climate change: a primer on the greatest challenge facing the world today. </p><p>But in the years since, the story has continued to develop; the situation has become more dire, even as our understanding grows. Now, Kolbert returns to the defining book of her career. She has added a chapter bringing things up-to-date on the existing text, plus three new chapters--on ocean acidification, the tar sands, and a Danish town that's gone carbon neutral--making it, again, a must-read for our moment.</p>