global environmental change

"In May 2014, the mountaineer and scientist John All fell into a crevasse near Everest and took a series of videos as he struggled to climb out 70 feet of ice and snow with fifteen broken bones ... He's also won a footrace for his life with a wild hyena, stepped on a black mamba in the African bush, and scaled Everest - all in pursuit of his true passion: the future of adaptation to our world's changing climate ... [This book is his] report from the extremes ... [and relates his message] about the impact of climate change"--Provided by publisher.

Chronicles the author's travels around the world to meet with individuals who are trying extreme and innovative measures to address environmental problems. The accounts are organized by ecosystem.

Draws from global modeling research, analytical data, and travels throughout the Arctic Rim to provide an informed speculation on what the world will be like in 2050, predicting that the United States and seven other countries will become increasingly prosperous, powerful, and politically stable, while those closer to the equator will suffer water shortages, increased energy costs, coastal flooding, and other dilemmas.

Explains climate change, its implications for the future, and what we can, and cannot, do to avoid further change.

The author provides a chronicle of his travels to nineteen countries in an attempt to understand the complex environmental problems of each nation, and their effects on the people who must deal with them on a daily basis.

Examines research and projections about climate change to predict how global warming may affect various parts of the world if nothing is done to stop it.

A documentary on the threats to the world's environment, filmed in thirteen countries.

Examines the causes of and possible solutions to what the author feels are the twenty most pressing problems being caused by our increasingly crowded and interconnected world.

Presents potential strategies for dealing with domestic and global environmental problems including global warming and pollution.