The story of more / Jahren, Hope

"[This] young adult adaptation details the science behind key inventions, clarifying how electricity, large-scale farming, and automobiles have both helped and harmed our world. [The author] explains the . . . consequences of unchecked global warming, from superstorms to rising sea levels, resulting from the . . . amounts of greenhouse gases being released into our atmosphere. The links between human consumption habits and our endangered existence are very real, with consequences leading to a crossroads of survival and extinction. Still, [the author] maintains that our . . . science-based knowledge can help us counter this dilemma. The . . . information provided in [this book] will help readers understand the path . . . [to] make informed choices"--Provided by publisher.

"[This] young adult adaptation details the science behind key inventions, clarifying how electricity, large-scale farming, and automobiles have both helped and harmed our world. [The author] explains the . . . consequences of unchecked global warming, from superstorms to rising sea levels, resulting from the . . . amounts of greenhouse gases being released into our atmosphere. The links between human consumption habits and our endangered existence are very real, with consequences leading to a crossroads of survival and extinction. Still, [the author] maintains that our . . . science-based knowledge can help us counter this dilemma. The . . . information provided in [this book] will help readers understand the path . . . [to] make informed choices"--Provided by publisher.

In The Story of More, Hope Jahren illuminates the link between human habits and our imperiled planet. In concise, highly readable chapters, she takes us through the science behind the key inventions?from electric power to large-scale farming to automobiles?that, even as they help us, release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere like never before. She explains the current and projected consequences of global warming?from superstorms to rising sea levels?and the actions that we all can take to fight back.