The coming storm : extreme weather and our terrifying future
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"If you think the world's weather catastrophes are becoming more frequent and more powerful, you're right. Ten of the last eleven years have been the hottest on record, and in just five of those years, the U.S. suffered two "hurricanes of the century," at least two "floods of the century," and one "drought of the century." Is this a coincidence, or is the way we live wreaking havoc on our weather? Journalist Bob Reiss shares America's growing fascination with the phenomenon of extreme weather, painting an ominous forecast for the twenty-first century." "Reiss takes us to the front lines of some of the decade's most destructive storms and describes global warming through the eyes of those most involved - researchers, meteorologists, and the families that have been affected. We then follow Reiss as he travels around the world and interviews top scientists to learn of their predictions for our future, which include rising seas, a surge in tropical diseases, killing heat waves, more severe storms, and mass migration from destabilized countries. While politicians argue, the world heats up. Will New Orleans and the West Side of Manhattan be submerged by storm surges? Will climate-caused fires sweep the cities and parklands of the West? As America debates its future energy policy and how that policy will affect nature, The Coming Storm presents a frightening, enlightening, and fascinating portrait of an ecosystem off track."--BOOK JACKET