{"product_id":"9780865719897","title":"Runaway Climate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith tipping points and extreme global warming looming, the key to understanding our climate future lies in our distant past \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRunaway Climate \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the causes of the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) rapid climate-heating episode, its dramatic impact on life on Earth, and lessons for our climate future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifty-six million years ago our planet experienced a period of intense warming known as the 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\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe runaway feedbacks that pushed the PETM's climate past the tipping point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSubsequent cascades of environmental devastation—from plant and animal migrations to ocean acidification, extreme weather, and mass extinctions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA sobering vision of life on hothouse Earth—a hostile world of desertification, sea-level rise, climate refugees, and agricultural collapse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScientifically rigorous, yet accessible to a wide audience, \u003cem\u003eRunaway Climate \u003c\/em\u003eis essential reading for every- one committed to understanding and taking action on the climate emergency.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steven Earle (CA)","offers":[{"title":"New Society Publishers |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-04-30","offer_id":45417113846015,"sku":"9780865719897","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d6482db1-878f-4272-98c6-9eb79fefd66c.jpg?v=1715117267","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780865719897","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}