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A 5 page examination of the 2006 book by Elizabeth Kolbert. This paper explores the central theme of the book and discusses its political and environmental implications. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPenvCatastrophe.rtf
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from a Catastrophe" is a modern version of a previous groundbreaking environmental expose. That expose was Rachel Carsons "Silent Spring". "Field Notes of a Catastrophe", however, focuses on
the problem of global warming not the problems resulting from pesticide use. Kolberts book is a detailed analysis of the climate changes that are presently occurring around the world.
Kolberts central theme is that the Earth is now warmer than it has ever been in the last 420,000 years and is progressively becoming warmer. Numerous impacts will
occur from this major change in climate. Kolbert warns that modern humans have no experience with the types or changes that we are about to experience and that the
outcome could be catastrophic. She contends that our governments refusal to acknowledge the changes that are about to unfold is, in effect, a one way ticket to disaster.
From an environmental perspective, Kolberts predictions certainly warrant attention. The phenomenon we refer to as global warming has tremendous adverse impact
on the worlds climate. Although this phenomena is just one of the impacts we are experiencing as a result of our continued pollution, clear cutting activities and other industrial
and agricultural activities which are adversely impacting our environment; it is potentially one of the most devastating to the hydroperiod of the earth, that delicate balance on which life depends.
Global warming is affecting water levels in both fresh and marine habitats and will, in the long term, significantly change species distribution and density of both plants and animals.
The greenhouse effect, that natural regulator of the earths climate, has been altered by the addition of pollutants to the atmosphere.
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