John Vidal

Fevered Planet (Bok)

Covid-19, monkeypox, bird flu, SARS, HIV, AIDS, Ebola; we are living in the Age of Pandemics - one that we have created. As the climate crisis reaches a fever pitch and ecological destruction continues unabated, we are just beginning to reckon with the effects of environmental collapse on our global health. Fevered Planet exposes how the way we farm, what we eat, the places we travel to and the scientific experiments we conduct create the perfect conditions for deadly new diseases to emerge and spread faster and further than ever. Drawing on the latest scientific research and decades of reporting from more than 100 countries, former Guardian environment editor John Vidal takes us into deep, disappearing forests in Gabon and the Congo, valleys scorched by wildfire near Lake Tahoe and our densest, polluted cities to show how closely human, animal and plant diseases are now intertwined with planetary destruction. From fossil fuel use raising the global temperature to increased logging polluting our landscapes, Fevered Planet exposes the perils of reckless environmental destruction - not just to our planet but to ourselves. As Vidal expertly argues, unless we transform our relationship with the rest of the natural world, the pandemics we are facing today will just be the tip of the iceberg.

Författare:	John Vidal
Titel:	Fevered Planet
Typ:	Bok
Kategori:	Böcker/Övrigt
Releasedatum:	2023-06-22
Artikelnummer:	772818
Lagerstatus:	Beställningsvara Leveranstid: från 3 vardagar
EAN:	9781526632289
ISBN:	1526632289
Språk:	Engelska
Bandtyp:	Häftad
Mått(BxHxD):	153x234x28 mm
Omfång:	352 sidor
Vikt:	520 gram
Titel:	Fevered Planet
Förlag:	Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd.