On sale January 15, 2019 After nearly a decade overseas as a war reporter, the acclaimed journalist Dahr Jamail returned to America to renew his passion for mountaineering, only to find that the slopes he had once climbed have been irrevocably changed by climate disruption. In response, Jamail embarks on a journey to the geographical
Climate Change Is a Major Midterm Issue. Corporate Media Are Ignoring It.
Published on Truthout, 3 October 2018. Debate moderators are asking fewer climate-change related questions than they did in 2016. Read the full story on Truthout.
How Feedback Loops Are Driving Runaway Climate Change
Published on Truthout, 1 October 2018. Unprecedented warming in the Arctic could accelerate the pace of climate change. Read the full story on Truthout.
Brace for Impact, as the Climate “End Game” Has Arrived
Published on Truthout, 26 September 2018. The fate of the human species is very much at stake. Read the full story on Truthout.
As the Biosphere Dies, So Do We: Using the Power of Nature to Heal the Planet
Published on Truthout, 17 September 2018. Some experts believe it is essential to sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide via natural processes. Read the full story on Truthout.
The Growing Challenge of Living and Working on a Sweltering Planet
Published on Truthout, 30 July 2018. The Northern Hemisphere’s summer is showing how far along the planet is with human-caused climate disruption, as record high temperatures are shattered and sweltering heat waves kill dozens of people. Globally, June was Earth’s fifth-warmest ever recorded, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Centers
Ocean Acidification Could Amplify Climate Disruption
Published on Truthout, 23 July 2018. Ocean Acidification can compromise marine ecosystems and was a key component in previous mass extinction events. Read the full story on Truthout.
Global Temperature Projections Could Double as the World Burns
Published on Truthout, 16 July 2018. With a scorching start to July and wildfires raging, a new study warns about long-range high temperature projections. Read the full story on Truthout.
Sea Turtles Offer Dire Warning of Oceans’ Crisis
Published on Truthout, 3 July 2018. Wallace Nichols, a marine biologist who has been studying sea turtles and plastic pollution in the oceans for nearly 25 years, is worried. “It used to be that when we found a rare piece of plastic on a nesting beach or tangled around a turtle, we’d pick it up
Area of Global Dead Zones Doubling Every 10 Years
Published on Truthout, 25 June 2018. Declining oxygen levels in the oceans is killing marine life at alarming rates. Read the full story on Truthout.