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This Is the Way the World Ends: How Droughts and Die-offs, Heat Waves and Hurricanes Are Converging on America by Jeff Nesbit
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In [b:This Is the Way the World Ends: How Droughts and Die-Offs, Heat Waves and Hurricanes Are Converging on America|37638013|This Is the Way the World Ends How Droughts and Die-Offs, Heat Waves and Hurricanes Are Converging on America|Jeff Nesbit|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1533758128l/37638013._SY75_.jpg|62305863], [a:Jeff Nesbit|578676|Jeff Nesbit|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1377458624p2/578676.jpg] discusses the current crises facing our world.
Having recently read [a:Jared Diamond|256|Jared Diamond|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1456487863p2/256.jpg]'s very well-researched volumes ([b:Collapse|869576|Collapse|Jared Diamond|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1266662634l/869576._SX50_.jpg|1041106] [b:Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis|41716904|Upheaval Turning Points for Nations in Crisis|Jared Diamond|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1544735124l/41716904._SY75_.jpg|65072650], and [b:Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies|1842|Guns, Germs, and Steel The Fates of Human Societies|Jared Diamond|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1453215833l/1842._SY75_.jpg|2138852], that were very heavy in information and content, I found that [b:This Is the Way the World Ends: How Droughts and Die-Offs, Heat Waves and Hurricanes Are Converging on America|37638013|This Is the Way the World Ends How Droughts and Die-Offs, Heat Waves and Hurricanes Are Converging on America|Jeff Nesbit|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1533758128l/37638013._SY75_.jpg|62305863] was brief on many of these issues and offered a couple of platitudes in its proposed solutions.
Notwithstanding the general lack of discussion, [b:This Is the Way the World Ends: How Droughts and Die-Offs, Heat Waves and Hurricanes Are Converging on America|37638013|This Is the Way the World Ends How Droughts and Die-Offs, Heat Waves and Hurricanes Are Converging on America|Jeff Nesbit|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1533758128l/37638013._SY75_.jpg|62305863] is very readable. It remains a good primer for people who want to quickly understand the environmental and geopolitical risks that exist in our world today.
Having recently read [a:Jared Diamond|256|Jared Diamond|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1456487863p2/256.jpg]'s very well-researched volumes ([b:Collapse|869576|Collapse|Jared Diamond|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1266662634l/869576._SX50_.jpg|1041106] [b:Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis|41716904|Upheaval Turning Points for Nations in Crisis|Jared Diamond|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1544735124l/41716904._SY75_.jpg|65072650], and [b:Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies|1842|Guns, Germs, and Steel The Fates of Human Societies|Jared Diamond|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1453215833l/1842._SY75_.jpg|2138852], that were very heavy in information and content, I found that [b:This Is the Way the World Ends: How Droughts and Die-Offs, Heat Waves and Hurricanes Are Converging on America|37638013|This Is the Way the World Ends How Droughts and Die-Offs, Heat Waves and Hurricanes Are Converging on America|Jeff Nesbit|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1533758128l/37638013._SY75_.jpg|62305863] was brief on many of these issues and offered a couple of platitudes in its proposed solutions.
Notwithstanding the general lack of discussion, [b:This Is the Way the World Ends: How Droughts and Die-Offs, Heat Waves and Hurricanes Are Converging on America|37638013|This Is the Way the World Ends How Droughts and Die-Offs, Heat Waves and Hurricanes Are Converging on America|Jeff Nesbit|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1533758128l/37638013._SY75_.jpg|62305863] is very readable. It remains a good primer for people who want to quickly understand the environmental and geopolitical risks that exist in our world today.