{"product_id":"2940011288678","title":"Fifty Years of Global Warming","description":"\u003cp\u003eI spent a couple of years writing a blog on climate change called Planet Restart, the idea being we needed to push the \"restart\" button to begin a new way of thinking about how we should be living on the planet. I did it for my children and grandchildren because I knew in my bones that the climate was changing, and I wanted them to understand how this would affect every decision they would make.\u003cbr\u003eI started out with a sense of foreboding and hope, but not a lot of knowledge. I ended up at the crossroads of doom and gloom, knowing a whole lot more than I wanted to.\u003cbr\u003eSimply put, if the science is correct, then it is already too late … too late to prevent a rise in average global temperatures that will bring with it serious consequences … too late to avoid the displacement of millions of people due to rising tides and shifting rainfall patterns and increasingly erratic growing seasons … too late to avoid the economic and social upheavals that will inevitably ensue.\u003cbr\u003eThese 65 essays reflect my personal journey to understand the three modern-day horsemen of the apocalypse who stalk mankind: climate change, peak oil, and population growth. What I found was not reassuring. But don’t take my word for any of this. Learn about the issues and make up your own mind.\u003cbr\u003eIf you come to the same conclusions I did, then you really need to start thinking about how to prepare your children and grandchildren for a world that will be very different from the one they see around them today … a world as challenging as anything that mankind has ever faced.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"G. J. Lau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156671906032,"sku":"2940011288678","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011288678_p0.jpg?v=1763548581","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011288678","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}