{"product_id":"2940169063202","title":"Ten Billion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA VINTAGE ORIGINAL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust over two hundred years ago, there were one billion humans on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are now over seven billion of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd, sometime this century, the world population will reach at least ten billion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeforestation. Desertification. Species extinction. Global warming. Growing threats to food and water. The driving issues of our times are the result of one huge problem: Us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the population continues to grow, our problems will increase. And this means that every way we look at it, a planet of ten billion people is likely to be a nightmare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Emmott, a scientist whose lab is at the forefront of research into complex natural systems, sounds the alarm. \u003ci\u003eTen Billion\u003c\/i\u003e is a snapshot of our planet, and our species, approaching a crisis, and a stark analysis of where this leaves us. \u003ci\u003eTen Billion\u003c\/i\u003e is not another climate book.   \u003ci\u003eTen Billion\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104420511984,"sku":"2940169063202","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169063202_p0.jpg?v=1763759132","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169063202","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}