Fire weather: a true story from a hotter world
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414 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (mostly color), maps ; 25 cm
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In May 2016, the city of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, burned to the ground, forcing 88,000 people to flee their homes. It was the largest evacuation ever of a city in the face of a forest fire, raising the curtain on a new age of increasingly destructive wildfires. Through the lens of this apocalyptic conflagration -- the wildfire equivalent of Hurricane Katrina -- John Vaillant warns that this was not a unique event, but a shocking preview of what we must prepare for in a hotter, more flammable world. Fire has been a partner in our evolution for hundreds of millennia, shaping culture, civilization, and, very likely, our brains. Fire has enabled us to cook our food, defend and heat our homes, and power the machines that drive our titanic economy. Yet this volatile energy source has always threatened to elude our control, and in our new age of intensifying climate change, we are seeing its destructive power unleashed in previously unimaginable ways.--
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9780525434245, 0525434240, 9781524732851, 1524732850
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A Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-401) and index.
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In May 2016, the city of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, burned to the ground, forcing 88,000 people to flee their homes. It was the largest evacuation ever of a city in the face of a forest fire, raising the curtain on a new age of increasingly destructive wildfires. Through the lens of this apocalyptic conflagration -- the wildfire equivalent of Hurricane Katrina -- John Vaillant warns that this was not a unique event, but a shocking preview of what we must prepare for in a hotter, more flammable world. Fire has been a partner in our evolution for hundreds of millennia, shaping culture, civilization, and, very likely, our brains. Fire has enabled us to cook our food, defend and heat our homes, and power the machines that drive our titanic economy. Yet this volatile energy source has always threatened to elude our control, and in our new age of intensifying climate change, we are seeing its destructive power unleashed in previously unimaginable ways.--,Publisher.
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Vaillant, J. (2023). Fire weather: a true story from a hotter world. New York, Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Vaillant, John. 2023. Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World. New York, Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Vaillant, John, Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)Vaillant, John. Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
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