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    The 2084 Report: An Oral History of the Great Warming
    The 2084 Report: An Oral History of the Great Warming
    The 2084 Report: An Oral History of the Great Warming
    Audiobook6 hours

    The 2084 Report: An Oral History of the Great Warming

    Written by James Lawrence Powell

    Narrated by James Lawrence Powell, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Danny Campbell and

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    For fans of The Drowned World and World War Z, this “sobering and scary (and fascinating) novel—a look at where we’re going if we don’t quickly get our act together” (Bill McKibben, New York Times bestselling author) regarding climate change—unveils our potential terrifying future.

    2084: Global warming has proven worse than even the most dire predictions scientists had made at the turn of the century. No country—and no one—has remained unscathed. Through interviews with scientists, political leaders, and citizens around the globe, this riveting fictional oral history describes in graphic detail the irreversible effects the Great Warming has had on humankind and the planet.

    In short chapters about topics like sea level rise, drought, migration, war, and more, The 2084 Report brings global warming to life, revealing a new reality in which Rotterdam doesn’t exist, Phoenix has no electricity, and Canada is part of the United States. From wars over limited resources to the en masse migrations of entire countries and the rising suicide rate, the characters describe other issues they are confronting in the world they share with the next two generations.

    “If the existential threat of climate change keeps you up at night, James Lawrence Powell’s The 2084 Report will make you want to do everything in your power to elect leaders who will combat global warming and save our planet” (Marie Claire).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateSep 1, 2020
    ISBN9781797116273
    The 2084 Report: An Oral History of the Great Warming
    Author

    James Lawrence Powell

    James Lawrence Powell, Executive Director of the National Physical Science Consortium at the University of Southern California, is author of Grand Canyon: Solving Earth's Grandest Puzzle, among other books.

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      Finally! Someone has written science-based climate fiction to bring us yo our senses! More please!