Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change

Long known for her insightful and thought-provoking political journalism, Elizabeth Kolbert has tackled the controversial and increasingly urgent subject of global warming. What began as a three-part series for the New Yorker--for which she won a National Magazine Award in 2006--Field Notes from a Catastrophe has already been course listed at major universities. Kolbert talks to members of an Inupiat community in Alaska, a butterfly expert in England and an official from Bush's administration to piece together a frightening vision of our future. She cuts through the competing rhetoric and political agendas and asks what, if anything, can be done to save our planet.<" br>
Fie ld Not es from a Catast rophe< /i> ", lik" e < i>Sile nt Sp ri ng< /i > b efor e i "t," is on e of "the most important books about life on earth. This edition includes a related essay on oceans published in the New Yorker in September 2006.

Elizabeth Kolbert (Massachusetts) was a reporter with the New York Times for 14 years before joining the New Yorker as a staff writer covering politics.