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Jeff Goodell

    Jeff Goodell is an author whose work delves deeply into the impact of climate change and energy policy on our civilization. His writing is characterized by incisive research and compelling narrative, bringing to light the complexities of environmental crises. Goodell explores how we must remake our cities and societies in the face of rising seas and confront the realities of global climate change. His writings are thought-provoking and offer an urgent call to understand the challenges our planet faces.

    Vedro: Život a smrt na spálené planetě
    Kyberzloděj a samuraj
    Cyberdieb und Samurai
    The water will come
    The Water Will Come
    The Heat Will Kill You First
    • The Heat Will Kill You First

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      4.3(5416)Add rating

      New York Times best-selling journalist Jeff Goodell presents a "masterful, bracing" (David Wallace-Wells) examination of the impact that temperature rise will have on our lives and on our planet, offering a vital new perspective on where we are headed, how we can prepare, and what is at stake if we fail to act.​ “When heat comes, it’s invisible. It doesn’t bend tree branches or blow hair across your face to let you know it’s arrived…. The sun feels like the barrel of a gun pointed at you.”    The world is waking up to a new wildfires are now seasonal in California, the Northeast is getting less and less snow each winter, and the ice sheets in the Arctic and Antarctica are melting fast.  Heat is the first order threat that drives all other impacts of the climate crisis.  And as the temperature rises, it is revealing fault lines in our governments, our politics, our economy, and our values. The basic science is not Stop burning fossil fuels tomorrow, and the global temperature will stop rising tomorrow. Stop burning fossil fuels in 50 years, and the temperature will keep rising for 50 years, making parts of our planet virtually uninhabitable.  It’s up to us.  The hotter it gets, the deeper and wider our fault lines will open.    The Heat Will Kill You First is about the extreme ways in which our planet is already changing. It is about why spring is coming a few weeks earlier and fall is coming a few weeks later and the impact that will have on everything from our food supply to disease outbreaks. It is about what will happen to our lives and our communities when typical summer days in Chicago or Boston go from 90° F to 110°F. A heatwave, Goodell explains, is a predatory event— one that culls out the most vulnerable people.  But that is changing. As heatwaves become more intense and more common, they will become more democratic.     As an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of environmental journalism for decades, Goodell’s new book may be his most provocative yet, explaining how extreme heat will dramatically change the world as we know it.  Masterfully reported, mixing the latest scientific insight with on-the-ground storytelling, Jeff Goodell tackles the big questions and uncovers how extreme heat is a force beyond anything we have reckoned with before.

      The Heat Will Kill You First
    • The Water Will Come

      Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      4.2(148)Add rating

      What if Atlantis wasn't a myth, but an early precursor to a new age of great flooding? Across the globe, scientists and civilians alike are noticing rapidly rising sea levels, and higher and higher tides pushing more water directly into the places we live, from our most vibrant, historic cities to our last remaining traditional coastal villages. With each crack in the great ice sheets of the Arctic and Antarctica, and each tick upwards of Earth's thermometer, we are moving closer to the brink of broad disaster. By century's end, hundreds of millions of people will be retreating from the world's shores as our coasts become inundated and our landscapes transformed. From island nations to the world's major cities, coastal regions will disappear. Engineering projects to hold back the water are bold and may buy some time. Yet despite international efforts and tireless research, there is no permanent solution - no barriers to erect or walls to build - that will protect us in the end from the drowning of the world as we know it. The Water Will Come is the definitive account of the coming water, why and how this will happen, and what it will all mean. As he travels across twelve countries and reports from the front lines, acclaimed journalist Jeff Goodell employs fact, science, and first-person, on-the-ground journalism to show vivid scenes from what already is becoming a water world

      The Water Will Come
    • The water will come

      • 340 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      4.2(3734)Add rating

      An immersive and timely exploration of the devastating effects of global warming, this book serves as a powerful reminder that we cannot ignore climate change indefinitely. It raises the question of whether Atlantis was merely a myth or an early warning of the impending age of flooding. As scientists and civilians witness rising sea levels and increasingly high tides, our vibrant cities and traditional coastal villages face imminent threats. Each crack in the Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets, along with rising global temperatures, brings us closer to disaster. By the end of the century, millions will be forced to retreat from inundated coastlines, transforming landscapes and erasing coastal regions. While ambitious engineering projects may provide temporary relief, no permanent solution exists to shield us from the inevitable drowning of our world. The book offers a definitive account of the impending water crisis, detailing why and how it will unfold and its profound implications. Through firsthand journalism and scientific evidence, the author travels across twelve countries, vividly depicting the reality of a world already on the brink of becoming a water world.

      The water will come
    • Novodový detektivní román, jenž nás zavede do světa počítačových systémů, jež jsou těsně spjaty se světem velkých bank a financí. Jeho autor, americký novinář, v něm zpracoval skutečný příběh komputerového experta, jenž využívá svých znalostí, aby se zmocnil tisíců datových souborů a tajných čísel kreditních karet, uložených v databázi počítačového systému bankovních domů v celých Spojených státech. Dva roky se dařilo tomuto počítačovému podvodníkovi úspěšně unikat agentům FBI, až narazil na protivníka silnějšího, než byl on sám - japonského samuraje, kterému stačilo k jeho odhalení pouhých šest týdnů.

      Kyberzloděj a samuraj
    • Co dělat, když teplota na teploměru pořád stoupá — a možná už neklesne. Planeta se otepluje a lidstvo musí řešit vršící se dopady klimatické změny: sucho, záplavy, stoupající hladiny moří… Globální oteplování má však i mnohem přímočařejší dopady na jedince, společnost i globální systémy — je prostě stále většíhorko. A vlny veder i rostoucí průměrná teplota si začínají vybírat svou daň: nejen na lidském zdraví, ale také na tom zvířecím, na čím dál náročnějším a nákladnějším zemědělství, v rychlejším šíření virů a nákaz, ve větším počtu migrantů či v technologických výzvách. Kniha Vedro zkoumá všechny tyto jevy, vysvětluje, jak různé vlny veder vlastně vznikají, mapuje jejich dopady po celém světě a za pomoci vědců, zemědělců i obyčejných lidí hledá cesty, jak jim čelit. Problému stoupajícího horka se totiž v následujících desetiletích nevyhne nikdo na planetě.

      Vedro: Život a smrt na spálené planetě
    • Horúčava

      • 360 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Svet čelí ekologickým katastrofám – lesným požiarom v Kalifornii či topiacim sa ľadovcom v Arktíde a Antarktíde. Ľudia v niektorých krajinách si sneh už ani nepamätajú a iné sa stali pre horúčavu neobývateľnými. Teplo je hrozba, ktorá prerástla do klimatickej krízy. V roku 2003 zabili horúčavy v Európe viac než 72 000 ľudí a počty obetí budú v najbližších rokoch ešte narastať. Oceňovaný americký novinár a spisovateľ Jeff Goodell prináša knihu o tom, akým extrémnym spôsobom sa mení naša planéta. Vysvetľuje, prečo je počasie čoraz nevyspytateľnejšie a aký vplyv to má na ďalšie aspekty nášho života – od dostupnosti potravín až po výskyt chorôb. Ukazuje, ako vlny horúčav, ktoré sú z roka na rok horšie, postihujú najzraniteľnejších ľudí a ničia lokálne ekosystémy. Kniha Horúčava – Prežijeme na rozpálenej planéte? je desivým svedectvom, ako dramaticky sa mení svet, ktorý poznáme. Jeff Goodell prináša najnovšie vedecké poznatky popretkávané skutočnými príbehmi ľudí, ktorí sa stali obeťami extrémnych horúčav. Venuje sa aj témam ako mestské plánovanie či klimatizácia a jej negatívne dôsledky. Jeff Goodell varuje, že horúčava je sila, ktorá presahuje všetko, čo sme doteraz poznali. Planéta nám horí pod nohami a čas sa kráti. Ak chceme prežiť, nestačí sa prispôsobiť kataklizme. Musíme začať konať.

      Horúčava