Breakpoint: Reckoning With America's Environmental Crises
by Jeremy B. C. Jackson and Steve Chapple
- Earth and the Environment
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A passionate call to action
Ecologist Jeremy B. C. Jackson and journalist Steve Chapple traveled along the Mississippi River, California, Florida, and New York, interviewing farmers, fishermen, and policymakers to better understand the mounting environmental problems ravaging the United States. Along the way, they uncover surprising and profound connections between ecological systems and environmental crises across the country. Artfully weaving together independent research and engaging storytelling, the two examine many looming threats Yet they provide optimistic and practical solutions for addressing these multidimensional issues. With a passionate call to action, they look hopefully toward emerging and achievable solutions to preserve the country’s future.
Review Quotes
“Moving, poignant, and timely, Breakpoint is both a stark reminder of the urgent environmental challenges facing the planet and a hopeful call to action to those in power. This is boots-on-the-ground science at its finest."—Leonardo DiCaprio
"Jeremy Jackson and Steve Chapple travel from Iowa to Louisiana to investigate the connections among some of America's greatest environmental problems—climate change, ocean "dead zones," wetland destruction, and groundwater contamination. The result is at once thought-provoking, informative, and, ultimately, hopeful."—Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
“Breakpoint is a stunning book of ecological anthropology from consummate storytellers. The human narratives they bring to light allow us to understand and appreciate how America farmed, drilled, degraded, and overheated the land of the free and the home of the brave. It is fair, compelling, and heartbreaking, as good as anything written by Margaret Mead or Claude Levi Strauss."—Paul Hawken, author of Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
“Breakpoint contains important data for today’s policy-makers. Those who have heard Jeremy Jackson discuss his research at the Naval War College will understand the need to adapt quickly to the multitude of conditions changing all around us. Those who use the science to adapt will be the winners.”—Vice Admiral, USN (ret) James P. Wisecup, former director, CNO Strategic Studies Group
“In a firsthand tour de force, the Jackson and Chapple tag team reveals how America’s environmental challenges and solutions are deeply enmeshed with our daily lives. Breakpoint transforms required reading into a page turner.”—Thomas E. Lovejoy, George Mason University
Additional Book Details
Pages: | 288 |
Release Date: | April 17, 2018 |
ISBN: | 9780300179392 |
Club ID: | 1420013 |
Format: | Regular Print |