No Rain in the Amazon How South America's Climate Change Affects the Entire Planet

by Kozloff, Nikolas

• ISBN13: 9780230614765
• ISBN10: 0230614760
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-13
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Summary

South of the equator lies the key to the planet's health - the Amazon rainforest. Experts estimate that the Amazon produces a shocking twenty percent of the planet's oxygen, but global warming is already causing widespread destruction. While the glaciers slowly melt in the Arctic, scientists predict those in the Andes will entirely melt by 2015. The El Niño weather patterns and hurricanes that played havoc with the southeast of the United States for the last several years have tormented both coasts of South America for several decades. Recognized South America expert, Nikolas Kozloff guides the reader through the politics and science of a continent in peril, showing how its problems are a microcosm of the environmental ravages occuring the world over. Drawing on his unique access to South American leaders, Kozloff argues that cooperation between the world's countries is vital in turning back the tide of climate change, and that the fate of the planet is depends on our response to environmental problems of the southern hemisphere.

Author Biography

Nikolas Kozloff is senior research fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs in Washington, D.C. and the author of Hugo Chavez and Revolutuion!. He blogs on CounterPunch and has appeared on PBS's World Focus, C-SPAN's Washington Journal, and The Daily Show. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
The Global North Fails to Act	p. 7
Living in an Age of Extremes	p. 29
Carbon Conundrum	p. 49
Cattle and the "Carbon Bomb&lrquo;	p. 71
Soy Is King	p. 95
Deforestation Dilemma	p. 123
The "Clean Energy&lrquo; Trap	p. 145
Epilogue: Food and Farmers in an Era of Climatic Uncertainty	p. 175
Conclusion	p. 193
Notes	p. 203
Index	p. 235
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