The Heat Will Kill You First

Wildfires raging in California. Heat waves that have already become seasonal in Europe. The melting of glaciers that continues in the Arctic and Antarctic. Rising temperatures are now the most pressing environmental threat, driving all the other effects of the climate crisis.

In his new book, Jeff Goodell, a writer and editor for Rolling Stone magazine who has spent decades writing environmental journalism, explains why spring is coming a few weeks earlier and fall a few weeks later, and what impact this will have on everything from the foods we eat to the diseases we suffer from.

This is a book about what will happen to our lives and our communities when the temperature on a typical summer day reaches 45°C instead of the current 30°C. Masterfully combining the latest scientific data with eyewitness accounts on the ground, Goodell raises important questions and demonstrates how extreme heat is changing our world.