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火灾天气：来自更炎热世界的真实故事（译见丛书）
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A thrilling documentary of giant wildfires, a panoramic exploration of the dramatic changes in the relationship between fire and humans. In May 2016, wildfires ravaged Fort McMurray, the center of Canada's oil industry. The multi-billion-dollar disaster melted vehicles, turned entire communities into fireballs and forced 88,000 people to flee their homes in just one afternoon. Through this wildfire catastrophe-this apocalyptic blaze-John Valiente warns the world that this is not an isolated incident, but a sign of the grim and terrifying future we face, a future engulfed in flames. Fire has been a companion of human evolution for tens of thousands of years, shaping civilization, culture, and probably even our brains. It allows us to cook food, keep our homes warm, protect our homes, and power the machines that underpin modern economies. Yet this unstable energy source has always threatened to escape human control, and in a new era of increasing climate change, we are witnessing its destructive power wreaking havoc as never before. With masterful writing and cinematic vision, Valiente takes us on a gripping journey through the intertwined histories of the North American oil industry and the birth of climate science, confronting the unprecedented devastation of modern forest fires to understand how these disasters have forever changed people's lives. This work is dedicated to this age of global burning, which is only just beginning.
A thrilling documentary of giant wildfires, a panoramic exploration of the dramatic changes in the relationship between fire and humans. In May 2016, wildfires ravaged Fort McMurray, the center of Canada's oil industry. The multi-billion-dollar disaster melted vehicles, turned entire communities into fireballs and forced 88,000 people to flee their homes in just one afternoon. Through this wildfire catastrophe-this apocalyptic blaze-John Valiente warns the world that this is not an isolated incident, but a sign of the grim and terrifying future we face, a future engulfed in flames. Fire has been a companion of human evolution for tens of thousands of years, shaping civilization, culture, and probably even our brains. It allows us to cook food, keep our homes warm, protect our homes, and power the machines that underpin modern economies. Yet this unstable energy source has always threatened to escape human control, and in a new era of increasing climate change, we are witnessing its destructive power wreaking havoc as never before. With masterful writing and cinematic vision, Valiente takes us on a gripping journey through the intertwined histories of the North American oil industry and the birth of climate science, confronting the unprecedented devastation of modern forest fires to understand how these disasters have forever changed people's lives. This work is dedicated to this age of global burning, which is only just beginning.