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Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next 50 Years
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Fundamental change occurs most often in one of two ways: as a fataldiscontinuity, a sudden catastrophic event that is potentially world changing, or as apersistent, gradual trend. Global catastrophes include volcanic eruptions, viral pandemics, wars,and largescale terrorist attacks; trends are demographic, environmental, economic, and politicalshifts that unfold over time. In this provocative book, scientist Vaclav Smil takes a wideranging,interdisciplinary look at the catastrophes and trends the next fifty years may bring. Smil firstlooks at rare but cataclysmic events, both natural and humanproduced, then at trends of globalimportance, including the transition from fossil fuels to other energy sources and growing economicand social inequality. He also considers environmental changein some ways an amalgam of suddendiscontinuities and gradual changeand assesses the often misunderstood complexities of globalwarming. Global Catastrophes and Trends does not come down on the side of eitherdoomandgloom scenarios or technoeuphoria. Instead, Smil argues that understanding change willhelp us reverse negative trends and minimize the risk of catastrophe.
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