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32 pages 1 hour read

Elizabeth Kolbert

Field Notes from a Catastrophe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

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Essay Topics

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What effect will recarbonization have on the world’s climate, and what implications will this have for prospective climate action? Substantiate your response with scientific research.

2.

Discuss the idea of climate change as a natural process, making reference to Kolbert’s Field Notes from a Catastrophe. 

3.

With reference to Kolbert’s presentation of climate change, discuss whether macroeconomic factors render grassroots climate activism unimportant. 

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