Status: 29.08.2023, 14:45 p.m.
By: Sven Trautwein
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There have been devastating forest fires in Canada and the Greek islands. How these fires are fueled and what heat causes is shown in these three books.
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Numerous fires in Greece, Canada and Tenerife keep residents and rescue workers in suspense. Again and again, new fires fan out and the out-of-control wildfires cause thousands of people to flee. Although many fires may have been caused by arson, man has done a lot in the past to ensure that fire and heat could spread unhindered. These three titles shed more light on the topic.
Heat and drought have an impact on fires and the human body. Three books shed light on the topic from different perspectives. © ANE Edition/Imago/Ludwig Verlag (Montage)
John Vaillant "The Beast"
The well-known author John Vaillant reveals in his captivating book that the oil companies have known about the climate-damaging consequences of their business practices for a very long time. The increase in devastating fires around the world, caused by climate change, is developing into increasingly unstoppable catastrophes. This documentary sheds light on the new fire age of the 21st century and reads like a thriller.
The beast — that's what emergency services called the forest fire, which went down as one of the greatest natural disasters in Canada's history, raging uncontrollably for months and razing an entire city to the ground. The fire seemed to take revenge for the destruction of nature in a place where oil companies are causing immense destruction of the forest ecosystem with the extraction of raw materials - almost 100,000 people had to flee from the fire ...
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John Vaillant "The Beast"
2023 Ludwig Verlag, ISBN-13 978-3-453-28165-3
Price: Hardcover 24 €, 528 pages
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The cracks in the ground in the Sau reservoir in Catalonia show the ongoing lack of water, where there has not been enough rain for more than 29 months. Global water scarcity is imminent. This is made clear by Tim Smedley in "The Great Drought". © Eric Renom/dpa/ZUMA Press Wire/Ludwig Verlag (Montage)
Tim Smedley "The Great Drought"
In his work "The Great Drought", Tim Smedley addresses the global water crisis. The book sheds light on the growing threat facing the world's water supply system. The author vividly explains how the lack of water has become one of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.
We are living in an incipient drought period. The world is groaning under one heat wave after another, and we now know that even Central Europe is drying up. Our water reserves are dwindling at an alarming rate. A global problem: water shortages and water pollution are already the cause of waves of refugees, the global South is dying of thirst, and fourteen of the world's largest cities are affected by water shortages.
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Tim Smedley "The Great Drought" – Heat, drought, water shortages – What else can save the world from dying of thirst?
Original title: The Last Drop. Solving the World's Water Crisis
Translated from English by Elisabeth Schmalen
2023 Ludwig Verlag, ISBN-13 978-3-453-28158-5
Price: Paperback 22 €, 512 pages
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Hanns-Christian Gurga "Deadly Heat"
In "Deadly Heat", physician Hanns-Christian Gurga describes the effects of high temperatures on the human body. © Nikito/Imago/Luebbe (Montage)
Our life possibilities are tied to a specific temperature range. Both too low and too high temperatures form a narrow threshold for what our organism accepts as "healthy". Due to global warming, this area is continuously shrinking. Even slight climbs have the potential to severely upset the balance. The effects of heat on our bodies are explained in detail by Hanns-Christian Gunga in his work "Deadly Heat".
Climate change is here and with it unbearably hot temperatures. Most people are hardly aware that our body only functions optimally in a very narrow temperature range of 37 °C. Even with an increase of 0.5 °C, cognitive performance decreases. From 39 °C, there is a risk of heat collapse or even life-threatening heat stroke.
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Hanns-Christian Gurga "Deadly Heat"
2023 Quadriga/Lübbe, ISBN-13 978-3-86995-137-9
Price: Hardcover €18, E-Book €14.99, 192 pages
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This article was created with the help of machines and carefully reviewed by editor Sven Trautwein before publication.