Fevered planet : how diseases emerge when we harm nature / John Vidal.

  • Vidal, John
Date:
2023
  • Books

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Description

"Covid-19, mpox, bird flu, SARS, HIV, AIDS, Ebola; we are living in the Age of Pandemics - one that we have created. As the climate crisis reaches a fever pitch and ecological destruction continues unabated, we are just beginning to reckon with the effects of environmental collapse on our global health. Fevered Planet exposes how the way we farm, what we eat, the places we travel to and the scientific experiments we conduct create the perfect conditions for deadly new diseases to emerge and spread faster and further than ever. Drawing on the latest scientific research and decades of reporting from more than 100 countries, former Guardian environment editor John Vidal takes us into deep, disappearing forests in Gabon and the Congo, valleys scorched by wildfire near Lake Tahoe and our densest, polluted cities to show how closely human, animal and plant diseases are now intertwined with planetary destruction. He calls for an urgent transformation in our relationship with the natural world, and expertly outlines how to make that change possible"--Publisher's description.

Publication/Creation

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.

Physical description

339 pages ; 24 cm

Contributors

Contents

Introduction: Tip of the iceberg -- Part I: Changing landscapes -- Stirring the microbial pot . . . -- What we know now -- The dying fall -- Fever's flames -- The harmed land -- Losing the plot -- Nature in the human world -- Part II: The drivers of disease -- A farewell to ice -- Trading places -- Further, faster -- Beware the birds -- Intensive care -- City Ills -- Part III: The ways ahead -- The next pandemic -- Great escapes -- Prepare to prevent -- The healthy human -- Healing the land -- Conclusion: Nature first and last.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-327) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WA105 2023V64f
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781526632289