The Uninhabitable Earth

Copyright © 2019 by David Wallace-Wells

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Published in the United States by Tim Duggan Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data.

Names: Wallace-Wells, David, author.

Title: The uninhabitable earth : life after warming / David Wallace-Wells.

Description: First edition. | New York : Tim Duggan Books, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018051268| ISBN 9780525576709 (hardback) | ISBN 9780525576723 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Nature--Effect of human beings on. | Global warming--Social aspects. | Climatic changes--Social aspects. | Global environmental change--Social aspects. | Environmental degradation--Social aspects. | BISAC: NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.

Classification: LCC GF75 .W36 2019 | DDC 304.2/8--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018051268

ISBN 9780525576709

Ebook ISBN 9780525576723

International edition ISBN 9781984826589

Cover design by Richard Green

Cover photograph: Paustius/Shutterstock

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