Field Notes from a Catastrophe

Field Notes from a Catastrophe
By Elizabeth Kolbert

Elizabeth Kolbert is more uniquely qualified to write a book such as “Field Notes from a Catastrophe”. She works for the New Yorker as a climate reporter and has access to many researchers and politicians involved in climate research and policy. Far from the alarmist literature one finds dominating the global warming genre Field Notes takes a measured studied look at the problem through the eyes of individuals on the cutting edge of the . The book is aptly named for she has drawn material from notes she has made while interviewing researchers all over he world, form Inuit hunters to James Hanson the director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

The book lays the problem and possible solutions out in simple terms making it a primer on global warming and its implication for the public at large. Field Notes, beyond being an enjoyable book, echoes the alarm set off by the scientific community and offers some potential solutions to hold off or dull the effects of global warming through interviews various experts.