Jeff Goodell on The Heat Will Kill You First

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York

According to award-winning journalist Jeff Goodell, the world is waking up to a new reality: wildfires are now seasonal in California, the Northeast is getting less and less snow each winter, and the ice sheets in the Arctic and Antarctica are melting fast. Heat is the first order threat that drives all other impacts of the climate crisis. And as the temperature rises, it is revealing fault lines in our governments, our politics, our economy, and our values. The basic science is not complicated: Stop burning fossil fuels tomorrow, and the global temperature will stop rising tomorrow. Stop burning fossil fuels in 50 years, and the temperature will keep rising for 50 years, making parts of our planet virtually uninhabitable. It’s up to us. The hotter it gets, the deeper and wider our fault lines will open. Join us when Jeff Goodell expounds on his provocative book, The Heat Will Kill You First mixing the latest scientific insight with on-the-ground storytelling on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.