The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption
冰的末日
內容介紹
入圍2020年美國筆會／E． O．威爾遜文學科學寫作獎決選
出版社周刊選為2018年秋季十大科學選讀書籍
「一段提醒我們即將失去的星球有多麼神奇的全球之旅」─Bill McKibben (國際氣候變遷行動組織350.org共同創辦人)
「從遙遠北方原住民的動人證詞，以及數十位科學家殘酷又坦白的評估，作者適宜的傳達了悲傷與憤怒的時刻」─紐約書評(NYRB)
「[賈默]建議我們必須與自己對這顆逐漸失去的星球的悲傷共處；去了解如何前進吧，我們必須承認已失去的，以及即將持續失去的重要事物。」——紐約時報書評
「刻苦的鑽研、深度的感動，處處充滿對自然世界鮮明生動的召喚。賈默優雅清脆的散文，閃動著他對自然的深愛。他精妙地闡明了氣候混亂極少被提及的面向⋯⋯這是一首充盈熱烈情感的頌歌，獻給這顆垂死星球的奇蹟，以及那些抱有希望與否，奉獻一生致力於拯救它的人。」——科克斯評論
如同《紐約時報》，《男士雜誌》，Smithsonian.com和《衛報》上所見，知名調查記者傑里米·斯卡希爾稱之為「典型無附隨組織的獨立記者」（quintessential unembedded reporter）的作者賈默，他在全球「熱點」尋找我們的應對之道，我們將如何生存在這顆星球正不斷變化中的生態系統。
經歷近十年的海外戰地記者生涯，知名記者達爾·賈默回到美國，重拾他對登山的熱情，卻目擊了人類最巨大的戰爭——這顆行星的逐步毀滅。他發現曾經攀越的山坡，因氣候混亂遭受到再也無法回复的改變。為了回應他心中的叩擊，賈默開始踏上這場危機的地理前線——從阿拉斯加到澳大利亞的大堡礁，途徑亞馬遜熱帶雨林——為了發現失去冰川對自然和人類造成的後果。
在《冰的末日》中，我們跟隨賈默一同攀登北美最高峰第拿裡峰；我們潛入太平洋溫暖清澈水域中，卻只能找到幽靈般的珊瑚礁；我們探索聖保羅島的苔原，在那裡遇見白令海峽最後僅存的海豹獵人，見證了融化的冰川。在氣候科學家和家族世代在此捕獵生活的人們陪伴下，賈默開始接受這樣一個事實，很可能地，地球正處於臨終關懷狀態。諷刺的是，這使他恢復自己對自然野外的熱情，以他前所未能有的方式珍惜地球。
如同其他書一樣，《冰的末日》提供了第一手的大事記，包括賈默在他橫跨世界的旅程中所拍的照片，對於我們處境的悲慘現實，以及當我們仍能品味這個脆弱易碎的星球時，無盡可數的必要做的事。
作者介紹
Dahr Jamail(達爾·賈默)是知名作家、獨立記者，過去曾報導伊拉克戰爭、退伍軍人對美國外交政策的抵制，現在專注於人為氣候破壞和環境問題，他目前擔任Truthout.org的專題作家。他的報導和作品廣受好評，被翻為多國語言，並獲多項獎項肯定，包括 2008 年 瑪莎·蓋爾霍恩新聞獎、蘭南基金會寫作駐留獎學金、詹姆斯·阿倫森社會正義新聞獎、卡拉威公民勇氣獎等。因他開創性的深入報導，揭露了環境危害和軍國主義，獲2018年Izzy 獎。他著有《冰的終結》，被史密森尼雜誌肯定為2019 年10 部最佳科學書籍之一，並入圍2020 年 PEN/EO 威爾遜文學科學寫作獎。他住在華盛頓州。
書評
"[Jamail] suggests that we must sit with our grief for the ever-diminishing planet; to understand how to proceed, we must acknowledge what we have lost and what we will continue to lose."
―New York Times Book Review "The End of Ice is about developing a stronger connection to nature, which Jamail says many people living in urban areas have lost or left behind."
―Smithsonian.com
"Jamail commits to educating others on the plight of the planet, in hopes a younger generation can delay the inevitable."
―Men's Journal "A reader seeking a single book about the current state of our warming world should find THE END OF ICE an ideal summary."
―Anchorage Daily News
"Enlightening, heartbreaking, and necessary."
―Booklist
"This book will help readers understand how ecosystems have been affected by climate change and how inaction has potentially doomed further generations."
―Library Journal
"Assiduously researched, profoundly affecting, and filled with vivid evocations of the natural world. Jamail's deep love of nature blazes through his crisp, elegant prose, and he ably illuminates less-discussed aspects of climate disruption. . . . A passionate, emotional ode to the wonders of our dying planet and to those who, hopelessly or not, dedicate their lives to trying to save it."
―Kirkus Reviews
"In a sane world The End of Ice would be the end of lame excuses that climate change is too abstract to get worked up about. From the Arctic to the Amazon, from doomed Miami to the Great Barrier Reef, Dahr Jamail brings every frontier in our ongoing calamity into close focus. The losses are tangible. And so is the grief. This is more than a good book. It is a wise one."
―William deBuys, author of A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest and The Last Unicorn: A Search for One of Earth's Rarest Creatures
"What a strange and compelling paradox this book offers: to fall in love with the Earth and all that we are losing, to let our hearts open to the deepest grief, and then trust that our grieving opens us to profound love. When what we love is lost, our grief honors the loss and cracks open our hearts to live fully in the present moment, which is joyous. Thank you, Dahr Jamail, for this gift."
―Margaret Wheatley, author of Leadership and the New Science and Who Do We Choose to Be?
Praise for Dahr Jamail:
"A superb journalist, in the most honorable tradition of that craft."
―Howard Zinn
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