Thousand Year Rain: Floods, Rescue, Recovery
How extreme rainfall overwhelms Midwestern towns, from the engineering and history behind flood control to the science of climate-driven downpours and the human behavior that decides who gets out.
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Johnstown FloodDavid McCulloughDavid McCullough's Johnstown Flood offers a rigorous historical account of a catastrophic American flood that...Shelf signal: Middle Atlantic History
The Heat Will Kill You FirstJeff GoodellJeff Goodell's The Heat Will Kill You First connects extreme heat and humidity with changing weather extremes and...Shelf signal: Climate Change
The Uninhabitable EarthDavid Wallace-WellsThe Uninhabitable Earth provides a broad synthesis of climate-driven extremes and how intensified rainfall patterns...Shelf signal: Climate Change
The Great RiverBoyce Upholt, Gabriel VaughanThe Great River examines regional river systems, flood control history, and community impacts in the Midwest and South,...Shelf signal: Flood Control Engineering
Under a White SkyElizabeth KolbertUnder a White Sky explores human attempts to control environmental systems, offering perspective on engineered and...Shelf signal: Climate Change
The UnthinkableAmanda RipleyThe Unthinkable explains the science of disasters, human behavior in crises, and practical preparedness lessons useful...Shelf signal: Disaster & Crisis Studies