Nowhere Left to Go: How Climate Change Is Driving Species to the Ends of the Earth

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As humans accelerate global warming - while laying waste to the environment to erect cities and roads and clear wilderness for farmland - animals and plants flee to the margins: on scattered nature reserves, between major highways, or among urban sprawl. And when even these places become too hot and inhospitable, wildlife is left with only one path to survival: an often harrowing journey toward the poles in search of refuge, as they race to find a new home in a warming world.

Acclaimed environmental journalist Benjamin von Brackel shows us which species are moving where, tracing their often awe-inspiring long-distance journeys and celebrating their remarkable resilience. But the lengths plants and animals must go is as tragic as it is inspirational, revealing entire species teetering on the brink of extinction. The dramatic consequences of climate change couldn't be clearer: We've destroyed our planet and left the living things all around us with one last chance at survival.

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"Brackel examines question[s] that have arisen from the massive migrations spurred by global warming. The book discusses the research into how ecosystems might change as old species leave and new ones arrive, as well as the substantial implications for human societies."--Scientific American

"You can't understand the next decades of life on earth if you don't take in [this book's] message. . . . Von Brackel ably chronicles the research at every latitude and on every continent . . . [and] writes movingly of indigenous communities now largely bypassed by the whales on which they've depended for food and cultural continuity because the small organisms on which the whales feed are moving as the temperatures warm."--Bill McKibben, New York Review of Books

"A solid, memorable portrait of nature on the move."--Publishers Weekly

"In hard truths with hints of hope, Nowhere Left to Go shows us how climate change is altering life as we know it. Engaging, elegant, and a thoroughly enjoyable read."--Camille Parmesan, coordinating lead author of the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report

"In Nowhere Left to Go, Benjamin von Brackel brings to life the reality of how climate change is affecting the biological world. It's a fascinating read, and particularly pertinent for anyone who is concerned about the future of biodiversity."--Professor Chris D. Thomas, author of Inheritors of the Earth, and director of the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity

"Written like a thriller, this book is full of surprising observations of how plants and animals are already responding to climate change. I have seldom read such a successful combination of flawless research and linguistic dexterity."--Wolfgang Kieling, lead author of the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report

"This lively book chronicles the challenges conservationists face to chart a new future where species can adapt and cope. Humanity needs to do an environmental U-turn if we are to save the Earth's biota and ourselves."--Eric Dinerstein, Director of Biodiversity and Wildlife Solutions at RESOLVE and author of What Elephants Know

Author Bio

Benjamin von Brackel is one of the most renowned environmental journalists in Germany. He specializes in the consequences of climate change, such as extreme weather events and climate effects on biodiversity. Benjamin also works as the vice editor-in-chief for Klimareporter , the leading German online magazine on climate change, which he also cofounded; and he was awarded the German Environmental Media Prize in 2016. He lives in Berlin.