Flannery, Tim. Atmosphere of Hope: Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis. Atlantic Monthly Press. New York. 2015.

Worth reading this book which Flannery considers an update to his earlier book, The Weathermakers.

• paleo-weather records suggest that the when earth had 400 ppm carbon dioxide in the air, the earth was ice-free and sea-level was 67 m higher than 2015 sea level

• 'natural gas' (methane) costs expected to rise from 2015

• climate inertia demands communities start adapting to expected climate differences which will include constantly shifting conditions

• every community will need different adaptation measures

• before 1939 (World War 2) people used complex wood chemistry to derive materials before fossil fuels chemistry supplanted wood chemistry

• author recommends reading Mary Christina Wood's Nature's Trust legal structure to understand the 'public trust doctrine' and emerging need to observe 'restorative duty' to deliver on people's right to a livable environment