Heatstroke By Anthony Barnosky Summary

The book Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming by Anthony D. Barnosky explains how mother nature and the wildlife is getting affected by global warming. Living patterns all over the world are alternating due to global warming. The author includes vivid descriptions of how the environment or area of a certain region has changed and his own personal research and expeditions. An emphasis is placed on what was the change in the environment. For an example, at Tambopata, they have gathered data and suggested that the heat is causing the water to evaporate from the soil faster. This would turn rainforest or everyday life into a desert if that area’s climate gets that high. Information is provided on animal’s behavior change due to global …show more content…
Barnosky is a credible source because of his author authority, Currency, and his book is a primary source. Anthony D. Barnosky is a professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California. He has been conducting research for over 30 years on how mother nature has been affected by global warming. His area of expertise is the study of animal behavior patterns and see how they are changing due to the climate change. He has published over 70 articles and 12 books that show or help explain how global warming is changing mother nature. He started college as intending to major in journalism. Later, he switched to geology because he realized he could make a living studying nature. His involvement in global warming was through the theory of community dynamics were driven by the climate changes that resulted in ice ages or by human interactions. His future work is aiming to build a smoother connection between paleoecology and ecology and how they are used in predicting the effects of future global changes. He also is an authentic author because he has many books related to global warming. He recently published a book called “Tipping Point for Planet Earth: How Close Are We to the Edge?” This book explains the growing threat to humanity as the planet’s edge toward resource war for the remaining space and resources. This book also has case studies of animals who are behaving or living different due to the rising climate changes. This is related to global warming because he predicts what is going to happen to the ozone layer and climate changes in regions. Due to the afore mentioned facts and attributes, I believe this author’s findings and research are authentic. This is due to many years of fieldwork and researching that gives him an advantage over other