y separately published work icon The Apocalypse Rising single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Apocalypse Rising
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'Massive volcanic eruptions in Antarctica skyrocket global warming towards critical levels leaving the continuance of human civilization as we know it, and humanity's very existence, hanging in the balance.While U.N. scientists grapple to quantify the degenerating world weather chaos resulting from the rapidly expanding volcanic mushroom cloud, a team of environmental scientists trapped near the eruptions desperately fight for their survival, clinging on to a possible rescue by a storm-embattled icebreaker. The U.N. concludes, with the assistance of the remaining trapped scientists' eyewitness accounts, that there is only one slim window of opportunity to avert humanity's imminent demise; but can the accumulating pollution be stopped in time? This thought-provoking, nail-biting thriller hypothetically escalates global warming to catastrophic levels, giving humanity a terrifying glimpse into a bleak future from continued manmade global warming. The electrifying pace, razor-edge suspense and tension, coupled with startling evidence supporting humanity's inability to cap its own skyrocketing carbon emissions, leaves the reader questioning whether mankind can now avoid its own looming demise.' (Publication summary)

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Climate Change Novels Deborah Jordan , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Climate Change Narratives in Australian Fiction 2014; (p. 15-32)
'Climate Scientists warn of the dangers of global warming. How are Australian writers responding to this crisis? The first section of the book examines the stories by women and men writers directly about climate change scenarios. Notable authors are George Turner and Alexis Wright. ' (15)
Climate Change Novels Deborah Jordan , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Climate Change Narratives in Australian Fiction 2014; (p. 15-32)
'Climate Scientists warn of the dangers of global warming. How are Australian writers responding to this crisis? The first section of the book examines the stories by women and men writers directly about climate change scenarios. Notable authors are George Turner and Alexis Wright. ' (15)
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