Feeling the Heat

Overview

In Feeling the Heat, journalist Jo Chandler sets out on a quest that takes her across the Antarctic ice, under the seas and through the tropical rainforests of far north Queensland. Her mission is to explore one of the defining mysteries of our age-climate change. The story Chandler tells is an epic adventure complete with heroes and villains. It's a love story for those with an affection for nature. A reality show like no other. It's also a story of science in its most glorious, pure form. Chandler takes us into wild landscapes in the company of scientists trying to decode climate information that will be critical to the decisions we make for the future of the planet. Written in the vein of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief, and by turn lyrical, funny, and achingly sad, Feeling the Heat reveals startling truths about that delicate, confounding organism we call Earth. Winner: 2012 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science WritingShortlisted: 2011 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Non-Fiction PrizeLonglisted: 2011 John Button Prize

Reviews

"This beautifully written book tells the climate story with an unflinching and deeply personal honesty. A courageous journey, a superb read." —Clive Hamilton, author, Requiem for a Species

"With wit and great humanity, Jo Chandler brings the sceptical intelligence of the investigative journalist to tell us what’s happening with climate change and why we are so conflicted about this issue. Everyone who cares about the future should read this book." —Peter Doherty, Nobel Prize–winner

Author Biography

Jo Chandler is a senior writer with the Age. In 2005, after more than a decade in editing roles, she went back on the road as a reporter, and since then has files news and features from assignments across sub-Saharan Africa, Papua New Guinea, rural and remote Australia, Antarctica and Afghanistan. In 2009 she won a Walkley Award for analysis and commentary.