Field Notes from a Catastrophe Chapters 2-3

The next two chapters in this book were even more informative than the first. I learned even more information about what Global Warming is doing to the ice and how it's affecting people in Iceland. I thought the most interesting part for me was the fact that Iceland could lose all of their ice at the end of the next century. I also thought it was crazy how the people there have such a limited amount of time left there because of the speed of the melting ice.

I barely have any doubts after reading this, but I do still have some. There does seem to be a lot of scientific data to back up the idea of global warming. Yet, I question how they would explain this evidence to scientists who say the world is cooling. It seems the world has cooled years ago. The reading stated how farms were being buried under ice around 500 years ago. How do we know "global warming" isn't just a repeat of the past? Plus, I'm not sure I read enough information about what we're doing wrong to cause all these problems. I know about all the effects now, but really what are we doing that are causing them? What's different now than before? Kolbert touched on this, but I think she needs more information about what's so different about the world today to cause all this.

The writing was still good though. It was very informational and had good sources. It feels more like an interesting textbook than a journalistic piece. Yet, I like the writing style. I think science writing needs to be more scientific with the topic chosen rather than just straight facts. The information needs to delve in more into what we're reading about and that is exactly what the writer is doing.