In hindsight, we were probably tempting fate when we decided to give away a book called Heatstroke during what had been, for D.C., a relatively genial summer. This week temperatures flirted with triple digits. Sorry we jinxed it. However, you can still have a free e-book! Download by July 7. In Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming, paleoecologist Anthony Barnosky follows climate change into the fossil record to understand what may happen in our uncertain future. In the chapter below, he introduces us to marmots in the Rocky Mountains and explores why climate change may be the new OKCupid of bears in the Arctic. Start reading here or go straight to the full e-book.
