Warming Up [electronic resource] : : How Climate Change is Changing Sport
Madeleine Orr2024
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Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2024
“Couldn't be a bolder, more forthright SOS for sport” The Observer
The world of sport has a new opponent: climate change.
In recent years, a world championship marathon was held at midnight to avoid the
blistering sun. Professional athletes needed oxygen tanks to play during
wildfire season in California. Players collapsed and play was suspended amid the
heat and bushfire smoke at the Australian Tennis open. Ski resorts in the Alps
have turned into ghost towns. Golf courses are sinking into the sea. And then
there's the Qatar World Cup, among the greatest follies in sporting history, one
that saw hundreds (perhaps thousands) of heat-induced deaths before a ball was
even kicked.
The threat climate change poses to sport is clear, but with billions of
participants and fans around the world who rely on the sector for entertainment,
jobs, fitness and health, this is one industry we can't afford to lose. In thi...
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Author:
Madeleine Orr, Author
Imprint:
London United Kingdom : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2024
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (320 pages)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781399404518
Language:
English
BRN:
524726
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