Summary

In Chapter 8, “The Redness of the Map,” O’Connell ends the book with some of his own person reflections on life and the lessons that he has learned. He begins by recounting the birth of his daughter. In the weeks leading up to her birth, the weather in Dublin had been worryingly volatile, including phenomena such as very heavy snowfall. Although the weather improved by the time O’Connell’s daughter was born, O’Connell was still concerned about global weather patterns, which seemed to be growing more dangerous every day due, likely due to climate change. One fact was an increase in deadly wildfires, and O’Connell felt that news outlets never gave enough attention to climate change and these dangerous results. That year, O’Connell met an ecologist who held the opinion that humanity would likely not mobilize quickly enough to address...