Eaarth
E454491
Eaarth is a nonfiction book by environmentalist Bill McKibben that argues climate change has already fundamentally altered our planet, requiring humanity to adapt to a new, harsher Earth.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eaarth canonical | 2 |
| Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4580520 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eaarth Context triple: [Oil and Honey, follows, Eaarth]
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A.
The Endangered Earth
The Endangered Earth is the collective representation of the planet’s environmental crisis, recognized by Time as a symbolic “Person of the Year” to highlight global ecological threats and the urgency of conservation.
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B.
The Earth Compels
The Earth Compels is a 1938 poetry collection by Louis MacNeice that reflects his characteristic blend of personal lyricism, political awareness, and modernist technique.
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C.
Ends of the Earth
"Ends of the Earth" is a cinematic, folk-inspired indie rock song by Lord Huron known for its expansive, wanderlust-driven themes and atmospheric sound.
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D.
A Time on Earth
A Time on Earth is a novel by Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg that portrays the struggles and inner life of an aging man reflecting on his past and the meaning of his existence.
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E.
The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how human societies have expanded, migrated, and transformed environments across the globe over time.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eaarth Target entity description: Eaarth is a nonfiction book by environmentalist Bill McKibben that argues climate change has already fundamentally altered our planet, requiring humanity to adapt to a new, harsher Earth.
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A.
The Endangered Earth
The Endangered Earth is the collective representation of the planet’s environmental crisis, recognized by Time as a symbolic “Person of the Year” to highlight global ecological threats and the urgency of conservation.
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B.
The Earth Compels
The Earth Compels is a 1938 poetry collection by Louis MacNeice that reflects his characteristic blend of personal lyricism, political awareness, and modernist technique.
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C.
Ends of the Earth
"Ends of the Earth" is a cinematic, folk-inspired indie rock song by Lord Huron known for its expansive, wanderlust-driven themes and atmospheric sound.
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D.
A Time on Earth
A Time on Earth is a novel by Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg that portrays the struggles and inner life of an aging man reflecting on his past and the meaning of his existence.
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E.
The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how human societies have expanded, migrated, and transformed environments across the globe over time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | nonfiction book ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
climate change has already fundamentally altered the planet
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humanity must adapt to a new, harsher Earth ⓘ the old assumptions of endless economic growth are no longer viable ⓘ |
| author | Bill McKibben ⓘ |
| coinedTerm | Eaarth ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| discusses |
extreme weather events
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impacts of climate change already underway ⓘ resource constraints ⓘ sea-level rise ⓘ |
| explains | the planet is no longer the stable Earth humans have known ⓘ |
| followsWork | Deep Economy ⓘ |
| genre |
environmental literature
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nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasReception | generally positive critical reviews ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adaptation to climate change
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anthropogenic climate change ⓘ economic relocalization ⓘ energy transition ⓘ environmental degradation ⓘ local resilience ⓘ planetary boundaries ⓘ sustainability ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
environmental activists
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general readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
climate change
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environmentalism ⓘ global warming ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| mentionsConcept | 350 parts per million CO2 target ⓘ |
| notableFor | popularizing the idea that climate change has already created a different planet ⓘ |
| proposes |
building smaller-scale, localized economies
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reducing dependence on fossil fuels ⓘ strengthening community resilience ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| publisher | Times Books ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
climate activism
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environmental policy ⓘ sustainable development ⓘ |
| title |
Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
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linked to:
Eaarth
|
| workIn | Bill McKibben bibliography ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Eaarth Description of subject: Eaarth is a nonfiction book by environmentalist Bill McKibben that argues climate change has already fundamentally altered our planet, requiring humanity to adapt to a new, harsher Earth.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.