The Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis runs 7.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Pam Ward (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.3 hours, it is shorter than 63% of the 1,603 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog.
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Pam Ward narrates 223 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,138 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf
249 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis is an audiobook by Ruth Defries: a 7.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Pam Ward, released September 9, 2014, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Pam Ward
- Released
- September 9, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781622315284
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis as an audiobook?
The Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis runs 7.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is The Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis?
The Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis is narrated by Pam Ward.