Science - Global Warming & Climate Change

How do we map the ocean floor? Why do earthquakes strike some places more than others? In what ways does a city's layout reflect its politics? Part of DK's indispensable Big Ideas series, The Geography Book answers these questions and many more. The perfect...

Shortlisted for the 2024 Carnegie Medal for Excellence The "closely observed, compassionate, and far-sighted" (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Under a White Sky) story of climate migration in the United States--the personal stories of those experiencing displacement, the portraits of communities torn apart...

Everybody who looks at the Great Lakes knows they're big, but why are they Great? From sea serpents to sunken ships, from lonely lighthouses to fish on Prozac, this book engages the reader in a quest to find what's beneath the surface.FLOW's mission is...

The world stands at a crossroads. The next decade will determine whether we avoid climate, biodiversity, and economic catastrophe - or unlock a new era of sustainable, resilient, and inclusive growth. The Growth Story of the 21st Century challenges the outdated idea that we...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SELECTED AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, AND THE ECONOMIST FINALIST FOR THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HELEN BERNSTEIN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM, AND...

A groundbreaking investigation into the propaganda justifying the fossil-fuel economy, The Language of Climate Politics offers readers powerful new ways to talk about the climate crisis that will help create transformative change. "If you want to understand the climate crisis and you only have...

H Is for Hawk meets Joan Didion in the Pyrocene in this arresting combination of memoir, natural history, and literary inquiry that chronicles one woman's experience of life in Northern California during the worst fire season on record. FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS...

A riveting and elegant story of climate change on one city street, full of surprises and true stories of human struggle and dying local trees - all against the national backdrop of 2023's record heat domes and raging wildfires and, simultaneously, rising hopes for...

In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Michael Pollan, The Nature of Our Cities is a stirring exploration of how innovators from around the world are combining urban nature with emerging technologies, protecting the planet's cities from the effects of climate change and safeguarding...

In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Michael Pollan, The Nature of Our Cities is a stirring exploration of how innovators from around the world are combining urban nature with emerging technologies, protecting the planet's cities from the effects of climate change and safeguarding...

"A compelling and hopeful reminder that change is not only within our grasp--it is already happening." --Jane Goodall"A must-read for anyone looking for hope and optimism at a critical point in history." --John KerryGlobal environmental leader Ani Dasgupta takes an honest look at lagging...

For thousands of years, Great Salt Lake has played a surprisingly central role in the lives of humans and animals throughout the American West and across entire continents. Once a destination for wellness seekers, the lake's alarming disappearance is already affecting skiing, tourism, and...

In this urgent and "thrillingly written" book, there is a case and solution for humanity's last shot at survival (Sunday Times). Humanity's future is at risk. We face existential catastrophes, climate change, nuclear war, and more. If we do not act fast to reach...

An NPR Best Book of the YearA 2025 National Endowment for the Arts Big Reads SelectionA National Geographic Best Travel BookWinner of the CLMP Firecracker Award in Creative NonfictionFinalist for the Housatonic Book Award in NonfictionHonorable mention for the SEJ Rachel Carson Environment Book...

Winner of the 2023 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism "Original and readable." ―Financial Times' Best Environmental Books of 2022 "Superb, inspiring." ―Winner, National Academies of Science Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications "Illuminating." --Silver Medalist, National Outdoor Book Awards Longlisted...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The Uninhabitable Earth hits you like a comet, with an overflow of insanely lyrical prose about our pending Armageddon."--Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday DemonWith a new afterword It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your...

"Crawford belongs with other storyteller-explorers-strolling player-writers like Iain Sinclair, Rebecca Solnit, and Robert Macfarlane-who are stretching naturalist observation into incisive cultural inquiry.... Riveting." --NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS "Crawford is at his best when surrendering to his propensity for reverie, an irrepressible, almost romantic...

A scientific adventure story that dramatizes how profoundly our oceans have changed over the past 150 years In December 1872, HMS Challenger embarked on the first round-the-world oceanographic expedition. Its goal: to shine a light for the first time on the mysteries of the...

The next revolution in business will provide for a sustainable future, from founder, CEO and circular economy expert Ron Gonen Our take-make-waste economy has cost consumers and taxpayers billions while cheating us out of a habitable planet. But it doesn't have to be this...

From the acclaimed author of Tubes, a lively and surprising tour of the infrastructure behind the weather forecast, the people who built it, and what it reveals about our climate and our planetThe weather is the foundation of our daily lives. It's a staple...