🌋 Earth Sciences

An exploration of the geological, atmospheric, and oceanic forces that shape our planet, for readers drawn to understanding the deep mechanics of the world we inhabit.

A Brief History of Earth

by Andrew H. Knoll • 2021

Earth's four-billion-year story: how rock spawned life, and why that knowledge now falls to us.

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🌍 Earth History 🧬 Origin Of Life 🔀 Plate Tectonics

A Brief History of Earth 92%

Earth's four-billion-year story: how rock spawned life, and why that knowledge now falls to us.

by Andrew H. Knoll 2021

3.94

5k+ ratings

🌍 Earth History 🧬 Origin Of Life 🔀 Plate Tectonics

Timefulness

by Marcia Bjornerud • 2018

The climate crisis has a hidden dimension: time. Why the billion-year view matters now.

4.07

2k+

⏳ Deep Time 🌍 Earth History 🔭 Long-Term Thinking

Timefulness 91%

The climate crisis has a hidden dimension: time. Why the billion-year view matters now.

by Marcia Bjornerud 2018

4.07

2k+ ratings

⏳ Deep Time 🌍 Earth History 🔭 Long-Term Thinking

Geography for Dummies

by Charles A. Heatwole • 2002

How to read the world: a plain-language tour of Earth's lands, waters, people, and borders.

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100

🗺️ Introductory Geography 🌍 World Geography 🧭 Spatial Thinking

Geography for Dummies 91%

How to read the world: a plain-language tour of Earth's lands, waters, people, and borders.

by Charles A. Heatwole 2002

3.77

100 ratings

🗺️ Introductory Geography 🌍 World Geography 🧭 Spatial Thinking

Remote Sensing and GIS

by Basudeb Bhatta • 2008

Build the complete geospatial toolkit, from electromagnetic radiation to interactive web maps.

4.00

232

🛰️ Remote Sensing 🗺️ Geographic Information Systems 📊 Spatial Analysis

Remote Sensing and GIS 90%

Build the complete geospatial toolkit, from electromagnetic radiation to interactive web maps.

by Basudeb Bhatta 2008

4.00

232 ratings

🛰️ Remote Sensing 🗺️ Geographic Information Systems 📊 Spatial Analysis

The Ice at the End of the World

by Jon Gertner • 2019

Greenland's ice holds a climate archive; it shows the planet can flip in a human lifetime.

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🧊 Polar Exploration 🌍 Climate Science 🏔️ Glaciology

The Ice at the End of the World 90%

Greenland's ice holds a climate archive; it shows the planet can flip in a human lifetime.

by Jon Gertner 2019

4.17

1k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🌍 Climate Science 🏔️ Glaciology

Underland

by Robert Macfarlane • 2019

Fungal networks, catacombs, nuclear tombs: the vast underground that shapes our fate and our future.

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🕳️ Underground Exploration ⏳ Geological Time 🍄 Subterranean Networks

Underland 90%

Fungal networks, catacombs, nuclear tombs: the vast underground that shapes our fate and our future.

by Robert Macfarlane 2019

4.22

22k+ ratings

🕳️ Underground Exploration ⏳ Geological Time 🍄 Subterranean Networks

The Sea Around Us

by Rachel Carson • 1951

Half the Earth is a sunless abyss holding mountains, phantom currents, and drifting life.

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🌊 Oceanography 🐟 Marine Biology 🦑 Deep Sea

The Sea Around Us 90%

Half the Earth is a sunless abyss holding mountains, phantom currents, and drifting life.

by Rachel Carson 1951

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5k+ ratings

🌊 Oceanography 🐟 Marine Biology 🦑 Deep Sea

The Universe Within

by Neil Shubin • 2013

Your body is a clock tuned to Earth's rotation and a museum of cosmic history.

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🏛️ Big History ⏳ Deep Time ✨ Cosmic Origins

The Universe Within 90%

Your body is a clock tuned to Earth's rotation and a museum of cosmic history.

by Neil Shubin 2013

3.88

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Big History ⏳ Deep Time ✨ Cosmic Origins

The Underworld

by Susan Casey • 2023

More of the moon is named than the deep seafloor. It controls our climate and hides an alien world.

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🌊 Ocean Exploration 🐙 Marine Biology 🌋 Geology And Volcanism

The Underworld 90%

More of the moon is named than the deep seafloor. It controls our climate and hides an alien world.

by Susan Casey 2023

4.22

5k+ ratings

🌊 Ocean Exploration 🐙 Marine Biology 🌋 Geology And Volcanism

The Breath of the Gods

by Simon Winchester • 2025

Polynesian canoes, the Spanish Armada, and Japan's salvation all turned on wind. Its full biography.

3.79

616

🧱 Microhistories 🌬️ Atmospheric Science 🌍 Climate And Civilization

The Breath of the Gods 90%

Polynesian canoes, the Spanish Armada, and Japan's salvation all turned on wind. Its full biography.

by Simon Winchester 2025

3.79

616 ratings

🧱 Microhistories 🌬️ Atmospheric Science 🌍 Climate And Civilization

Earth in Human Hands

by David Grinspoon • 2016

If most civilizations burn out within a thousand years, why would we be the exception?

4.19

311

🏭 Anthropocene Studies 🪐 Planetary Science ⏳ Civilizational Longevity

Earth in Human Hands 90%

If most civilizations burn out within a thousand years, why would we be the exception?

by David Grinspoon 2016

4.19

311 ratings

🏭 Anthropocene Studies 🪐 Planetary Science ⏳ Civilizational Longevity

Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro

by Paul Zandbergen • 2020

Automate ArcGIS Pro: convert a thousand files, rebuild maps, crunch rasters with Python you write.

4.13

🗺️ Geoinformatics 🤖 Geospatial Automation ⚙️ Geoprocessing

Python Scripting for ArcGIS Pro 89%

Automate ArcGIS Pro: convert a thousand files, rebuild maps, crunch rasters with Python you write.

by Paul Zandbergen 2020

4.13

23 ratings

🗺️ Geoinformatics 🤖 Geospatial Automation ⚙️ Geoprocessing

Marine Biology

by Philip V. Mladenov • 2013

71% of the planet is salt water; it provides half our oxygen, and its life support is failing.

4.21

462

🐟 Marine Biology 🌊 Ocean Ecosystems 🛡️ Marine Conservation

Marine Biology 89%

71% of the planet is salt water; it provides half our oxygen, and its life support is failing.

by Philip V. Mladenov 2013

4.21

462 ratings

🐟 Marine Biology 🌊 Ocean Ecosystems 🛡️ Marine Conservation

Caesar's Last Breath

by Sam Kean • 2017

Your next breath shares molecules with Caesar's last, and with every war and volcano since.

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🌀 Atmospheric Science 🔬 Periodic Table 📜 Science History

Caesar's Last Breath 89%

Your next breath shares molecules with Caesar's last, and with every war and volcano since.

by Sam Kean 2017

4.25

5k+ ratings

🌀 Atmospheric Science 🔬 Periodic Table 📜 Science History

The Dawn of a Mindful Universe

by Marcelo Gleiser • 2023

Life is a near-miracle, and our minds are the universe's only way to mean.

3.91

189

🔭 Cosmic Perspective 🧬 Origin Of Life 🌍 Planetary Stewardship

The Dawn of a Mindful Universe 89%

Life is a near-miracle, and our minds are the universe's only way to mean.

by Marcelo Gleiser 2023

3.91

189 ratings

🔭 Cosmic Perspective 🧬 Origin Of Life 🌍 Planetary Stewardship

Climate Change

by Joseph Romm • 2015

Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.

4.22

694

🧪 Climate Science 📋 Climate Policy ⚡ Energy Transition

Climate Change 89%

Climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. The most expensive thing we can do is nothing.

by Joseph Romm 2015

4.22

694 ratings

🧪 Climate Science 📋 Climate Policy ⚡ Energy Transition

Origins

by Lewis Dartnell • 2019

Tectonic shifts, ice ages, and ancient oceans didn't set the stage. They wrote human history.

4.17

4k+

🌍 Big History 🧬 Human Evolution 🗺️ Geographic Determinism

Origins 89%

Tectonic shifts, ice ages, and ancient oceans didn't set the stage. They wrote human history.

by Lewis Dartnell 2019

4.17

4k+ ratings

🌍 Big History 🧬 Human Evolution 🗺️ Geographic Determinism

Dinosaurs

by David E. Fastovsky • 2009

The textbook that treats dinosaurs as animals, not monsters, and follows them into the sky.

4.21

193

🦕 Paleontology 🦴 Fossil Record 🦖 Dinosaur Biology

Dinosaurs 89%

The textbook that treats dinosaurs as animals, not monsters, and follows them into the sky.

by David E. Fastovsky 2009

4.21

193 ratings

🦕 Paleontology 🦴 Fossil Record 🦖 Dinosaur Biology

Now or Never

by Tim Flannery • 2009

Climate change is outrunning every worst-case model. The solutions work; the timeline doesn't.

3.49

193

🌍 Planetary Boundaries 🌎 Gaia Theory 🏭 Anthropocene

Now or Never 89%

Climate change is outrunning every worst-case model. The solutions work; the timeline doesn't.

by Tim Flannery 2009

3.49

193 ratings

🌍 Planetary Boundaries 🌎 Gaia Theory 🏭 Anthropocene

The Extreme Life of the Sea

by Stephen R. Palumbi • 2014

The ocean's strangest creatures survived every challenge for eons. Then we arrived.

4.00

444

🐠 Marine Biology 🦑 Deep Sea Creatures 🌋 Extreme Environments

The Extreme Life of the Sea 89%

The ocean's strangest creatures survived every challenge for eons. Then we arrived.

by Stephen R. Palumbi 2014

4.00

444 ratings

🐠 Marine Biology 🦑 Deep Sea Creatures 🌋 Extreme Environments

Under a White Sky

by Elizabeth Kolbert • 2021

Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.

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🏭 Anthropocene Studies 📰 Science Journalism 🌿 Ecological Intervention

Under a White Sky 89%

Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.

by Elizabeth Kolbert 2021

4.10

13k+ ratings

🏭 Anthropocene Studies 📰 Science Journalism 🌿 Ecological Intervention

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs

by Steve Brusatte • 2018

Dinosaurs were underdogs for 30 million years. Then two mass extinctions handed them the planet.

4.21

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🦴 Paleontology 🧬 Evolutionary Biology ☄️ Mass Extinctions

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs Summary

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs 89%

Dinosaurs were underdogs for 30 million years. Then two mass extinctions handed them the planet.

by Steve Brusatte 2018

4.21

42k+ ratings

🦴 Paleontology 🧬 Evolutionary Biology ☄️ Mass Extinctions

The Climate of History in a Planetary Age

by Dipesh Chakrabarty • 2021

All our political concepts assume a stable planet. The Anthropocene reveals it never was.

3.68

142

🏞️ Anthropocene Theory ⏳ Deep Time ⚖️ Climate Justice

The Climate of History in a Planetary Age Summary

The Climate of History in a Planetary Age 89%

All our political concepts assume a stable planet. The Anthropocene reveals it never was.

by Dipesh Chakrabarty 2021

3.68

142 ratings

🏞️ Anthropocene Theory ⏳ Deep Time ⚖️ Climate Justice

Our Angry Earth

by Isaac Asimov • 1991

Asimov connected climate change, ozone loss, toxic waste, and soil erosion: four alarms, one fire.

3.71

126

🌍 Environmental Crises 🌡️ Climate Science 🏭 Pollution

Our Angry Earth 89%

Asimov connected climate change, ozone loss, toxic waste, and soil erosion: four alarms, one fire.

by Isaac Asimov 1991

3.71

126 ratings

🌍 Environmental Crises 🌡️ Climate Science 🏭 Pollution

Pale Blue Dot

by Carl Sagan • 1994

On a single pixel: everyone who ever lived. The scientific case that makes space our only insurance.

4.34

40k+

🔭 Planetary Science 🚀 Space Exploration 🌌 Cosmic Perspective

Pale Blue Dot 89%

On a single pixel: everyone who ever lived. The scientific case that makes space our only insurance.

by Carl Sagan 1994

4.34

40k+ ratings

🔭 Planetary Science 🚀 Space Exploration 🌌 Cosmic Perspective

When the Sky Fell

by Rand Flem-Ath • 1995

Ancient maps reveal an ice-free Antarctica. The civilization that charted it may still be there.

3.92

278

⚱️ Lost Civilizations 📜 Alternative History 🌊 Catastrophism

When the Sky Fell 89%

Ancient maps reveal an ice-free Antarctica. The civilization that charted it may still be there.

by Rand Flem-Ath 1995

3.92

278 ratings

⚱️ Lost Civilizations 📜 Alternative History 🌊 Catastrophism

The Secret Knowledge of Water

by Craig Childs • 2000

To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.

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🏜️ Desert Ecology 💧 Desert Hydrology ✍️ Lyrical Nature Writing

The Secret Knowledge of Water 89%

To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.

by Craig Childs 2000

4.29

3k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Ecology 💧 Desert Hydrology ✍️ Lyrical Nature Writing

A Billion Butterflies

by Jagadish Shukla • 2025

How a boy from a monsoon village proved the slow Earth overpowers sky-wide chaos.

4.11

296

🧪 Scientific Memoir 🦋 Chaos Theory 🌍 Climate Science

A Billion Butterflies 89%

How a boy from a monsoon village proved the slow Earth overpowers sky-wide chaos.

by Jagadish Shukla 2025

4.11

296 ratings

🧪 Scientific Memoir 🦋 Chaos Theory 🌍 Climate Science

Deep Simplicity

by John Gribbin • 2004

Simple rules, run long enough, build a universe. A physicist shows the working.

3.98

2k+

🧩 Complexity Science 🦋 Chaos Theory ❄️ Fractal Geometry

Deep Simplicity 89%

Simple rules, run long enough, build a universe. A physicist shows the working.

by John Gribbin 2004

3.98

2k+ ratings

🧩 Complexity Science 🦋 Chaos Theory ❄️ Fractal Geometry

Unsettled

by Steven E. Koonin • 2021

The gap between climate science and climate headlines is wider than either side admits.

4.24

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🤔 Climate Skepticism 💻 Climate Models ❓ Uncertainty In Science

Unsettled 89%

The gap between climate science and climate headlines is wider than either side admits.

by Steven E. Koonin 2021

4.24

4k+ ratings

🤔 Climate Skepticism 💻 Climate Models ❓ Uncertainty In Science

Cosmos

by Carl Sagan • 1980

From exploding stars to conscious minds: a cosmic journey that ends with a choice.

4.40

160k+

🔭 Cosmology 🚀 Space Exploration 👽 Extraterrestrial Life

Cosmos 89%

From exploding stars to conscious minds: a cosmic journey that ends with a choice.

by Carl Sagan 1980

4.40

160k+ ratings

🔭 Cosmology 🚀 Space Exploration 👽 Extraterrestrial Life

The World Without Us

by Alan Weisman • 2007

What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.

3.81

44k+

🕰️ Deep Time 🌿 Rewilding 🧴 Plastic Pollution

The World Without Us 89%

What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.

by Alan Weisman 2007

3.81

44k+ ratings

🕰️ Deep Time 🌿 Rewilding 🧴 Plastic Pollution

Krakatoa

by Simon Winchester • 2003

The loudest sound in history circled the earth seven times; the telegraph turned disaster global.

3.88

22k+

🌋 Volcanic Eruptions 🇮🇩 Indonesian History 🏛️ Colonialism

Krakatoa 89%

The loudest sound in history circled the earth seven times; the telegraph turned disaster global.

by Simon Winchester 2003

3.88

22k+ ratings

🌋 Volcanic Eruptions 🇮🇩 Indonesian History 🏛️ Colonialism

After Lockdown

by Bruno Latour • 2021

The lockdown ended. The fantasy of escaping Earth should end too.

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311

🌍 Political Ecology 🚧 Planetary Boundaries 🧬 Posthumanism

After Lockdown 88%

The lockdown ended. The fantasy of escaping Earth should end too.

by Bruno Latour 2021

3.50

311 ratings

🌍 Political Ecology 🚧 Planetary Boundaries 🧬 Posthumanism

How to Read a Tree

by Tristan Gooley • 2023

Bark cracks, bent trunks, and stubby roots are not flaws but notes in a tree's autobiography.

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🧭 Natural Navigation 🌳 Tree Identification 🗺️ Landscape Reading

How to Read a Tree 88%

Bark cracks, bent trunks, and stubby roots are not flaws but notes in a tree's autobiography.

by Tristan Gooley 2023

4.09

1k+ ratings

🧭 Natural Navigation 🌳 Tree Identification 🗺️ Landscape Reading

Ocean

by David Attenborough • 2025

The ocean's secrets surfaced in one human lifetime. Now the next generation must decide its fate.

4.42

3k+

🌊 Ocean Exploration 🛡️ Marine Conservation 🪸 Coral Reefs

Ocean 88%

The ocean's secrets surfaced in one human lifetime. Now the next generation must decide its fate.

by David Attenborough 2025

4.42

3k+ ratings

🌊 Ocean Exploration 🛡️ Marine Conservation 🪸 Coral Reefs

The Next Species

by Michael Tennesen • 2015

Five mass extinctions cleared the board. The sixth is us, and evolution is picking the survivors.

3.71

310

🦴 Mass Extinctions 🌍 Anthropocene 🦜 Biodiversity Loss

The Next Species 88%

Five mass extinctions cleared the board. The sixth is us, and evolution is picking the survivors.

by Michael Tennesen 2015

3.71

310 ratings

🦴 Mass Extinctions 🌍 Anthropocene 🦜 Biodiversity Loss

Letters to a Young Scientist

by Edward O. Wilson • 2013

Think like an artist, then work like an accountant. The real path to scientific discovery.

3.90

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🧪 Scientific Careers 🔬 Field Biology 💡 Scientific Creativity

Letters to a Young Scientist 88%

Think like an artist, then work like an accountant. The real path to scientific discovery.

by Edward O. Wilson 2013

3.90

5k+ ratings

🧪 Scientific Careers 🔬 Field Biology 💡 Scientific Creativity

The Klamath Knot

by David Rains Wallace • 1983

An Oregon forest 40 million years old: evolution still running experiments Darwin never imagined.

4.20

184

🏔️ Pacific Northwest 🌲 Ancient Forests 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

The Klamath Knot 88%

An Oregon forest 40 million years old: evolution still running experiments Darwin never imagined.

by David Rains Wallace 1983

4.20

184 ratings

🏔️ Pacific Northwest 🌲 Ancient Forests 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

A Tear at the Edge of Creation

by Marcelo Gleiser • 2010

Symmetry is sterile. Imperfection gave us galaxies, life, and consciousness. Unification is a myth.

3.87

396

🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🌌 Cosmology 🧬 Origin Of Life

A Tear at the Edge of Creation 88%

Symmetry is sterile. Imperfection gave us galaxies, life, and consciousness. Unification is a myth.

by Marcelo Gleiser 2010

3.87

396 ratings

🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🌌 Cosmology 🧬 Origin Of Life

Bad Astronomy

by Philip Plait • 2002

From seasons to tides to falling stars: what you've gotten wrong about the night sky.

4.04

6k+

Bad Astronomy 88%

From seasons to tides to falling stars: what you've gotten wrong about the night sky.

by Philip Plait 2002

4.04

6k+ ratings

A Life on Our Planet

by David Attenborough • 2020

Half of all wild animals vanished in one lifetime. The way back requires more than cutting carbon.

4.50

35k+

🍃 Environmental Memoir 🦜 Biodiversity Loss 🌍 Planetary Boundaries

A Life on Our Planet 88%

Half of all wild animals vanished in one lifetime. The way back requires more than cutting carbon.

by David Attenborough 2020

4.50

35k+ ratings

🍃 Environmental Memoir 🦜 Biodiversity Loss 🌍 Planetary Boundaries

The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs

by Tristan Gooley • 2014

Puddles that point north, trees that forecast rain: the outdoor clues hiding in plain sight.

3.77

5k+

🧭 Outdoor Navigation ☁️ Weather Prediction 🐾 Animal Tracking

The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs Summary

The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs 88%

Puddles that point north, trees that forecast rain: the outdoor clues hiding in plain sight.

by Tristan Gooley 2014

3.77

5k+ ratings

🧭 Outdoor Navigation ☁️ Weather Prediction 🐾 Animal Tracking

The Greatest Show on Earth

by Richard Dawkins • 2009

From radioactive rocks to lizards that grew new heads in 37 years: the evidence for evolution.

4.16

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🎯 Natural Selection 🦴 Fossil Record

The Greatest Show on Earth 88%

From radioactive rocks to lizards that grew new heads in 37 years: the evidence for evolution.

by Richard Dawkins 2009

4.16

56k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🎯 Natural Selection 🦴 Fossil Record

Falter

by Bill McKibben • 2019

Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.

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2k+

🤖 Tech Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception

Falter 88%

Engineers want to redesign humans as the climate exit. The two crises share a cause.

by Bill McKibben 2019

4.00

2k+ ratings

🤖 Tech Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk 🛢️ Fossil Fuel Deception

The Power of Geography

by Tim Marshall • 2021

From the Sahel to low Earth orbit, ten regions where geography is shaping the next flashpoints.

4.19

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🌍 Geopolitics 🏛️ International Relations ⛽ Energy Security

The Power of Geography 88%

From the Sahel to low Earth orbit, ten regions where geography is shaping the next flashpoints.

by Tim Marshall 2021

4.19

26k+ ratings

🌍 Geopolitics 🏛️ International Relations ⛽ Energy Security

Megafire

by Michael Kodas • 2017

A century of putting out every fire made the forests a tinderbox. Now climate change is the match.

4.01

254

🔥 Wildfire 🏕️ Forest Ecology 🌪️ Climate Disasters

Megafire 88%

A century of putting out every fire made the forests a tinderbox. Now climate change is the match.

by Michael Kodas 2017

4.01

254 ratings

🔥 Wildfire 🏕️ Forest Ecology 🌪️ Climate Disasters

Where the Water Goes

by David Owen • 2017

The Colorado River keeps 36 million alive. Legal claims on its water outnumber the actual gallons.

3.93

3k+

🏜️ American West 💧 Water Scarcity ⚖️ Water Rights

Where the Water Goes 88%

The Colorado River keeps 36 million alive. Legal claims on its water outnumber the actual gallons.

by David Owen 2017

3.93

3k+ ratings

🏜️ American West 💧 Water Scarcity ⚖️ Water Rights

Back to Earth

by Nicole Stott • 2021

From orbit, Earth has no borders. An astronaut's argument for upgrading from passenger to crew.

3.91

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🚀 Astronaut Memoirs 🌿 Ecological Memoir 🌎 The Overview Effect

Back to Earth 88%

From orbit, Earth has no borders. An astronaut's argument for upgrading from passenger to crew.

by Nicole Stott 2021

3.91

219 ratings

🚀 Astronaut Memoirs 🌿 Ecological Memoir 🌎 The Overview Effect

The End of Nature

by Bill McKibben • 1989

Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.

3.94

3k+

🌍 Anthropocene Philosophy 🌿 Deep Ecology ⚖️ Environmental Ethics

The End of Nature 88%

Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.

by Bill McKibben 1989

3.94

3k+ ratings

🌍 Anthropocene Philosophy 🌿 Deep Ecology ⚖️ Environmental Ethics

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