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"In a near-future world where tree pollen has made outdoor air unbreathable, a woman's safe but tedious life is thrown into turmoil when she witnesses a murder and her young daughter starts sleep-talking about the killer"-- Provided by publisher. The climate apocalypse has come and gone, and in the end it wasn't the temperature climbing or the waters rising. It was the trees. The world became overgrown, creating enough pollen to render the air unbreathable....

"A landmark collection of Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert's most important pieces about climate change and the natural world "To be a well-informed citizen of Planet Earth," Rolling Stone has advised, "you need to read Elizabeth Kolbert." From her National Magazine Award-winning series The Climate of Man to her Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Sixth Extinction, Kolbert's work has shaped the way we think about the environment in the twenty-first...

"The consequential age we are living in will be remembered as one of the great turning points in civilization. Once we turn, though, where will we be? That is the compelling question Al Gore sets out to answer by examining the drivers of global change, connecting the dots among the social, economic, and political forces shaping our present and future. A rising global consciousness is forcing people around the world, but especially Americans, to rethink...

In the twenty-second century, a sun shift has made it impossible for mammals to survive in the daylight, and ten-year-old Elvie and her caretaker, Flora, are studying the migration route of monarch butterflies along what used to be the western coast of the United States, hoping that something in the butterflies wing scales can be used to protect people from the sun and save humanity from extinction.

You're traveling to Salisbury, England, to research the megalithic arrangement at Stonehenge, as well as some unusual crop circles nearby. Time is of the essence -- world leaders gather in worry as hurricanes rip cross-continent, tropical storms surge inland, and animals' strange new migration patterns cause environmentalists extreme concern.

A science journalist travels the world to explore humanity's ecological devastation-and its potential for renewal. We live in times of profound environmental change. According to a growing scientific consensus, the dramatic results of man-made climate change have ushered the world into a new geological era: the Anthropocene, or Age of Man. As an editor at Nature, Gaia Vince couldn't help but wonder if the greatest cause of this dramatic planetary...

Global warming is a serious problem that can be seen everywhere from the shrinking glaciers of the North Pole to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. Readers explore the causes of climate problems and learn what is being done to stop the damage to Earth's climates. Suggestions are provided for ways that readers can offer their own help to these efforts. Series Review: Planet Sos"These Well-Designed Books Present Different Aspects Of Life On Earth...

"In this book, Doug Macdougall explores the causes and effects of ice ages that have gripped our planet throughout its history, from the earliest known glaciation - nearly three billion years ago - to the present. Following the development of scientific ideas about these dramatic events. Macdougall traces the lives of many of the characters who have contributed to the evolving understanding of how ice ages come about. As it explains how the great...

"Building from his acclaimed anthology Tales of Two Americas, beloved writer and editor John Freeman draws together some of our greatest writers from around the world to help us see how the environmental crisis is hitting some of the most vulnerable communities where they live. In the past five years, John Freeman, previously editor of Granta, has launched a celebrated international literary magazine, Freeman's, and compiled two acclaimed anthologies...