These books for readers who are thinking about the future of the planet include: Naomi Oreskes on why we must trust science; Jedediah Purdy on how the land we share divides us, but could unite us, from the coalfields of Appalachia to the public lands of the American West; Astronomer Royal Martin Rees on why humanity’s prospects depend on our planning seriously for the future; Marcia Bjornerud on why thinking like a geologist can give us the perspective we need for a more sustainable future; ecologist Nick Haddad offering a vivid and personal narrative about the race against time to reverse the decline of the world’s rarest butterflies; evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro on the incredible science of de-extinction; an insider’s account–from Mark Serreze, Director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center –of how scientists first came to understand the melting of the Arctic; and philosopher Susan Schneider’s exploration of the limits, and ethics, of AI.
Why Trust Science?
This Land Is Our Land: The Struggle for a New Commonwealth
On the Future: Prospects for Humanity
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
The Last Butterflies: A Scientist’s Quest to Save a Rare and Vanishing Creature
How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction
Brave New Arctic: The Untold Story of the Melting North
