effect of human beings on

"A powerful, intimate collection of conversations with Indigenous Americans on the climate crisis and the Earth's future"--.

"Planet Earth is warming, causing climates to change. In [this book], learn how climate change affects Earth's many biomes -- for example, its deserts, forests, and tundra. Such biomes exist under only certain climate conditions." -- Back cover.

"Planet Earth is warming, causing climates to change. People and other living things experience these changes through the weather. In [this book], learn how weather happens and how global warming is changing it -- including global warming's effects on extreme weather." -- Back cover.

The author describes possible ways global warming will affect the Earth and people, including scientific research that support his theories.

"From the author of Losing Earth, a deeply reported and beautifully told exploration of how we live in a post-natural world"--Provided by publisher.

"Tells the larger narrative of the American Sea--from the sportfish that brought the earliest tourists to Gulf shores to Hollywood's engagement with the first offshore oil wells"--Dust jacket.

A collection of articles that examine the issue of adapting to climate change.

"This . . . journey through the continent of Antarctica helps show how humans affect, and are affected by, the environments in which they live. Readers will gain an understanding of the continent's landforms, resources, and human activities. Examples featured include flying by helicopter to Bird Island, skiing to the South Pole, and sailing to the edge of the ice sheet"--Provided by publisher.

Presents a series of photographs taken from space of a wide range of places around the world, discussing science writer Frank White's "Overview Effect" and how it gives humans a unique perspective on the planet and a greater appreciation of how important conservation of nature is.

"[An] exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence . . . visits the eeriest and most desolate places on Earth that due to war, disaster, disease, or economic decay, have been abandoned by humans. What she finds every time is an 'island' of teeming new life: nature has rushed in to fill the void faster and more thoroughly than even the most hopeful projections of scientists . . . a tour through these new ecosystems, in all their glory, as sites of unexpected environmental significance, where the natural world has reasserted its wild power and promise. And while it doesn't let us off the hook for addressing environmental degradation and climate change, it's a case that hope is far from lost, and is ultimately a story of redemption"--Provided by publisher.