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?](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/image/2019-12/Why%20Trust%20Science%3F.jpg?itok=ELmW7fTU)
Why Trust Science?
![This Land is Our Land](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/image/2019-12/This%20Land%20is%20Our%20Land.jpg?itok=1q-xQwSD)
This Land Is Our Land: The Struggle for a New Commonwealth
![On the Future](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/image/2019-12/On%20the%20Future.jpg?itok=qUtD8KMS)
On the Future: Prospects for Humanity
![Timefulness](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/image/2019-12/Timefulness.jpg?itok=24feF6XA)
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
![The Last Butterflies](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/image/2019-12/The%20Last%20Butterflies.jpg?itok=CMkOfe4j)
The Last Butterflies: A Scientist’s Quest to Save a Rare and Vanishing Creature
![How to Clone a Mammoth](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/image/2019-12/How%20to%20Clone%20a%20Mammoth.jpg?itok=sV-tqMlx)
How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction
![Brave New Arctic](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/image/2019-12/Brave%20New%20Arctic.jpg?itok=atH6HSBX)
Brave New Arctic: The Untold Story of the Melting North
![Artificial You](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/image/2019-12/Artificial%20You_0.jpg?itok=LL4rD--A)