We are living through a human-driven die-off so fast and far-reaching that even scientists borrow the language of catastrophe to name it: the sixth mass extinction. The book’s plain-English thesis: … Read more
We argue about climate, growth, food, and energy using slogans. In his How the World Really Works, Smil replaces slogans with literacy: what energy is, where your food comes from, … Read more
Extreme heat, heat waves, and wet-bulb temperature are not abstractions anymore; they’re the daily grammar of climate change, and Jeff Goodell’s The Heat Will Kill You First is the most … Read more
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben, first published in German in 2015 and translated to English … Read more
Plastic pollution is an ever-growing environmental crisis that has infiltrated almost every corner of our planet. Plastics, synthetic materials derived from petrochemicals, have become an indispensable part of modern life … Read more