Earth Under Fire 

Earth Under Fire, How Global Warming is Changing the World

"The power of Gary Braasch's personal witness to the climate crisis makes this essential reading for every citizen." —Al Gore

Chosen one of the 50 Best Environmental Books and Media by Vanity Fair, May 2008

Completely UPDATED in a PAPERBACK EDITION -- Available now in time for Earth Day.

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Earth Under Fire

 

Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming is Changing the World is a comprehensive look at the world wide effects of climate change. In dramatic photographs, maps and quotes from world climate science leaders, this one-of-a-kind book shows how the earth is being changed right now.

The book illustrates on-going shifts from weather extremes and melting glaciers to disruptions of animal migration and plant growth -- including the strong impact on human life, cities and cultures.

Earth Under Fire ends with a vision of how we can slow global warming and improve the lives of people everywhere.

Table of Contents

OPENING PHOTO GALLERY

1. FIRE ON THE ICE
Essays by Stephen Schneider, Alton Byers
Sidebar: Global Warming and Climate Change Explained
2. POLAR THAW
Essay by Jonathan Overpeck
3. BREAKING the BOUNDARIES OF LIFE
(View Excerpt Chapter 3)
Essays by Thomas Lovejoy, Camille Parmesan
Sidebar: Risking Nature's Gifts
4. TOMORROW'S CLIMATE TODAY
Essays by Sylvia Earle, Paul Epstein, Peter Gleick
Special section on China
5. A SAFER, CLEANER and COOLER WORLD
(View Excerpt Chapter 5 )
Sidebars: Policy and Protocol in the UN Climate Convention
Global Warming on Trial

Afterword by Bill McKibben

This entire site, all images and text, is Copyright © 2007 Gary Braasch and/or the University of California Press.

"The best book on global warming I've read this year. Braasch is an intrepid and accomplished photographer who has spent years traveling to all parts of the world to document, in stunning images and well-researched accompanying text, how global warming is changing our planet NOW. Even global warming experts can learn from this book, but it's perfect for newcomers to the topic too."
--- Mark Hertsgaard, author of Earth Odyssey

"Braasch has told the story of climate change in a new way by bringing together startling and breathtaking imagery with personal accounts and the best available scientific evidence."
-- Martin Parry, Co-chair, IPCC Working Group 2, in Nature:Climate

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  • Photography, research and main text by Gary Braasch
    Based on his acclaimed photo-documentation World View of Global Warming.
  • 270 pages, 110 photographs plus maps, scientist essays, informative sidebars, detailed references and bibliography.

    Published by University of California Press. In stores September-October. To order now, please use links at the top of the page.
  • This Web site will have reference notes, updates and feedback, after the book is released. To preview the book, please click here.

"There are scant books equal to the task of spelling out the greatest challenge in human history, global climate change. Rarer still is an author who can both write and photograph it, seamlessly, marrying text and images. Earth Under Fire is that rare book, a vivid and consequential work that needs to be held, studied, and pondered. No one who reads this can ignore our collective destiny." - Paul Hawken, author of Blessed Unrest and The Ecology of Commerce

How We KnowBook for kids, based on Earth Under Fire, is named "Best Science Book" for middle schools, by the American Assn. for the Advancement of Sciences