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The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of ScienceAndrea Wulf201536 pts3 wins6 listsKnopfBiographyNatural History & Animals+3
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural HistoryElizabeth Kolbert201432 pts2 wins5 listsHenry HoltNature & EnvironmentClimate, Weather & Disaster+2
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of SpaceAdam Higginbotham202524 pts2 wins3 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryTravel, Exploration & Place+2
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter WorldJohn Vaillant202424 pts1 wins6 listsKnopfNature & EnvironmentTravel, Exploration & Place+2
Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of AmericaEliza Griswold201922 pts2 wins5 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxPolitics & GovernmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
Young Men and FireNorman Maclean199214 pts2 wins2 listsUniversity of Chicago PressNature & EnvironmentNatural History & Animals+2
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear DisasterAdam Higginbotham202014 pts1 wins2 listsHenry Holt and CompanyHistoryScience & Discovery+1
When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed WorldJordan Thomas202512 pts0 wins3 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest DisasterJon Krakauer199712 pts0 wins3 listsVillardMemoir & AutobiographyTravel, Exploration & Place+2
Fire and Rain: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Wars in Southeast AsiaCarolyn Woods Eisenberg202410 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryClimate, Weather & Disaster+3
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy ChaptersHenry Gee202110 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Katrina: A History, 1915-2015Andy Horowitz202110 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905Bill Waiser201610 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryIndigenous History+3
Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?Alan Weisman201310 pts1 wins1 listsLittle, BrownNature & EnvironmentScience & Discovery+2
Polar Imperative: A History of Arctic Sovereignty in North AmericaShelagh Grant201110 pts1 wins1 listsDouglas & McIntyreHistoryIndigenous History+2
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter PlanetMark Lynas200810 pts1 wins1 listsFourth EstateNature & EnvironmentScience & Discovery+2
The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate ChangeCharles Wohlforth200410 pts1 wins1 listsNorth Point PressNature & EnvironmentTechnology, Computing & Ai+2
The Ingenuity GapThomas Homer-Dixon200010 pts1 wins1 listsVintage BooksTechnologyNatural History & Animals+3
Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to HiroshimaDiana Preston199810 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the DarkCarl Sagan199710 pts1 wins1 listsBallantine BooksScienceClimate, Weather & Disaster+2
The Refiner's Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844John L. Brooke199410 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressReligionFilm, Television & Popular Culture+3
Fuzzy Logic: The Discovery of a Revolutionary Computer Technology -- and How It Is Changing Our WorldDaniel McNeill, Paul Freiberger199310 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterTechnologyScience & Discovery+2
The Truth About ChernobylGrigori Medvedev199110 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksScienceMedicine, Health & the Body+2
Mapping the DeepRobert Kunzig200110 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonNature & EnvironmentNatural History & Animals+3
Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We AreRebecca Boyle202410 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceNatural History & Animals+3
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The ClimateNaomi Klein201310 pts1 wins3 listsSimon & SchusterNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the WorldMarcia Bjornerud20188 pts1 wins2 listsPrinceton University PressScienceClimate, Weather & Disaster+2
How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-ExtinctionBeth Shapiro20158 pts1 wins2 listsPrinceton University PressScienceClimate, Weather & Disaster+2
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf CoastDouglas Brinkley20068 pts1 wins2 listsWilliam MorrowHistoryOceans, Rivers & Water+2
Emerson: The Mind on FireRobert D. Richardson, Jr.19958 pts1 wins2 listsUniversity of California PressMemoir & AutobiographyEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
Cosmic Dawn: The Origins of Matter and LifeEric Chaisson19818 pts1 wins2 listsLittle, BrownScienceClimate, Weather & Disaster+2
Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the AmazonPatrick Tierney20008 pts0 wins2 listsW. W. NortonJournalism & ReportageAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
Chaos: Making a New ScienceJames Gleick19888 pts0 wins2 listsVikingScienceTechnology, Computing & Ai+2
Disturbing the UniverseFreeman Dyson19798 pts0 wins2 listsHarper & RowMemoir & AutobiographyClimate, Weather & Disaster+2
By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native LandRebecca Nagle20246 pts1 wins2 listsHarperCollinsRace & EthnicityIndigenous History+3
The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched PlanetJeff Goodell20236 pts0 wins2 listsLittle, BrownScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at WarMary Roach20166 pts0 wins2 listsW. W. NortonWar & MilitaryScience & Discovery+2
Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the SeaCallum Roberts20126 pts0 wins2 listsVikingScienceOceans, Rivers & Water+2
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and its Role in the Climate CrisisAnnie Proulx20225 pts0 wins2 listsScribnerNature & EnvironmentClimate, Weather & Disaster+2
A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory BirdsScott Weidensaul20215 pts0 wins2 listsW. W. NortonNature & EnvironmentScience & Discovery+3
The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our PlanetMichael E. Mann20215 pts0 wins2 listsUnknown imprintNature & EnvironmentBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+2
The Five-Million-Year Odyssey: The Human Journey from Ape to AgriculturePeter Bellwood20244 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceNatural History & Animals+3
The Presidents and the Planet: Climate Change Science and Politics from Eisenhower to BushJay Hakes20244 pts1 wins1 listsLSU PressPolitics & GovernmentScience & Discovery+3
They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's ClassroomsMike Hixenbaugh20244 pts1 wins1 listsMariner BooksPolitics & GovernmentEvangelicalism & Christian Nationalism+3
Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic ScienceBenjamin Breen20244 pts1 wins1 listsGrand Central PublishingScienceClimate, Weather & Disaster+3
What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate FuturesAyana Elizabeth Johnson20244 pts1 wins1 listsOne WorldNature & EnvironmentLgbtq History & Life+3
Carbon ColonialismLaurie Parsons20234 pts1 wins1 listsManchester University PressNature & EnvironmentSettler Colonialism+3
Data Science for the GeosciencesLijing Wang, David Zhen Yin,, Jef Caers20234 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressScienceScience & Discovery+3
The Land Beneath the Ice: The Pioneering Years of Radar Exploration in AntarcticaDavid J. Drewry20234 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceScience & Discovery+3
The World Atlas of Trees and Forests: Exploring Earth's Forest EcosystemsHerman Shugart, Peter White, Sassan Saatchi,, Jérôme Chave20224 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressNature & EnvironmentNatural History & Animals+3
A World Without Soil: The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our FeetJo Handelsman20214 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressNature & EnvironmentOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Management as a Calling: Leading Business, Serving SocietyAndrew J. Hoffman20214 pts1 wins1 listsStanford University PressBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell HappenPeter Apps20214 pts1 wins1 listsOneworldPolitics & GovernmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
When the Sahara Was Green: How Our Greatest Desert Came to BeMartin Williams20214 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceNatural History & Animals+3
Climate, Clothing, and Agriculture in Prehistory: Linking Evidence, Causes, and EffectsIan Gilligan20194 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You HaveTatiana Schlossberg20194 pts1 wins1 listsGrand Central PublishingNature & EnvironmentScience & Discovery+3
Climate in Motion: Science, Empire, and the Problem of ScaleDeborah R. Coen20184 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistoryScience & Discovery+3
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They MatterBen Goldfarb20184 pts1 wins1 listsChelsea Green PublishingNature & EnvironmentNatural History & Animals+3
Global Flood Hazard: Applications in Modeling, Mapping and ForecastingGuy J-P. Schumann, Paul D. Bates, Heiko Apel, Giuseppe T. Aronica20184 pts1 wins1 listsWileyScienceScience & Discovery+3
Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the EarthAdam Frank20184 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonScienceScience & Discovery+3
To See Paris and Die: The Soviet Lives of Western CultureEleonory Gilburd20184 pts1 wins1 listsBelknap PressJournalism & ReportageArt, Music & Performance+3
A Meeting of Land and Sea: Nature and the Future of Martha’s VineyardDavid R. Foster20174 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressNature & EnvironmentIndigenous History+3
Statistical Downscaling and Bias Correction for Climate ResearchDouglas Maraun, Martin Widmann20174 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+1
A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton CopleyJane Kamensky20164 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonBiographyConstitutional History+3
Ecosystems of CaliforniaHarold Mooney annd Erika Zaveleta20164 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of California PressNature & EnvironmentNatural History & Animals+3
Power Lines: Phoenix and the Making of the Modern SouthwestAndrew Needham20164 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban LifeJonathan F.P. Rose20164 pts1 wins1 listsHarper WavePolitics & GovernmentScience & Discovery+3
Inequality: What Can Be Done?Anthony B. Atkinson20154 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressBusiness & EconomicsClimate, Weather & Disaster+3
Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, FutureLauren Redniss20154 pts1 wins1 listsRandom HouseScienceEssays & Cultural Criticism+2
Gotham Unbound: The Ecological History of Greater New YorkTed Steinberg20144 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterNature & EnvironmentOceans, Rivers & Water+3
The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming WorldWilliam Nordhaus20134 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressNature & EnvironmentScience & Discovery+3
What Soldiers Do: Sex and the American GI in World War II FranceMary Louise Roberts20134 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressWar & MilitaryClimate, Weather & Disaster+3
The Dilbit Disaster: Inside the Biggest Oil Spill You've Never Heard OfLisa Song, Elizabeth McGowan20124 pts1 wins1 listsInsideClimate NewsNature & EnvironmentOceans, Rivers & Water+3
In the Eye of All Trade: Bermuda, Bermudians, and the Maritime Atlantic World, 1680-1683Michael Jarvis20104 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistoryFood, Agriculture & Land+3
Handbook of Weather, Climate, and WaterThomas D. Potter, Bradley R. Colman20034 pts1 wins1 listsWileyScienceOceans, Rivers & Water+2
TriangleDavid Von Drehle20034 pts1 wins1 listsGrove AtlanticHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution & Abrupt Climate ChangeWilliam H. Calvin20024 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressScienceNatural History & Animals+3
Alchemy Tried in the Fire: Starkey, Boyle, and the Fate of Helmontian ChymistryWilliam Newman, Lawrence Principe20024 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistoryLiterature & Writers+3
The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our FutureRichard B. Alley20004 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceScience & Discovery+3
Pillar of FireTaylor Branch19984 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterRace & EthnicityClimate, Weather & Disaster+3
Touching the VoidJoe Simpson19884 pts1 wins1 listsJonathan CapeBiographyDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
Blundering Into DisasterRobert S. McNamara19874 pts1 wins1 listsPantheonWar & MilitaryCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
Chemicals and Society: A Guide to the New Chemical AgeHugh D. Crone19864 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressScienceDisease, Epidemics & Drugs+3
The Closing Circle: Nature, Man and TechnologyBarry Commoner19714 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfNature & EnvironmentTechnology, Computing & Ai+2
Fire in the AshesTheodore H. White19544 pts1 wins1 listsWilliam Sloane AssociatesJournalism & ReportageEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+1
America on FireElizabeth K. Hinton20224 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+1
Back FireRoger Warner19954 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+1
Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21stBurton Ritcher20114 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressScienceEnergy, Extraction & Resources+2
Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall StreetVictor Luckerson20244 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintNature & EnvironmentBlack History & Culture+3
Encyclopedia of Climate and WeatherEditor-in-Chief: Stephen H. Schneider19964 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+1
Fire at SeaThomas Gallager19604 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintNature & EnvironmentOceans, Rivers & Water+2
Fire LoverJoseph Wambaugh20034 pts1 wins1 listsWilliam MorrowNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+1
Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in ChicagoEric Klinenberg20024 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressSociety & CultureGrief, Trauma & Recovery+3
Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Control of ClimateWilliam F. Ruddiman20064 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceScience & Discovery+3
Selkirk's IslandDiana Souhami20014 pts1 wins1 listsOpen Road Integrated MediaBiographyOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Shots on the Bridge: Police Violence and Cover-Up in the Wake of KatrinaRonnie Greene20154 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintTrue Crime & JusticeCrime, Policing & Violence+3
T he Fate of Greenland: Lessons from Abrupt Climate ChangePhilip Conkling, Richard Alley, Wallace Broecker, George Denton20124 pts1 wins1 listsMIT PressNature & EnvironmentEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+1
The Franco-Prussian WarMichael Howard19624 pts1 wins1 listsRoutledgeHistoryClimate, Weather & Disaster+3
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All awards · Topic: Climate, Weather & Disaster · Sorted by score · 236 books · filtered