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Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,423 ratings — published 2017
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Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.09 — 13,628 ratings — published 2021
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.15 — 28,226 ratings — published 2014
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as climate-science)
avg rating 3.99 — 30,615 ratings — published 2019
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.15 — 82,338 ratings — published 2014
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Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.17 — 8,419 ratings — published 2010
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.11 — 51,866 ratings — published 2021
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The Ends of the World The Ends of the World (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.30 — 6,434 ratings — published 2017
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Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,684 ratings — published 2014
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Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,250 ratings — published 2009
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Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,811 ratings — published 2021
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The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,919 ratings — published 2020
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Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as climate-science)
avg rating 3.95 — 4,200 ratings — published 2010
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Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,135 ratings — published 2019
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The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.29 — 8,581 ratings — published 2023
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The Discovery of Global Warming (New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine) The Discovery of Global Warming (New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine)
by (shelved 3 times as climate-science)
avg rating 3.78 — 328 ratings — published 2004
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Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,842 ratings — published 2021
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We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as climate-science)
avg rating 3.69 — 17,737 ratings — published 2019
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The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as climate-science)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,316 ratings — published 2021
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Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.21 — 698 ratings — published 2015
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The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as climate-science)
avg rating 3.71 — 2,377 ratings — published 2014
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Losing Earth: A Recent History Losing Earth: A Recent History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,315 ratings — published 2018
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Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,533 ratings — published 2018
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Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as climate-science)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,497 ratings — published 1992
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Introduction to Modern Climate Change Introduction to Modern Climate Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.11 — 162 ratings — published 2011
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The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.17 — 603 ratings — published 2016
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Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,091 ratings — published 2007
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Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,198 ratings — published
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Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.31 — 263 ratings — published
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The Physics of Climate Change The Physics of Climate Change (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,003 ratings — published 2021
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Waking the Giant: How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes Waking the Giant: How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.03 — 101 ratings — published 2012
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The Long Thaw: How Humans Are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth's Climate (Science Essentials) The Long Thaw: How Humans Are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth's Climate (Science Essentials)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 3.90 — 233 ratings — published 2008
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The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything: How Carbon Dioxide Made Our World – A Natural History of Climate and the Future of Life The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything: How Carbon Dioxide Made Our World – A Natural History of Climate and the Future of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.26 — 344 ratings — published
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A Billion Butterflies: A Life in Climate and Chaos Theory A Billion Butterflies: A Life in Climate and Chaos Theory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.12 — 330 ratings — published
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Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.06 — 995 ratings — published 2025
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On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.15 — 481 ratings — published 2024
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When the Ice Is Gone: What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth's Tumultuous History and Perilous Future When the Ice Is Gone: What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth's Tumultuous History and Perilous Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 3.87 — 217 ratings — published 2024
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The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.34 — 195,669 ratings — published 2021
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The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 3.99 — 515 ratings — published 2024
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Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 3.90 — 817 ratings — published 2022
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Over the Seawall: Tsunamis, Cyclones, Drought, and the Delusion of Controlling Nature Over the Seawall: Tsunamis, Cyclones, Drought, and the Delusion of Controlling Nature (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.11 — 66 ratings — published
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Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.22 — 7,889 ratings — published 2024
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Five Times Faster: Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change Five Times Faster: Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.25 — 237 ratings — published 2023
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Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,813 ratings — published 2023
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Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.09 — 593 ratings — published 2013
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Earthshot: How to Save Our Planet Earthshot: How to Save Our Planet (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.14 — 447 ratings — published
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The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,303 ratings — published 2022
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The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 4.27 — 4,029 ratings — published 2023
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Discerning Experts: The Practices of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy Discerning Experts: The Practices of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 3.64 — 14 ratings — published
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A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith-Based Decisions A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith-Based Decisions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as climate-science)
avg rating 3.70 — 93 ratings — published 2009
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Bill McKibben
“So: global warming is the ultimate problem of oil companies because oil causes it, and it's the ultimate problem for government haters because without government intervention, you can't solve it. Those twin existential threats, to cash and to worldview, meant that there was never any shortage of resources for the task of denying climate change.”
― Bill McKibben, Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?

Peter Brannen
“We take for granted the shape of our world and the position of the continents— the familiar geography that seems as eternal as the order of the planets. But this arrangement is temporary: it isn't how the planet has been and it isn't how it will be.”
― Peter Brannen, The Ends of the World

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