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Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"A tale of diversity within our damaged landscapes, The Mushroom at the End of the World follows one of the strangest commodity chains of our times to explore the unexpected corners of capitalism. Here, we witness the varied and peculiar worlds of matsutake commerce: the worlds of Japanese gourmets, capitalist traders, Hmong jungle fighters, industrial forests, Yi Chinese goat herders, Finnish nature guides, and more. These companions also lead us...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"The world is burning and the seas are rising. How do we navigate this new age of extremes? In A Traveler's Guide to the End of the World, David Gessner takes readers on an eye-opening tour of climate hotspots from the Gulf of Mexico to the burning American West to New York City to the fragile Outer Banks, where homes are being swallowed by the seas. He does so with his usual sense of humor, compassion, and a willingness to talk to anyone, providing...
Author
Series
Children of Eden volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Elite party girl Yarrow, the daughter of one of the most powerful women in Eden, and Rowan, whose very existence is illegal, discover threads that bind them and could change Eden forever.
24) Good news
Author
Description
American civilization as the tewentieth century knew it has crumbled. In the great Southwest, a new breed of settler, whites and Indians together, is creating a new way of life in the wildernes - a pastoral economy - with skills aned savvy resurrected from the pre-industrial past. Meanwhile in a last surviving bastion of urban life, the remnants of the power elite are girding their armed forces to reimpose the old order. This is a land of horses and...
25) 2012
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
A geophysical team, who are investigating the effect radiation from other solar systems has on the Earth, learn that the core of the Earth is heating up and warn the President of the United States. While the leaders of the world race to build 'arks' to escape the impending doom, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc all over the world.
26) Rootless
Author
Series
Rootless series volume 1
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Description
In a world devastated by war and disease, a young tree builder searches for the last trees on earth.
Author
Description
"It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible. In California, wildfires now rage year-round, destroying thousands of homes. Across the US, "500-year" storms pummel communities month after month, and floods displace tens of millions annually. This is only a preview of the changes to come. And they are coming fast....
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"NATIONAL BESTSELLER A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK: Entertainment Weekly, Oprah Daily, Vogue, Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beast, CNN, Harper's Bazaar "A glorious book-an assured novel that's gorgeously told." -The New York Times Book Review "An incredibly moving epic about an unforgettable family." -CBS Sunday Morning "[An] absorbing novel...I felt both grateful to have known these people and bereft at the prospect of leaving them behind." -The Washington...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Confronting harsh ecological realities and the multiple cascading crises facing our world today, An Inconvenient Apocalypse argues that humanity's future will be defined not by expansion but by contraction. For decades, our world has understood that we are on the brink of an apocalypse--and yet the only implemented solutions have been small and convenient, feel-good initiatives that avoid unpleasant truths about the root causes of our impending...
Author
Series
Neptune Project volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Genetically engineered to survive in the ocean, Nere and her friends are tasked with infiltrating a high-tech undersea base to rescue two kidnapped children and to find the secret to saving the world's oceans, hidden somewhere deep inside the vast fortress. With bloodthirsty mutant sharks and savage kids roaming the corridors, Nere and her companions must find a way to save their friends, themselves, and their underwater world.
Author
Series
Voyagers (Random House) volume 6
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Description
The Voyagers have made it to the last planet but must acquire a seventh element, combat dragons and an alien clone, and face serious illness before returning to Earth.
32) Frozen
Author
Series
Heart of dread volume 1
Pub. Date
c2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Description
More than a century after a catastrophic disaster wiped out most of humanity and covered much of the earth with ice, sixteen-year-old Nat yields to the voice in her head urging her to embark on a dangerous journey across a poisoned sea to the mythical land, the Blue.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Description
"Lucy Weaver has her future all figured out. Make an appearance at prom, ditch graduation, and then head out on an epic road trip with her boyfriend, Luke. But when everyone's phones start to ring halfway through the dance, Lucy knows something terrible has happened--something big. Decades of climate change have left the world teetering on the brink--entire cities drowned, violent extremism on the rise, millions of refugees with nowhere to turn. Is...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
In 2015, a flood of thick yellow sludge from a long-abandoned mine in Silverton, Colorado, made headlines as it flowed down the Animas River towards the Navajo Nation and the mighty Colorado River. Perhaps the most charismatic environmental disaster of our time, the Gold King Mine spill illustrates the devastating potential waiting in hundreds of abandoned mines throughout the Rocky Mountains. With disarming storytelling, award-winning journalist...
36) Invasive species
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Humanity's impact on the natural world can have disastrous effects. Invasive Species shines a light on the global problem of invasive species. With abundant charts and diagrams and large-format photos, this title explores the science behind how species become invasive and the damages they cause ecosystems around the world, and considers actions people and governments can take to try to improve the situation. Features include a flow chart showing the...
37) Eco-disasters
Author
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents brief accounts of six environmental disasters including the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, and the oil field fires in Kuwait.
38) The far dawn
Author
Series
The Atlanteans volume 3
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"Atlanteans Owen and Lilly navigate the frozen arctic hoping to find the Paintbrush of the Gods--an Atlantean technology that can reverse the course of climate change--before the evil Project Elysium does"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Description
In the classic tradition of "The End of Nature" and"Living Upstream" come 19 essays about the ravaged state of nature by one of our most wonderful and honest writers. With guts and razor-sharp wit, she sounds the alarm over the disconnection from nature that our consumer culture has created.
40) Empty
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Description
When, just ten years in the future, oil supplies run out and global warming leads to devastating storms, senior high school classmates Tom, Niki, Gwen, Hector, and Brock realize that the world as they know it is ending and lead the way to a more environmentally-friendly society.