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Book SynopsisA celebrated biologist’s manifesto addressing a soil loss crisis accelerated by poor conservation practices and climate changeTrade Review“A manifesto for improved soil conservation and management. . . . What distinguishes Handelsman from her predecessors is her optimism about our ability to reverse the course of soil loss. . . . A book for a broad audience that will widen discussion and interest in soils and soil degradation.”—Daniel D. Richter, Science“Microbiologist Jo Handelsman takes on the challenge of making readers care in A World Without Soil.”—Emma Marris, Nature2022 PROSE award winner, Government and Politics categoryLonglisted for the 2023 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books in the Young Adult Science Book category“Jo Handelsman is a national treasure, and her clarion call warning of a looming soil-loss catastrophe must be heard. Add her clearly written alarm to other future-shocks: climate change, pandemics, and mass extinctions.”—Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance“The ground beneath our feet is slipping away as we lose the precious soil that sustains us. Jo Handelsman’s writing—as rich and life supporting as the soil itself—is a riveting warning. She tells us eloquently about the danger we’re in, but also what we can do about it.”—Alan Alda, actor, writer, and host of the podcast Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda“A truly delightful book about soil! Jo Handelsman brilliantly describes in fascinating detail the origin, structure, and contributions to human health by the very ground of Planet Earth.”—Rita Colwell, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland, and former director, National Science Foundation“A World Without Soil is an optimistic and compelling look at the challenges surrounding one of earth’s most vital natural resources. Jo Handelsman presents rigorously researched and compelling solutions to advance policy changes we need today—in order to ensure our future.”—Howard W. Buffett, coauthor of 40 Chances and Social Value Investing, and 2001 FFA State Soil Judging Champion“A significant and inspirational book. Jo Handelsman richly narrates the integral connections and interdependencies of soil, a living entity which lies at the heart of our sustenance, survival and wellbeing.”—Garth Harmsworth, senior Indigenous Māori scientist (Toi Rangahau), Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, New Zealand

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Book SynopsisA straightforward and fact-based exploration of how weather happens, how it relates to climate, and how science answers major questions about Earth as a systemTrade Review“As we enter an era where both politics and our daily lives will be powerfully affected by climate change, everyone needs this science-based understanding of weather, climate, and climate change to understand the world around them.”—James Gustave Speth, author of They Knew: The US Federal Government’s Fifty-Year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis and Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment“Aber’s incisive book explores how we measure, understand, and predict weather (with a time frame of hours to days), and climate and its changes (years to centuries). Scientifically astute, policy relevant, hopeful, and a joy to read.”—Jerry Melillo, Ecosystem Center, Marine Biological Laboratory“John Aber makes weather, climate, and climate change fascinating. His clear language and visuals are the best foundation I have seen for understanding the earth system now, and how it is likely to change in the future.”—Indy Burke, Carl W. Knoblauch, Jr. Dean, Yale School of the Environment“With authority and a delightfully conversational style, Less Heat, More Light presents important insights for our time into the nature of weather, climate, and the history of scientific discovery.”—David Foster, author of A Meeting of Land and Sea: Nature and the Future of Martha’s Vineyard“John Aber’s thoroughly enjoyable book explains the nature and history of climate and the factors driving its change. His clear and knowledgeable text will enhance broad public engagement in the most important crisis of our time.”—Jo Handelsman, director, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery; former associate director for science, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; and author, A World Without Soil: The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet

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