Review: 3 books tackle aspects of climate change, from hard science to the beauty of what’s being lost
As our planet wobbles toward its 52nd Earth Day on Friday, April 22, the global medical report is … not great. This month, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that if we don’t stop pouring carbon dioxide into the atmosphere ASAP, we’ll soon be living in hell. California had its driest first three months of the year in recorded history. Antarctic ice shelves are melting before our eyes. Three new books explore the perilous realities of life on Earth in 2022.