Subject archive: environmental issues

Below is a list of all book reviews under the subject heading of environment issues published to date in reverse chronological order. Click here to return to the subject menu or click here to return to the list of all reviews.

  1. Volt Rush: The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green
  2. A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us About the Destiny of the Human Species
  3. Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet
  4. The Ocean’s Whistleblower: The Remarkable Life and Work of Daniel Pauly
  5. Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History
  6. Our Biggest Experiment: A History of the Climate Crisis
  7. The Empty Sea: The Future of the Blue Economy
  8. Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
  9. Dead Zones: The Loss of Oxygen from Rivers, Lakes, Seas, and the Ocean
  10. The Rare Metals War: The Dark Side of Clean Energy and Digital Technologies
  11. The Elements of Power: Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age
  12. Future Sea: How to Rescue and Protect the World’s Oceans
  13. Techno-Fix: Why Technology Won’t Save Us or the Environment
  14. A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
  15. Planetary Accounting: Quantifying How to Live Within Planetary Limits at Different Scales of Human Activity
  16. Limits: Why Malthus Was Wrong and Why Environmentalists Should Care
  17. More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources – And What Happens Next
  18. Ocean Recovery: A Sustainable Future for Global Fisheries?
  19. End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World
  20. Abundant Earth: Toward an Ecological Civilization
  21. The Selfish Ape: Human Nature and Our Path to Extinction
  22. The Deep: The Hidden Wonders of Our Oceans and How We Can Protect Them
  23. Cold Rush: The Astonishing True Story of the New Quest for the Polar North
  24. Why Good People Do Bad Environmental Things
  25. Vanishing Fish: Shifting Baselines and the Future of Global Fisheries
  26. The Omega Principle: Seafood and the Quest for a Long Life and a Healthier Planet
  27. The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
  28. The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Conflicting Visions of the Future of Our Planet
  29. All the Boats on the Ocean: How Government Subsidies Led to Global Overfishing
  30. The Irresponsible Pursuit of Paradise (Second Edition)