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Recommended Books

The elephant in the universe : our hundred-year search for dark matter - Space and stars in the image of an elephant

Five times faster : rethinking the science, economics, and diplomacy of climate change - Letters of the title is made up of satellite images of a hurricane

Scramble for the skies : the great power competition to control the resources of outer space - Astronaut floating in space

Life on the rocks : building a future for coral reefs - Colorful mix of different coral

Inside the world of climate change skeptics - An outline of a human head with a moon and landscapes in it

How to avoid a climate disaster : the solutions we have and the breakthroughs we need - Title in red and blue letters on white background

The war on the EPA : America's endangered environmental protections - View of the Earth from outerspace

Our fragile moment : how lessons from Earth's past can help us survive the climate crisis - Background of rainbow colors

The universe in a box : simulations and the quest to code the cosmos - A green outline of a box with brown matter floating around it

A brief history of Earth : four billion years in eight chapters - Animated drawing of the earth's layers with an erupting volcano

Children of the stars : indigenous science education in a reservation classroom - People in a room brainstorming, a crowd watching a space shuttle take off from afar, a close up photo of a space shuttle taking off

Brave the wild river : the untold story of two women who mapped the botany of the Grand Canyon - Two women looking at a map with the Grand Canyon in the background

Recommended eBooks

When the heavens went on sale : the misfits and geniuses racing to put space within reach - A view of a streak that a rocket leaves behind

The Cosmic Oasis: The Remarkable Story of Earth's Biosphere - View of Earth from Space

Environmental science of heavy metals - Animated drawing of a plant dumping waste in the ground

Human Spaceflight Operations : Lessons Learned from 60 Years in Space - Astronaut in space outside the ship

Managing Environmental Conflict: An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer - Arial view of a swamp

War in space : strategy, spacepower, geopolitics - Animated drawing of a satellite orbiting Earth

Space law : legal framework for space activities - Picture of space is at the top of the book

Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health Effects - Picture of the globe with a forest fire blended in front of it

Oral History and the Environment: Global Perspectives on Climate, Connection, and Catastrophe - View of extremely dry land that meets water that turns into lush green plants

Promise denied : NASA's X-34 and the quest for cheap, reusable access to space - Arial view of an airplane

Sustainable Environmental Science - Animated drawing of a tree with images on the branches with a photo of hands holding the planet

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