"Earth under Fire: How Global Warming is Changing the World is an important work documenting climate change. With an accessible text and startling photographs, it takes the reader on a world tour of the human effect on our climate." --Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Chosen one of the 50 Best Environmental Books and Media by Vanity Fair, May 2008

 

Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming is Changing the World is a comprehensive look at the world wide effects of climate change. In dramatic photographs, maps and quotes from world climate science leaders, this one-of-a-kind book shows how the earth is being changed right now.

The book illustrates on-going shifts from weather extremes and melting glaciers to disruptions of animal migration and plant growth -- including the strong impact on human life, cities and cultures.

 

Earth Under Fire ends with a vision of how we can slow global warming and improve the lives of people everywhere.

"There are scant books equal to the task of spelling out the greatest challenge in human history, global climate change. Rarer still is an author who can both write and photograph it, seamlessly, marrying text and images. Earth Under Fire is that rare book, a vivid and consequential work that needs to be held, studied, and pondered. No one who reads this can ignore our collective destiny." - Paul Hawken, author of Blessed Unrest andThe Ecology of Commerce

"The best book on global warming I've read this year. Braasch is an intrepid and accomplished photographer who has spent years traveling to all parts of the world to document, in stunning images and well-researched accompanying text, how global warming is changing our planet NOW. Even global warming experts can learn from this book, but it's perfect for newcomers to the topic too." --- Mark Hertsgaard, author of Earth Odyssey

"Braasch has told the story of climate change in a new way by bringing together startling and breathtaking imagery with personal accounts and the best available scientific evidence." -- Martin Parry, Co-chair, IPCC Working Group 2, inNature:Climate