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Book Description

Our planet is a fascinating and complex place, but the challenges we face can seem overwhelming. How does our climate actually work? Should we worry about the global supply of drinking water? How much land do we need to grow food? And can technology help reverse the damage we’ve done? 

In Atlas of a Threatened Planet, award-winning book and graphic designer Esther Gonstalla digs into these questions and many more through her attractive and easy-to-understand infographics. Gonstalla is known for breaking complex topics into digestible and memorable pieces in her popular “Our World in 50 Graphics” book series. In this book, she turns her designer’s eye to the most critical threats to our environment, from shrinking glaciers and declining biodiversity to shifting ocean currents. These accessible and fun illustrations will show readers that, although the threats are grave, not all is lost. Changes in technology, infrastructure, and our outlook can still help us protect the places we love.

Atlas of a Threatened Planet will spark your curiosity and invite you to see the Earth in a new way. It is written for all who want to understand the interlocking pieces of our home—and fight for the best ideas and strategies to save it.

Review Quotes

"The book is crammed with facts that are easily accessible, mainly because Gonstalla uses exceptional infographics, or pictograms, to provide a wealth of information on the state of the planet, along with solutions to the issues that she highlights. I, for one, will be using the graphics for future presentations, as they glow on the page and shout out the necessary numbers in a bid to get points across succinctly.  I expect this book will be of value for many – from school students, to those interested in facts and figures around how the planet is faring."
 
The Biologist

"Esther Gonstalla has a talent for distilling complex scientific information into accessible, colorful infographic panels that explore the various environmental threats that our planet and our civilization face today…. This is a great resource for any class in which these problems are explored and for anyone who cares about the fate of the planet and wishes to understand and to act to help solve the problems."
 
Wildlife Activist

Contents

The Spheres of the Earth
The Atmosphere: Air, Weather & Climate
The Hydrosphere: Water, Ice & Snow
The Biosphere: Soil, Plants & Animals
The Anthroposphere: Everything Man-made

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About the Author and Thanks

Case Studies & Excerpts

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