Michael Svoboda

2 weeks ago | yaleclimateconnections.org | Michael Svoboda

In observance of the U.N. Ocean Conference just wrapping up in Nice, France, Yale Climate Connections has devoted this month’s bookshelf to books and reports about humanity’s long relationship with Earth’s oceans. In addition to the 12 titles presented with covers and descriptive blurbs, readers will find short listings for books from previous monthly “shelves” – and for one forthcoming title. A total of 21 in all.

1 month ago | yaleclimateconnections.org | Michael Svoboda

As the cofounder and leader of the World Weather Attribution initiative, climate scientist Friederike Otto is painfully aware of how climate change can magnify the destructive power of extreme weather. Otto is a pioneer in attribution science, a branch of climate science that enables researchers to better understand how climate change is influencing specific weather events, such as the Los Angeles wildfires that erupted in early 2025.

1 month ago | yaleclimateconnections.org | Michael Svoboda

The environment has always figured prominently in the nonfiction work of Alan Weisman. In the best-known and bestselling of his five previous books, “The World Without Us” (2007), the planet, devoid of humans, became the lone protagonist.

1 month ago | yaleclimateconnections.org | Michael Svoboda

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly reported a different winner. Yale Climate Connections apologizes for the error. The 2024 novel “And So I Roar” by Abi Daré has been awarded the first-ever Climate Fiction Prize. The £10,000 ($13,240) prize, organized by a storytelling organization called Climate Spring, recognizes U.K. authors whose novels address the problem. “Many of us already see tackling climate as important,” the organizers wrote on the prize website.

2 months ago | yaleclimateconnections.org | Michael Svoboda

From the seeds planted by the first Earth Day celebrated over 50 years ago, an astonishing variety of environmental shoots have sprouted and spread. As a result, an eclectic mix of titles is required to celebrate Earth Month in 2025. This month’s bookshelf offers four different but related takes on the environmental holiday. The first take updates readers on the top priorities of the first Earth Day: clean air, clean water, and clean, as in litter-free, land.