Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Future of the Earth

Part travelog, part science lesson, this book takes readers from the driest deserts of Chile to the genetic wasteland of central Iowa to the site of the drowned land bridge of the Bering Sea--all the places where cataclysmic natural events have already taken place at some point in the past.  With NPR commentator Craig Childs as your guide, you will bear witness to the strengths and frailties of the earth, revel in sensory descriptions of stunning and sometimes devastatingly barren natural landscapes, and learn about some of the sweeping and perilous natural changes that have and are yet to occur on this planet.