The most popular earth sciences books of 2020

Earth sciences books explain the planet under your feet and the sky above it. Rocks, volcanoes, earthquakes, oceans, weather and climate are all covered, along with the deep history of the Earth. Read them to understand the landscape around you and the forces still shaping it. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.

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Our Only Home
Cover of Our Only Home

Our Only Home

His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the XIV Dalai Lama, Franz Alt

Published 2020

176 pages

Disposable City
Cover of Disposable City

Disposable City

Mario Alejandro Ariza

Published 2020

320 pages

Ocean Speaks
Cover of Ocean Speaks

Ocean Speaks

Jess Keating, Katie Hickey

Published 2020

40 pages

Tree Story
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Tree Story

Valerie Trouet

Published 2020

264 pages

The Fragile Earth
Cover of The Fragile Earth

The Fragile Earth

David Remnick, Henry Finder

2020 · 2023 edition

560 pages

Footprints
Cover of Footprints

Footprints

David Farrier

2020 · 2021 edition

256 pages

Himalaya
Cover of Himalaya

Himalaya

Ed Douglas

2020 · 2021 edition

560 pages