The most popular earth sciences books of 2025

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 2025.

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Developing a Research Agenda on Contrails and Their Climate Impacts
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Developing a Research Agenda on Contrails and Their Climate Impacts

Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Space Studies Board, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Committee on the Research Agenda for Reducing the Climate Impact of Aviation-Induced Cloudiness and Persistent Contrails from Commercial Aviation

Published 2025

100 pages