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by James Balog (Author), Anne Wilkes Tucker (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), James Fallows (Foreword by)
A magnum opus on the human impact on our planet--from the threat of animal extinction to catastrophic wildfires, global warming as visualized through glacier melt, and increased ferocity of historic floods and storms--James Balog presents four decades of his research and photography in this environmental call to arms.
Author Biography
James Balog is an avid mountaineer and the author of eight books. His 2018 award-winning film The Human Element was screened worldwide. Balog's Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) is the most extensive photographic study of glaciers ever conducted, and his documentary Chasing Ice won an Emmy and an Oscar nomination. His photographs are in dozens of public and private art collections and extensively published. Anne Wilkes Tucker is the curator emerita of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. James Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic. His work has also appeared in Slate, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, and The American Prospect.
