Resources

If you want to delve deeper into the workings of our planet, and learn more about how we know what we know, here are some resources to get you started.

Written in Stone: A geological history of the Northeastern United States Written in Stone: A geological history of the Northeastern United States by Chet Raymo and Maureen E. Raymo (Authors)

Soundings Soundings by Hali Felt (Author)

Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World by Marcia Bjornerud (Author)

The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions by Peter Brannen (Author)

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert (Author)

The Planet in a Pebble: A journey into Earth's deep history The Planet in a Pebble: A journey into Earth's deep history (Oxford Landmark Science) Illustrated Edition by Jan Zalasiewicz (Author)

The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester (Author)

Night Comes to the Cretaceous: Comets, Craters, Controversy, and the Last Days of the Dinosaurs Night Comes to the Cretaceous: Comets, Craters, Controversy, and the Last Days of the Dinosaurs by James Lawrence Powell (Author)

The Goldilocks Planet: The 4 Billion Year Story of Earth's Climate The Goldilocks Planet: The 4 Billion Year Story of Earth's Climate by Jan Zalasiewicz (Author)

Ice Ages: Solving the Mystery Ice Ages: Solving the Mystery by John Imbrie and Katherine Palmer Imbrie Authors)

Earth: an intimate history Earth: an intimate history, by Richard Fortey (Author)

A Literary Companion to Geology A Literary Companion to Geology by Randye Rutberg and Shruti Philips (Editors)

hammer iconAGI: https://www.americangeosciences.org/
hammer iconAGU: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAmvZawnAXogfsrXWKpPTVw
hammer iconEARTH ROCKS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBEwiHo718rNAekZrqjjDjQ
hammer iconLAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY: https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
hammer iconNATURE GEOSCIENCE: https://www.nature.com/ngeo/
hammer iconSCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: https://www.youtube.com/user/SciAmerican
hammer iconUSGS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeXH8GZyV3sVqAr45AvupOA

 

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