Best Earth Sciences Books of 2025

Barron’s AP Human Geography Flashcards is a reliable tool for students preparing for the AP Human Geography exam. With over 450 up-to-date content review cards, students can find specific concepts easily and customize their review using the enclosed sorting ring. The cards are organized by topic and cover all units on the exam. The book is written and reviewed by AP experts, ensuring that students receive accurate and relevant information. For even more review, full-length practice tests, and access to Barron’s Online Learning Hub, students can check out Barron’s AP Human Geography Premium. Overall, this book is an excellent resource for students looking to boost their confidence and knowledge on exam day.

The Barron's Regents Earth Science--Physical Setting Power Pack Revised Edition is an excellent resource for students preparing for the Physical Setting/Earth Science Regents exam. The book includes three actual Regents exams online, five actual administered Regents exams, review questions grouped by topic, and thorough explanations for all answers. Additionally, students can benefit from score analysis charts, study tips, and test-taking strategies. The Let's Review Regents: Earth Science provides extensive review of all topics on the test and extra practice questions with answers. Overall, this book is a comprehensive and valuable tool for students seeking to excel in their Regents exam.

Decolonizing Geography: An Introduction is an indispensable guide for anyone seeking to understand the origins, current state, and implications of the decolonial project in geography. Sarah A. Radcliffe provides a comprehensive overview of the impact of colonialism on the discipline of geography and introduces key decolonial ideas, offering a systematic approach to space, place, nature, global-local relations, and much more. This book is an essential resource for both students and instructors looking to broaden their understanding of the nature, origins and purpose of a geographical education. Overall, Decolonizing Geography is a landmark textbook and a compelling scholarly manifesto that provides a wide and wise reckoning with geography's colonial past and lingering imperial and racist substance with the promise of something better.

Barron’s Regents Exams and Answers: Earth Science--Physical Setting Revised Edition is an excellent resource for students preparing for the Earth Science Regents exam. The book offers five actual administered exams, comprehensive review of all topics, and thorough explanations for all answers. The review questions are grouped by topic, which helps refresh the skills learned in class. The book also provides study tips and test-taking strategies, along with score analysis charts to help students identify their strengths and weaknesses. Overall, this book is a great tool for students looking to ace their Earth Science Regents exam.

The AP® Environmental Science Crash Course is a comprehensive guide for students who want to score high on the AP® exam. The book provides targeted and focused reviews, covering only the information tested on the exam, so students can make the most of their study time. It also includes expert test-taking strategies and practice questions to help students prepare for the exam. The author, Gayle Evans, is a seasoned lecturer and teacher with over 14 years of experience. Overall, this book is an excellent resource for students who want to succeed on the AP® Environmental Science exam.

The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor is a fascinating book that takes readers on a journey through the hidden universe of water. Written in conversational prose, Professor Pollack explains the structure and behavior of water, providing simple answers to complex questions. Despite the political risks associated with water research, Pollack conducted dozens of experiments to piece together the first coherent account of water's three-dimensional structure and behavior. This book is a must-read for anyone curious about the mysteries of water and the natural world.

The book "Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming's Unfinished Debate" by physicist Fred Singer offers a critical analysis of climate change. Singer examines historical climate data, climate models, solar variability, clouds, ocean currents, and sea levels to show that many of the alarming global-warming scenarios depicted in the media have no scientific basis. He also highlights the positive impact of increased CO2 levels and modest warming on the human race. This revised and expanded third edition is timely and explosive. This book is a must-read for those interested in climate change and its impact on the world.

This book, Advanced Studies in Ocean Physics, provides a comprehensive overview of various ocean processes, including wave phenomena, surfactants and pollutants, convective phenomena, and the interaction of wave and convective processes. It also includes a section dedicated to unsolved problems in the physics of anomalous waves. The book presents both hegemonic theories and alternative approaches, all scientifically justified mathematically and physically. It is an excellent resource for specialists in ocean physics and undergraduate and graduate students specializing in marine physics and oceanography. The book's unique attribute is its coverage of unsolved problems in the physics of anomalous waves.

The book "Advances in Urban Geotechnical Engineering (Sustainable Civil Infrastructures)" is a compilation of studies presented at the 6th GeoChina International Conference. The topics covered in the book include transportation geotechnics, geomechanics, rock mechanics, and geosynthetics reinforced soils. The authors, Dr. S. Sonny Kim and Prof. Arif, are both experts in the field of civil engineering and have contributed significantly to the research in transportation geotechnics and geoenvironmental engineering. Overall, this book is an essential resource for professionals and researchers interested in sustainable civil infrastructures and the latest advances in geotechnical engineering.

Urbicide: The Death of the City (The Urban Book Series) is a thought-provoking book that explores the structural causes of self-destruction in cities. The book uses the reflections of academics from Latin America, Europe, and the United States to initiate a comparative debate of the different dynamics in which Urbicidio expresses itself. The authors take an unconventional approach to understanding the city and its problems, leading readers from pessimism to optimism. The book's inclusive view of the authors, with gender parity, territorial representation, and age group presence, makes it a unique addition to the Regional Geography Books category.