Bestseller Book Wunderwerk Earth – How our planet functions

The SPIEGEL-Bestseller book Wunderwerk Earth is Christian Klepp’s love poem to our planet.

In order to understand Earth in all its diversity and to treat our planet sustainably and respectfully, we must know how our planet really works. To accomplish this, Christian Klepp spent 25 years studying the complex and deep workings of the Earth system, exploring its landscapes, and exposing himself to the planet and its climate with heart and soul. In places of unique beauty, he found ancient rocks that have preserved the stories of perpetual change since the Earth’s formation. In a vivid and understandable way, he brings the exciting stories of these rocks back to life before our eyes. The climate of the Earth is not neglected either, because from the deep time in Earth history we can learn a great deal about our present-day climate crisis.

Christian Klepp’s photographs accompany this book. They show his intimate moments in nature. For some of his images, he needed several years of patience to capture these very special lighting conditions. For example, the book cover is adorned with the smoothly polished sandstone walls of Antelope Canyon in Arizona – seen through the eyes of Christian Klepp. His very personal view of our planet is characterized by respect and deep love for the marvel of Earth. In an amalgamation of generally understandable geoscientific knowledge and personal experiences he aims at arousing curiosity and awareness to appreciate our planet and to decisively counteract the all-too-fast climate change. We humans are only a snapshot in Earth’s history, shorter than a blink of an eye. Earth does not need us at all – but we need her all the more! A good reason why we should love our planet and treat it with respect.

Dr. Christian Klepp studied meteorology and geology at the University of Hamburg and received his doctorate in geosciences. He worked as a university lecturer and was actively involved in international climate research for 25 years. During numerous research expeditions to the most remote corners of the planet, he was able to gain a deep insight into the landscapes and their formation. For 30 years now, Christian Klepp is also photographing the untouched landscapes of our planet. His thirst for adventure and deep love for the planet led to the fusion of his profession with landscape photography in 2019.

With a foreword by the internationally renowned climate researcher Prof. Dr. Hartmut Graßl, director emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany.

The video trailer of the book Wunderwerk Earth