A book that provides the much-needed change of perspective to counteract the destruction of nature with motivation, courage, and energy. Nature is a masterpiece—and at the same time seriously threatened. Climate change, exploitation of natural resources, vanishing...
As a geoscientist, climate researcher, and landscape photographer, I’ve spent over 30 years exploring the inner workings of our planet. My goal is to communicate how everything is interconnected—and how fragile those connections are—in ways that are both...
The SPIEGEL-Bestseller book Wunderwerk Erde is a love poem to our planet What makes Earth so unique? How did our planet come into being, how has it changed over the eons of time—and how does it function, both inside and out? Wunderwerk Erde (Wonderwork Earth),...
The Maroon Bells near Aspen in Colorado mirror in Maroon Lake at sunrise. The deep red sunlit peaks of the 4,315 m (14,157 feet) and 4,270 m (14,009 feet) high Maroon Bells are only 500 m (1,640 feet) apart. They consist of reddish mud and sandstones that already...
A looming thunderstorm casts a magical light on the lush colorful wildflowers in the Rocky Mountains near Silverton in Colorado. From Red Mountain Pass, the view wanders across the swampy meadows of Mineral Creek uphill towards the Black Bear Mountains. The lightning...
