I would recommend Adam Welz's book "The End of Eden" to anyone who wants a frank, straightforward presentation of the real-life consequences of our current "global weirding" and "climate breakdown"--phrases he prefers to the more nebulous "climate change"--on the animals and plants around us. I was aware, for instance, that coral colonies around the world have been suffering bleaching events, but I didn't know the science behind why it was happening or the knock-on effects for other plants and animals in their habitats. Welz takes readers through the whys and the hows of this and so many other problems in prose that is never overblown or hysterical, but is even more sobering for its grave simplicity. From why moose are common in Maine (it has to do with a small brown moth called the Eastern Spruce Budworm) and why they may soon disappear from that state (which again is due to a small insect, this time the Winter Tick) to the imminent demise of Puerto Rico's Iguaca parrots, wild-talking birds with a unique language, to the climate-related struggles of so many more species, Welz demonstrates the havoc that rising temperatures and other human interventions have wrought on wildlife and plant life around the globe. To be sure, in most chapters Welz details measures that groups of dedicated scientists and environmentalists are taking to prevent mass extinction events, but it's impossible to read "The End of Eden" as anything other than a warning of what lies ahead--particularly when Welz drops his scientific reserve in the very personal last chapter and shares his experiences from a lifetime of work as an environmental writer, photographer and filmmaker. Highly recommended.

Thank you to NetGalley and to Bloomsbury Publishing for supplying me with an ARC of this title in return for my honest review.

well written book about climate change but from a slightly different perspective. I love that we see short term and long term aspects. I think this helps people to be able to see how things can affect them more recently, instead of usually thinking of climate change years from now. Worth reading!

This book examines climate change on a more detailed level. It examines specific species and biomes that are directly affected by the warming planet and how that affects Earth on a global level. For a science book, this had beautiful and graceful descriptions and has encouraged me to look at nature in a more detailed way. This is definitely a science book but one that is very readable. I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley.

The End of Eden explores the short and long-term effects of human-driven climate change- or climate breakdown- on the natural world and all that it contains. I appreciated the shift in focus away from just direct effects on humans. We are not the only life that matters- we’re just the ones responsible. This text was full of well-researched information. Highly educational and illuminating if also highly depressing. It’s made all the more clear that the time to act is now if not sooner.

Thank you Adam Welz, Bloomsbury USA, and NetGalley for providing this ARC for review consideration. All opinions expressed are my own.

Both an educational and faintly alarming read. . Understandable since it seemed that every time we looked at the news this year the planet was on fire or flooding.

This engaging, easy-to-read, and well-researched book offers a unique look at climate change through stories of wildlife struggling to survive in disrupted ecosystems. The intimate portraits build empathy between humans and nature, urging immediate action to protect the natural world.

Thanks, NetGalley, fore the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.