This wide-ranging book describes the importance, as well as the fragility of glaciers.  Meer

A superbly illustrated scientific and cultural account of wind.  Meer

Meteorite: Nature and Culture offers an accessible overview of what science has learned from meteorites, beginning with the scientific community’s reluctant embrace of their interplanetary origins, and explores their power to reawaken that precious, yet near-forgotten human trait – the capacity for awe.  Meer

A superbly illustrated ?scientific and cultural history of mountains.  Meer

An account of the sea and its meanings, from ancient myths to contemporary geopolitics.  Meer