Fred Pearce

The world is running out of water. Fred Pearce, environmental consultant to the New Scientist, explains why, and what we can do to stop our rivers drying up - before it's too late.

What do City speculators, Gulf oil sheikhs, Chinese entrepreneurs, big-name financiers like George Soros and industry titans like Richard Branson buy when they go shopping? The result is an eye-opening, extraordinarily important examination of the most profound ethical and economic issue in the world today.

A provocative exploration of the `new ecology' and why most of what we think we know about alien species is wrong

An eye-opening journey through the disasters and triumphs of the nuclear age - and a critical assessment of the nuclear future.

Where water meets land, life abounds. This is the story of the nature and people of the wetlands of the world.

A fascinating scientific journey through the world's forests - revealing what they do for us, what we're doing to them, and how we can help nature repair the damage.