Timefulness How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World

Geology concepts made simple! Audible narration a little disappinting.

Awesome insight into geology things and nicely adapted to explain concepts very simply. Narrator was disappointing for a semi scientific book - what stood out to me was mispronouncing decimal numbers, e.g. “one point thirty six” instead of “one point three six”. Call me a pedant, but I care about that stuff.

A very lyrical, educational and thought-provoking book, pleading for a better time- and geo-literacy. I loved learning about geo-chronology. Traces of the past are in the rocks and rivers and air all around us. Everything is in motion, mountains grow at 0.5cm a year, particles in the global ocean take 1500 years to perfectly dilute. The earth is a seemingly forgiving, yet reactive and constantly adapting system. We tend to think of natural disasters as exceptions. But looking at the earth's past, we learn that they are part of cycles and reactions to atmospheric disturbances. As we move from the Holocene to the Anthropocene, a more powerful reckless humanity is suddenly at the rudder, blinded by the short-lived success of the Right Now, leading us all into a potential climate nightmare. Bjornerud adds her voice to the many advocating for a more long-term and sensible future thinking, by putting our humanity's lifespan into perspective to planet Earth's billions of years.

A fine book centered on Geology. It provides a long look at deep time, the basics and history of Geology, the story of the Earth written in rocks, and Geology's relationship to and significance for human society.
Bjornerud is a very good writer. In this book she brings Geology to life and makes its significance clear. Not dry science, but a loving look at the most basic of Earth sciences. It is not dumbed down but is still accessible to the intelligent and interested non-specialist.
Highly recommended.