Balancing Planet: How Climate Shapes Life and Life Shapes Climate
About this audiobook
Balancing Planet brings the story of Earth’s climate to life in immersive audio. From the fiery birth of the planet to the ice ages, the rise of human civilisation and today’s unprecedented warming, this audiobook reveals how climate shapes life and how humanity now shapes climate.
Narrated with clarity and passion, listeners will explore: Dramatic shifts in Earth’s climate over billions of years. How humans first altered the planet through agriculture, deforestation, and industrialisation. Modern climate science, the politics of global warming, and international efforts to act. Solutions for a sustainable future: renewable energy, regenerative agriculture, carbon capture, and ecosystem restoration. Ethical and cultural perspectives, drawing on mythology, philosophy, and indigenous wisdom.
Perfect for curious listeners who want a narrative-driven, educational journey through Earth’s past, present and future. This audiobook blends science, story and hope into a gripping listening experience.
About the author
Ylia Callan is a writer and researcher specialising in environmental science, climate history and the intersection of mythology and human culture. Passionate about making complex scientific ideas accessible, and combining rigorous research with storytelling that spans deep time, human history and the pressing challenges of the modern world.
