Using both keen humor and memorable anecdotes, while weaving respected scientific studies along the way, Mike Gunter Jr., transports the reader to five famous ecodestinations, from the Galapagos Islands to the Great Barrier Reef, revealing firsthand the increasing threats of climate change. Part travelogue, part current events exposé, with a healthy dose of history, ecology, and politics, these tales of ecoadventure tackle such obstacles head on while fleshing out much-needed personal context to perhaps society’s greatest threat of all.

Mike Gunter Jr. is a Cornell Distinguished faculty member and Arthur Vining Davis fellow at Rollins College, where he serves as professor and chair of the political science department and director of international affairs in the Hold School. He is the author of “Building the Next Ark: How NGOs Work to Protect Biodiversity.”