Fred Pearce Explained

Fred Pearce (born 30 December 1951) is an English science writer and public speaker based in London. He reports on the environment, popular science and development issues. He specialises in global environmental issues, including water and climate change.^[1]

Biography

Pearce is currently the environment consultant of New Scientist magazine and a regular contributor to the British newspapers Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, and Times Higher Education. He has also written for several US publications including Audubon, Foreign Policy, Popular Science, Seed, and Time.

Pearce has written books on environmental issues and development issues. He has also written reports and extended journalism for WWF, the UN Environment Programme, the Red Cross, UNESCO, the World Bank, the European Environment Agency, and the UK Environment Agency. He is a trustee of the Integrated Water Resources International.^[2]

Writings

• Book: Deep Jungle. Eden Project Books . 2006 . 9781903919569.
• Book: When the Rivers Run Dry. Eden Project Books . 2007 . 9781903919583.
• Book: Earth: Then and Now. Mitchell Beazley. 2007 . 9781845332464.
• Book: The Last Generation. Eden Project Books. 2007. 9781903919880. registration.
• Book: With Speed and Violence: Why scientists fear tipping points in climate change. Beacon Press. 2007. 9780807085769.
• Climate tipping points loom large
• Book: Confessions of an Eco Sinner . Eden Project Books . 2008 . 9781905811106.
• The Coming Population Crash: and Our Planet's Surprising Future , Beacon Press, 2010.
• The Climate Files: The Battle for the Truth About Global Warming, Guardian Books, 2010.
• Written in Water: Messages of Hope for Earth's Most Precious Resource (contributing essayist), National Geographic Society, 2010.
• Book: Peoplequake. Eden Project Books . 2011 . 9781905811397.
• The Land Grabbers: The New Fight over Who Owns the Earth, Beacon Press, 2012
• Book: The New Wild: Why invasive species will be nature's salvation. Icon Books Ltd . 2016 . 9781785780516.
• Book: Fallout: Disasters, Lies, and the Legacy of the Nuclear Age. Beacon Press . 2018 . 9780807092491.

External links

• Fred's Footprint blog on New Scientist website (defunct)

Notes and References

1. http://www.booksattransworld.co.uk/catalog/author.htm?authorid=5034
2. Web site: Deep Jungle: Journey To The Heart Of The Rainforest by Fred Pearce (The Author) . Random House . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318230305/http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=1903919568 . 18 March 2012 . 2 June 2017.