Orem Library

The groundbreaking history of how climate change transformed Europe and the world, from a renowned archaeologist -- updated with a new preface on the latest climate research.

A sentient AI determines that all humans must be eliminated as the root of climate change and leaves a woman named Sen as a "witness" to record her observations on the end of humanity as the world begins to rewild.

We think about the dangers of climate change in the future tense: that as global warming gets worse over the coming decades, millions of people will scatter around the world fleeing famine and rising seas. What we often don't realize is that the consequences of climate change are already visible, right here in the United States. Bittle shows that, from fire-scorched California to the soaked watersheds of inland North Carolina, people are moving. Insurance...

Cuando Dindim, un joven pingüino, se encuentra varado en una playa de Brasil, Joao lo rescata y lo cuida hasta que recupera la salud. Así comienza esta extraordinaria amistad que empuja a Dindim a nadar miles de kilómetros cada año para conocer a Joao y fortalecer el insólito vínculo entre un hombre y un pingüino. Inspirada en una historia real, esta es una celebración sincera del poder de la amistad, la belleza de la naturaleza y lo que realmente...

Scientists, ethnobotanists, indigenous peoples, and collectives of all kinds are closely studying trees and their biology to understand how and why trees function individually and collectively in the ways they do. In Twelve Trees, Daniel Lewis, curator and historian at one of the world's most renowned research libraries, travels the world to learn about these trees in their habitats. Lewis takes us to plant breeding labs, botanical gardens, research...

Ruth, a woman of the desert people, knows about survival in the extreme conditions of the future, having learned from her Goshute, Mexican, and Mormon ancestors. Then a stranger comes to the Family cave, and she has the strong premonition that his knowledge and experience might be more valuable to the Family's survival than the water in his blood. After saving his life, she sets off with him into the desert, hoping to keep him alive long enough to...

Given the opportunity to enter Snowglobe, the last place on Earth that's warm, where its residents, in exchange for fame, fortune and safety, broadcast their lives 24/7 to the less fortunate outside, Chobahm discovers reality is a lie--and the truth is out of reach.

Ayla lives on a beautiful tropical island surrounded by a coral reef. Her mom is a marine biologist, and every day, the two go exploring together. One day, Ayla notices that many of the fish have disappeared, and the once-vibrant corals have turned pale. She and her mom set out to save the corals--but is it too late?