Books in Our Future World Series series

Discusses innovations related to meteorology, automation, and space travel that may someday influence our lives.

Explores the importance of water to everything on Earth, the water cycle, the ways in which water gets used--and wasted, pollution, water shortages, and efforts to purify and preserve water.

Explores what energy is, sources of energy including fossil fuels as well as alternatives, the environmental impact of using different forms of energy, and how people can conserve energy.

Explores the importance of clean air for sustaining life, the various sources of air pollution, and pollution control efforts.

Describes different types of forests and where they grow, explains the role trees play in keeping the air clean, and discusses deforestation, acid rain, and forest conservation.

Considers innovations in communications that will dramatically alter many aspects of daily life

Briefly describes scientific predictions about the future family unit, its structure, its social role, and how it will be affected by technological innovations.

Introduces volcanoes and earthquakes, the zones in which they occur, eruptions, related phenomena such as fumaroles and geysers, geothermal resources, hazards, and predictions

Discusses various topics related to wildlife conservation, such as the protection of indigenous plants and animals, the greenhouse effect, and the pollution of natural habitats.

Discusses the idea of a world government and the necessity for it in light of the present and future changes in and problems of the global community.

Describes the different types of helicopters used in warfare and their use over land and at sea

Discusses certain medical innovations doctors and scientists hope will become available in the near future.