Start with high-confidence earth science for teens books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Weather Machine
Andrew Blum
The Story of Seeds
Nancy Castaldo
Black Gold
Albert Marrin
It's Getting Hot in Here
Bridget Heos
Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth
Molly Bang, Penny Chisholm
The Story of More (adapted for Young Adults)
Hope Jahren
The Uninhabitable Earth (adapted for Young Adults)
David Wallace-Wells
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines
Paul Fleischman
Total Garbage
Rebecca Donnelly
The Great American Dust Bowl
Don Brown
The First Rule of Climate Club
Carrie Firestone
