Ten stories of women who have made fundamental contributions to environmental science.
When people talk about the environment, the first woman who comes to mind is Greta Thunberg. But if someone asked you to name an environmental scientist, what would your answer be? Many watershed moments in our understanding of the natural world are due to groundbreaking discoveries, studies and research conducted by women such as Eunice Newton Foote, Maria Telkes or Sylvia Earle. In this book, a group of environmental journalists and science communicators retrace ten of these pivotal moments through the lives and experiences of female scientists (well-known and lesserknown) who were protagonists. Because the history of scientific progress is made by men and women, and therefore belongs to everyone.

Sergio Ferraris is a science journalist who mainly covers the environment, energy, science and related social issues. He has worked with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Rai Educational and several Italian newspapers.

Mirella Orsi works in journalism and science communication, and collaborates with newspapers and science magazines in the UK and Italy.