Exeter University geologist Professor Chris Turney is sharing his vision for how climate change shaped our Earth and how it might determine its future.

His latest popular science book, Ice, Mud and Blood, which is published this week, takes the reader on a journey from the Alps to the Andes through apocalyptic flooding, devastating storms and catastrophic sea level rise.

By showing how these events created the world we live in, the book presents a stark picture of what the future could hold.

Prof Turney has published this latest work hot off the heels of his acclaimed book Bones, Rocks and Stars: The Science of When Things Happened.

He will be launching Ice, Mud and Blood, which is also published by MacMillan, at Exeter University on Thursday 8 May.

Anyone is welcome to hear him speak about his book and receive a 20 per cent discount on a signed copy.

Prof Turney, of the University of Exeter's School of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources, says: "Almost everywhere we turn, the landscape is screaming out that the world is a capricious place. The problem is if we don't tune in, the message is lost. We need to decipher the past and learn from it."

Chris has worked at Exeter University since October 2007, where he researches and teaches on past climate change and what it means for the future.

He has published numerous scientific papers and magazine articles. In 2007, he was awarded the Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal for outstanding young Quaternary scientist for his pioneering research into past climate change and dating the past.

The book launch will be held on Thursday 8 May at 4pm in the Queen's Building Lecture Theatre 1, Streatham Drive, Exeter.