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Floods, famines, and emperors
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Brian M. Fagan |
Civilisations have long been dictated by cycles of rise and fall. The author shows beautifully how El Nino gave rise to human civilisation and continually shape and alter their fates, and how human a… |
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The vanishing face of gaia
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James Lovelock |
Celebrities drive hybrids, Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize, and supermarkets carry no end of so-called "green" products. And yet the environmental crisis is only getting worse. In Surviving Gaia's … |
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Why geography matters
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Harm J. de Blij |
"Preparing for climate change, averting a cold war with China, defeating terrorism: all of this requires geographic knowledge. In Why Geography Matters, Harm de Blij makes an urgent call to restore g… |
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Molecular red
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McKenzie Wark |
"Of all the 'liberation movements' of the twentieth century, the one that succeeded beyond anyone's wildest dreams did not liberate a class or a gender or a race. It liberated an element: carbon. Tod… |
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La comédie du climat
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Olivier Postel-Vinay |
Comment se fâcher en famille sur le réchauffement climatique« Le changement climatique fournit à mes yeux un matériau de choix pour analyser la comédie du pouvoir et des croyances dans le mond… |
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Le changement climatique
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Guy Jacques |
Etudie les rapports entre l'homme et le climat, en cherchant les racines de cette attitude face aux aleas climatiques. Decrit les modifications en cours de notre environnement et explique les rouages… |
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Natural areas facing climate change
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George Patrick Malanson |
Papers discuss the interaction of climate and the natural environment. The effects of a rapidly changing climate are difficult to defend against. |
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"The caribou taste different now"
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José Gérin-Lajoie,Laura Siegwart Collier,Alain Cuerrier |
"Climate change is expected to have a particular impact on the Arctic regions of the world. Melting permafrost, changing wildlife migration patterns, and new species of flora and fauna threaten to fo… |
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