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Earth science and applications from space
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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space. |
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Climate change
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From an increase in Earth’s extreme weather to a decline in the Arctic’s polar bear population, global warming is already affecting our world. Climate Change pairs clear, easy-to-read text with vibra… |
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High noon
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"In High Noon, J. F. Rischard challenges us to take a new approach to the problems of the twenty-first century. Defining and then offering a brief overview of the twenty most important and urgent glo… |
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State of the world 2009
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Collects over twenty-five articles that examine the long-term consequences of global warming, focusing on the human and ecological effects of inaction with regard to the mitigation of greenhouse gas … |
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Terrestrial ecosystem ecology
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Göran I. Ågren |
"Human activities impact the environment and modify the cycles of important elements such as carbon and nitrogen from local to global scales. In order to maintain long-term and sustainable use of the… |
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Minutes to midnight
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Paul Dukes |
"The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947 by a group of atomic scientists to symbolise the perils facing humanity from nuclear weapons. In 2007 it was set at five minutes before the final bell, includi… |
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Achieving global sustainability
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Takamitsu Sawa |
"The problem of global sustainability is indisputably the most serious issue facing humanity today. One of the biggest factors in the deterioration of global sustainability is climate change, which h… |
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Global weirdness
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Climate Central, Inc |
Global Weirdness summarizes, in clear and accessible prose, everything we know about the science of climate change; explains what is likely to happen to the climate in the future; and lays out in pra… |
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Electronics with discrete components
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Enrique Jose Galvez |
"Designed for a one semester course on electronics for physics and science majors, this text offers a comprehensive, up-to-date alternative to currently available texts by providing a modern approach… |
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Overheated
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Andrew T. Guzman |
“Deniers of climate change sometimes quip that claims about global warming are more about political science than climate science. They are wrong on the science, but may be right with respect to its p… |
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Relentless Evolution
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John N. Thompson |
At a glance, most species seem adapted to the environment in which they live. Yet species relentlessly evolve, and populations within species evolve in different ways. Evolution, as it turns out, is … |
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The future
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Al Gore |
"The consequential age we are living in will be remembered as one of the great turning points in civilization. Once we turn, though, where will we be? That is the compelling question Al Gore sets out… |
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On thin ice
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Richard Ellis |
Polar bears--fierce and majestic--have captivated us for centuries. Feared by explorers, revered by the Inuit, and beloved by zoo goers everywhere, polar bears are a symbol for the harsh beauty and m… |
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From resource scarcity to ecological security
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"From Resource Scarcity to Ecological Security revisits the findings of The Global 2000 Report to the President-commissioned by President Jimmy Carter and released in 1980-and presents an up-to-date … |
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Beyond the matrix
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Patricia Cori |
"A discussion of diverse New Age and New Thought topics that point to the great shift in human consciousness that many say must occur for humanity and the planet to survive our current global environ… |
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Sustainable communities on a sustainable planet
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Brent Yarnal,James O'Brien |
viii, 340 p. : 26 cm |
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Natural environmental change
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Antoinette M. Mannion |
Environmental Change has been transforming the Earth throughout its 5 billion year history. The dynamism of planet Earth is especially well illustrated by the changes that have occured during the pas… |
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Earth Odyssey
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Mark Hertsgaard |
Like many of us, Mark Hertsgaard has long worried about the declining health of our environment. But in 1991, he decided to act on his concern and investigate the escalating crisis for himself. Trave… |
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Storming the wall
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Todd Miller,Tim Pabon |
"According to U.S. military planners, climate change now poses the #1 national security threat to the United States, even before terrorism. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre reports that a … |
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Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change
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Ted Munn,Michael C. MacCracken,John S. Perry |
Volume One of this Encyclopedia deals with the physical and chemical dimensions of the Earth system, including for example the atmosphere, the oceans, the cryosphere, and those aspects of the land su… |
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