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Climate change
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Helen Orme |
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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J. F Rischard |
"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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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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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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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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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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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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Facing climate change
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J. T. Kiehl |
Facing Climate Change explains why people refuse to accept evidence of a warming planet and shows how to move past partisanship to reach a consensus for action. A climate scientist and licensed Jungi… |
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Tipping point for planet earth
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Anthony D. Barnosky |
"Tipping Point for Planet Earth explains why Earth is headed for a tipping point, a change so fast, dramatic, and unexpected that humanity will reel at the consequences. Midway through this century, … |
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The High-Mountain Cryosphere
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Christian Huggel |
"This edited volume, showcasing cutting-edge research, addresses two primary questions - what are the main drivers of change in high-mountains and what are the risks implied by these changes? From a … |
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Our Once and Future Planet
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Paddy Woodworth |
A description and analysis of restoration ecology: its sciences, its philosophies and its projects. |
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The impact of climate change
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Carolyn Fry |
"The Impact of Climate Change" tries to answer our urgent questions and help us understand exactly what's happening in the world around us. It explains why the climate is changing, how we can predict… |
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2009 state of the future
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Theodore J. Gordon,Elizabeth Florescu,Jerome C. Glenn |
"The 2009 state of the future is composed of two parts: print and CD. This print book contains the executive summary of each of the studies conducted in 2008-09. The enclosed CD of about 6,700 pages … |
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Zenith
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Julie Bertagna |
After finding that New Mungo is not the refuge they sought, Mara, leaving Fox behind, again sets out to sea with a ship full of refugees and, with the help of the "Gipsea" boy Tuck, tries to find lan… |
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