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875 kr
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The debates that surround our environment and conservation efforts are often complex and compelling. Student researchers can use this reference source to explore the many issues surrounding environmental matters through the lives of people who have become actively involved in supporting efforts to preserve our environment. This unique approach to the topic provides profiles of these individuals, highlighting the different reasons for each one's deep involvement in environmental concerns and the different elements involved in the environmental debate as a whole.Writers, teachers, scientists, and even teenage students are among those who put a human face to the complicated issues surrounding our environment and the needs to preserve it. Readers can expect to experience a range of emotions, and to question their own views, as they explore the complex issues of individual and business rights, the role of government in keeping our environment clean and safe, and public health questions from a variety of perspectives. A time line of important events concerning the environment and references to additional sources are additional tools this volume provides to help students understand the complexity of the arguments that surround the topic of our environment.
875 kr
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What should the average person know about science? Because science is so central to life in the 21st century, science educators and other leaders of the scientific community believe that it is essential that everyone understand the basic concepts of the most vital and far-reaching disciplines. Nanotechnology 101 does exactly that. This accessible volume provides readers — whether students new to the field or just interested members of the lay public — with the essential ideas of the new science of nanotechnology using a minimum of jargon and mathematics. Concepts are introduced in a progressive order so that more complicted ideas build on simpler ones, and each is discussed in small, bite-sized segments so that they can be more easily understood.Nanotechnology 101 provides contemporary topics about the infusion of nanotechnology in the areas of the environment, food safety, medicine and healthcare, consumer goods, agriculture, homeland security, and energy supply. With a bibliography, sidebars, and interviews with leading figures in the field, Nanotechnology 101 provides the perfect starting point for anyone wishing to understand this burgeoning science.
349 kr
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An accessible guide to modern and evolving farming practices to help combat climate change.The United Nations reports that “climate change is the defining issue of our time, and we are at a defining moment.” Climate change issues are in the news every day. From disasters ranging from the California wildfires to floods in Brazil, droughts in East Africa and rising sea levels globally, the threats and challenges caused by climate change are already present and rapidly increasing.In Feeding the World: How Innovations in Agriculture Are Saving the Planet, John F. Mongillo looks specifically at how climate change impacts agriculture production by creating adverse effects on human health, loss of wildlife, food and water insecurities, devastation to ecosystems, and even animal and human migration. Mongillo advocates that these are solvable issues, though. Through interviews and case studies of the changemakers in the agricultural industry, Mongillo highlights positive projects working to mitigate climate change, illuminating how a wide variety of people and organizations are creating salvable projects to curtail the impact of a warming world. From farmers to colleges technicians, and government and non-government organizations, these projects include regenerative farming practices, building vertical farms, engaging in soil-less farming, constructing rooftop gardens, and using precision agriculture with robots, drones, GPS systems, and even salt-water farming.No one book can keep track of all the changing events and developments of climate change and its impact on agriculture and human health. However, Feeding the World provides an excellent introduction for developing a working knowledge of climate-related issues and a call to service for readers wanting to make a difference. This is an essential guide to possible solutions, understanding how the agricultural industry works, and the effect on the economy, environment, and technology.