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18 produkter
Rising Sea
Inbunden, 2009
306 kr
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This is the authoritative book on sea level rise and its coastal consequences. On Shismaref Island in Alaska, homes are being washed into the sea. In the South Pacific, small island nations face annihilation by encroaching waters. In coastal Louisiana, an area the size of a football field …
Heatstroke
Nature in an Age of Global Warming
Inbunden, 2009
383 kr
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How is wildlife adapting to climate change? In 2006, one of the hottest years on record, a 'pizzly' was discovered near the top of the world. Half polar bear, half grizzly, this never-before-seen animal might be dismissed as a fluke of nature. Anthony Barnosky instead sees it as a harbinger of …
Shadows in the Sun
Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire
Av Wade Davis
Häftad, 2010
323 kr
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Wade Davis has been called 'a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and passionate defender of all of life's diversity'. In "Shadows in the Sun", he brings all of those gifts to bear on a fascinating examination of indigenous cultures and the interactions between human societies and the …
Bottled and Sold
The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water
Inbunden, 2010
323 kr
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Peter Gleick knows water. A world-renowned freshwater expert, Gleick is a MacArthur Foundation 'genius', and according to the BBC, an environmental visionary. And he drinks from the tap. Why don't the rest of us? "Bottled and Sold" shows how water went from being a free natural resource to one of …
Unnatural History of the Sea
Häftad, 2009
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
460 kr
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Humanity can make short work of the oceans’ creatures. In 1741, hungry explorers discovered herds of Steller’s sea cow in the Bering Strait, and in less than thirty years, the amiable beast had been harpooned into extinction. It’s a classic story, but a key fact is often omitted. Bering Island was …
Kitchen Literacy
How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes from and Why We Need to Get It Back
Av Ann Vileisis
Häftad, 2010
613 kr
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Ask children where food comes from, and they'll probably answer: 'the supermarket'. Ask most adults, and their replies may not be much different. Where our foods are raised and what happens to them between farm and supermarket shelf have become mysteries. How did we become so disconnected from the …
Lake Effect
Two Sisters and a Town's Toxic Legacy
Häftad, 2010
272 kr
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On her deathbed, Sue asked her sister for one thing: to write about the connection between the industrial pollution in their hometown and the rare cancer that was killing her. Fulfilling that promise has been Nancy Nichols' mission for more than a decade. "Lake Effect" is the story of her …
Where Our Food Comes From
Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's Quest to End Famine
Häftad, 2011
281 kr
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The future of our food depends on tiny seeds in orchards and fields the world over. In 1943, one of the first to recognize this fact, the great botanist Nikolay Vavilov, lay dying of starvation in a Soviet prison. But in the years before Stalin jailed him as a scapegoat for the country’s famines, …
Bottled and Sold
The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water
Häftad, 2011
238 kr
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Peter Gleick knows water. A world-renowned freshwater expert, Gleick is a MacArthur Foundation "genius", and according to the BBC, an environmental visionary. And he drinks from the tap. Why don't the rest of us? "Bottled and Sold" shows how water went from being a free natural resource to one of …
Dominant Animal
Human Evolution and the Environment
Av Anne H. Ehrlich, Paul R. Ehrlich
Häftad, 2009
477 kr
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In humanity's more than 100,000 year history, we have evolved from vulnerable creatures clawing sustenance from Earth to a sophisticated global society manipulating every inch of it. In short, we have become the dominant animal. Why, then, are we creating a world that threatens our own species? …
High Tech Trash
Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health
Häftad, 2007
377 kr
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The Digital Age was expected to usher in an era of clean production, an alternative to smokestack industries and their pollutants. But as environmental journalist Elizabeth Grossman reveals in this penetrating analysis of high tech manufacture and disposal, digital may be sleek, but it's anything …
Aldo Leopold's Odyssey
Rediscovering the Author of A Sand County Almanac
Häftad, 2008
534 kr
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Aldo Leopold's Odyssey illuminates the great conservationist's lifelong quest for answers to a fundamental question: how can people live prosperously on the land and keep it healthy, too? Leopold's journey took him from Iowa to Yale to the Southwest to Wisconsin, with stops along the way to probe …
Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River
Nature and Power in the People's Republic of China
Inbunden, 2010
400 kr
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China's meteoric rise to economic powerhouse might be charted with dams. Every river in the country has been tapped to power exploding cities and factories - every river but one. Running through one of the richest natural areas in the world, the Nujiang's raging waters were on the verge of being …
No Way Home
The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations
Häftad, 2010
298 kr
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Animal migration is a magnificent sight: a mile-long blanket of cranes rising from a river and filling the sky; hundreds of thousands of wildebeests marching across the Serengeti; a blaze of orange as millions of monarch butterflies spread their wings to take flight. Nature's great migrations have …
Life in the Valley of Death
The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed
Häftad, 2010
508 kr
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Dubbed the Indiana Jones of wildlife science by "The New York Times", Alan Rabinowitz has devoted - and risked - his life to protect nature's great endangered mammals. He has journeyed to the remote corners of the earth in search of wild things, weathering treacherous terrain, plane crashes, and …
Rising Sea
Häftad, 2011
281 kr
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While rising seas are now inevitable, we are far from helpless. By making hard choices - including uprooting communities, changing where and how we build, and developing a coordinated response - we can save property, and ultimately lives. With unassailable research and practical insights, "The …
Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River
Nature and Power in the People's Republic of China
Häftad, 2011
272 kr
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China's meteoric rise to economic powerhouse might be charted with dams. Every river in the country has been tapped to power exploding cities and factories - every river but one. Running through one of the richest natural areas in the world, the Nujiang's raging waters were on the verge of being …
Chasing Molecules
Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry
Häftad, 2011
324 kr
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Each day, headlines warn that baby bottles are leaching dangerous chemicals, nonstick pans are causing infertility, and plastic containers are making us fat. What if green chemistry could change all that? What if rather than toxics, our economy ran on harmless, environmentally-friendly materials? …
