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The Pipeline and the Paradigm
Keystone XL, Tar Sands, and the Battle to Defuse the Carbon Bomb
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
This thoroughly researched and wholly engaging book investigates the economic, ecological, political, and psychological issues behind the Keystone XL pipeline—a project so controversial it has inspired the largest expression of civil disobedience since the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. With...
Lost Antarctica
Adventures in a Disappearing Land
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
The bitter cold and three months a year without sunlight make Antarctica virtually uninhabitable for humans. Yet a world of extraordinary wildlife persists in these harsh conditions, including leopard seals, giant squid, 50-foot algae, sea spiders, coral, multicolored sea stars, and giant predatory...
The Dance of Air and Sea
How oceans, weather, and life link together
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2011
How can the tiny plankton in the sea just off Western Europe be affected by changes 6000 km away on the other side of the North Atlantic Ocean? How can a slight rise in the temperature of the surface of the Pacific Ocean have a devastating impact on amphibian life in Costa Rica? Living populations...
by Rachel Carson
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 14, 2019
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 14, 2019
Clásico indiscutido de la Ecología, que nos recuerda la imperiosa necesidad de preservar la naturaleza y la vida en todas sus formas. Carson no solo se remonta al origen de la vida, ligada al agua, sino que propone un recorrido fascinante por todos los aspectos de la ciencia marina en un cautivador...
Experiences from Surface Water Quality Monitoring
The EU Water Framework Directive Implementation in the Catalan River Basin District (Part I)
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2015
This book details the experiences gained by the Catalan Water Agency (ACA) in a Mediterranean watershed – the Catalan River Basin District – following the launch of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) in the year 2000. Experts in rivers, reservoirs, lakes, wetlands and estuaries present 13...
Forecast
The Consequences of Climate Change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
A vivid and illuminating portrayal of the surprising ways that climate change will affect the world in the near future—politically, economically, and culturally
While reporting just outside of Darfur, Stephan Faris discovered that climate change was at the root of that conflict, and began...
Terrestrial and Inland Water Environment of the Kaliningrad Region
Environmental Studies in the Kaliningrad Region
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
This volume concisely and systematically presents our current knowledge of the terrestrial environment and inland water resources in the Kaliningrad Region. The 22 chapters, including an introduction and a conclusion, are based on observational data; scientific literature, mainly published in Russian;...
by Jill Lindsey Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2011
An examination of political conflicts over pesticide drift and the differing conceptions of justice held by industry, regulators, and activists.
The widespread but virtually invisible problem of pesticide drift—the airborne movement of agricultural pesticides into residential areas—has...
Grassfires
Fuel, Weather and Fire Behaviour
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2008
Grassfires: Fuel, Weather and Fire Behaviour presents information from CSIRO on the behaviour and spread of fires in grasslands. This second edition follows over 10 years of research aimed at improving the understanding of the fundamental processes involved in the behaviour of grassfires. The book covers...
Fractured Communities
Risk, Impacts, and Protest Against Hydraulic Fracking in U.S. Shale Regions
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
While environmental disputes and conflicts over fossil fuel extraction have grown in recent years, few issues have been as contentious in the twenty-first century as those surrounding the impacts of unconventional natural gas and oil development using hydraulic drilling and fracturing techniques—more...
Burning Issues
Sustainability and Management of Australia's Southern Forests
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
Southern Australia is one of the three most fire-prone areas on Earth. After more than a century of urban growth and valiant efforts to ‘tame’ the bush, recent decades have seen more people moving back onto the fringe or into the middle of this volatile landscape. As this movement has intensified,...
by Rolf Nieder, Dinesh K. Benbi, Franz X. Reichl
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
This volume highlights important links existing between soils and human health which up to now are not fully realized by the public. Soil materials may have deleterious, beneficial or no impacts on human health; therefore, understanding the complex relationships between diverse soil materials and...
Clean-up of Former Soviet Military Installations
Identification and Selection of Environmental Technologies for Use in Central and Eastern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
A NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) was conducted on June 21-23, 1994 in Visegnid, Hungary related to the clean-up of former Soviet military installation sites. This ARW included a technical site visit to the Komarom Base Site which is a former Soviet military installation in Hungary. During this...
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Continuation of Residue Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology publishes authoritative reviews on the occurrence, effects, and fate of pesticide residues and other environmental contaminants. It will keep you informed of the latest significant issues by providing in-depth information in the areas of analytical...