Download or read book How We re F ing Up Our Planet written by Tony Juniper and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What impact are we having on global warming? Does a more sustainable way of living hold the answer to climate change and the other environmental problems facing our planet? How We're F***ing Up Our Planet charts the dramatic explosion of human population and consumption. Using the latest scientific evidence and simple graphics, this wide-ranging and accessible book reveals how our growing use of energy, our increasing demand for food and water, and the rapid expansion of our cities are affecting the planet. It examines the threats and pressures facing the natural world, including Earth's climate, oceans, and biodiversity. As well as explaining global patterns and showing how they are connected, How We're F***ing Up Our Planet looks into the future to explore the consequences of what we are doing. Importantly, it also looks at how we can reverse the current trends--for example, by adopting clean, low-carbon technologies--and live more sustainably into the future.
Download or read book Earth written by John Malam and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001-02-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to know all about Earth—from how it was formed to how its climate varies? Look at our small blue planet’s position in space and the solar system; its amazing structure (what is it made of and how it is changing); and it’s marvelous geographical features—volcanoes, rivers, mountains—and its life-giving gifts of water and air. Facts and figures complete a perfect planetary picture.
Download or read book Climate and Development written by H.-J. Karpe and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hamburg Congress on Climate and Development was conceived as a response to the worldwide interest on issues of climatic change and variability. It was intended as an interdisciplinary forum to bring together differing perceptions in a face to face dialogue. Even though concern over climate change has been on the international agenda of international interest became evident in the for over a decade, a new surge wake of two recent events. One was the widespread support received by the 1987 Brundtland Commission Report, Our Common Future, and the other was the 1988 Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer. Although the problem of the ozone layer related to a single category of sub stances (CFCs), it took many years and a dramatk discovery of the ozone hole in Antarctica to allow for a breakthrough leading to an international agreement. The problems associated with climatic change and variability are much more com plex and pervasive than those of the ozone layer, and a much wider range of national and international issues are involved. The discussions in the 1988 session of the General Assembly of the United Nations revealed a surge of interest and growing awareness of the international community of the issues involved. Before that, the June 1988Toronto Conference on "The Changing Atmosphere: Implications for Global Security" was a signifi cant effort in forging a consensus on desirable targets for global action.
Download or read book What Is Life A Guide to Biology W Prep U written by Jay Phelan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-04-30 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jay Phelan's What is Life? A Guide to Biology is written in a delightfully readable style that communicates complex ideas to non-biology majors in a clear and approachable manner. After reading Phelan's book, students will understand why they would want to know and talk about science. His skillful style includes asking stimulating questions (called Q questions) which encourage the student to keep reading to find the answer and will illuminate just how relevant science is to their life.
Download or read book Energy for the Future written by Angela Royston and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the alternative methods of generating energy instead of using fossil fuels, including solar power, wind power, and biofuels, and speculates on the future of alternative energy.
Download or read book Energy written by Robert Gardner and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2012-01-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What material best absorbs solar energy? How can wind and water be used to create energy? How does insulation affect heat flow? Explore ways to create and conserve energy with author Robert Gardner. Use easy-to-find materials and the scientific method to explore green energy. For readers interested in science fairs, many experiments are followed by ideas for science fair projects.
Download or read book Issues and Environments written by David Payne and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 2002 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developed to match the revised AQA C specification from September 2001, this text offers integrated Key Skills and ICT and decision-making exercises as well as exam practice questions. There are relevant case studies at a range of scales for study material on key issues.
Download or read book Secrets of Pollution and Conservation written by Sean Callery and published by Britannica Digital Learning. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Secrets of Pollution and Conservation, you will find out how human activity has polluted the air, land, and sea, and what steps people are taking to clean up the planet.
Download or read book Geoengineering Parts I II and III written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007) and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Vanishing Ice written by Vivien Gornitz and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arctic is thawing. In summer, cruise ships sail through the once ice-clogged Northwest Passage, lakes form on top of the Greenland Ice Sheet, and polar bears swim farther and farther in search of waning ice floes. At the opposite end of the world, floating Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking. Mountain glaciers are in retreat worldwide, unleashing flash floods and avalanches. We are on thin ice—and with melting permafrost’s potential to let loose still more greenhouse gases, these changes may be just the beginning. Vanishing Ice is a powerful depiction of the dramatic transformation of the cryosphere—the world of ice and snow—and its consequences for the human world. Delving into the major components of the cryosphere, including ice sheets, valley glaciers, permafrost, and floating ice, Vivien Gornitz gives an up-to-date explanation of key current trends in the decline of ice mass. Drawing on a long-term perspective gained by examining changes in the cryosphere and corresponding variations in sea level over millions of years, she demonstrates the link between thawing ice and sea-level rise to point to the social and economic challenges on the horizon. Gornitz highlights the widespread repercussions of ice loss, which will affect countless people far removed from frozen regions, to explain why the big meltdown matters to us all. Written for all readers and students interested in the science of our changing climate, Vanishing Ice is an accessible and lucid warning of the coming thaw.
Download or read book American Front The Great War Book One written by Harry Turtledove and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2006-09-19 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is state-of-the-art alternate history, nothing less.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) When the Great War engulfed Europe in 1914, the United States and the Confederate States of America, bitter enemies for five decades, entered the fray on opposite sides: the United States aligned with the newly strong Germany, while the Confederacy joined forces with their longtime allies, Britain and France. But it soon became clear to both sides that this fight would be different—that war itself would never be the same again. For this was to be a protracted, global conflict waged with new and chillingly efficient innovations—the machine gun, the airplane, poison gas, and trench warfare. Across the Americas, the fighting raged like wildfire on multiple and far-flung fronts. As President Theodore Roosevelt rallied the diverse ethnic groups of the northern states—Irish and Italians, Mormons and Jews—Confederate President Woodrow Wilson struggled to hold together a Confederacy still beset by ignorance, prejudice, and class divisions. And as the war thundered on, southern blacks, oppressed for generations, found themselves fatefully drawn into a climactic confrontation . . .
Download or read book Is Our Climate Changing written by Anne Rooney and published by Encyclopaedia Britannica. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in British English, Is Our Climate Changing? looks at the complex issues surrounding climate change.
Download or read book Greening the Financial Sector written by Doris Köhn and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-12-08 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental finance, particularly energy efficiency and renewable energy (EERE) finance, can and should serve as an interface to other sub-sectors of financial sector promotion such as microfinance, housing finance or agricultural finance. For example, existing clients of financial institutions include small and medium-sized enterprises and households, and these are often suffering from high energy prices or have no access to sustainable energy supply. At the same time, these clients are vulnerable to extreme weather events, and often hit hardest by the impact of climate change. There are many other examples which show that the financial sector has an enormous potential to support “green” investments. In order to tap this potential on a sustainable basis, it is important to have a sound understanding which role financial institutions can and should play. This book provides a blend of well-founded professional and scientific perspectives on the potential of Environmental finance in developing and transition countries.
Download or read book E encyclopedia written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-10-20 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In partnership with Google, the most extensive and respected search engine on the Web, DK presents the E.encyclopedia, a revolutionary approach to children's reference publishing. A superbly illustrated general encyclopedia on the subjects children most want and need to learn about, the E.encyclopedia is classic DK-quality publishing paired with cutting-edge design. The E.encyclopedia includes nine thematic sections in the encyclopedia including space, earth, history and human body with coverage of over 600 subjects and links to over 1,000 approved sites plus sound buttons, virtual tours and live footage online. There's no need to be stuck with homework ever again.
Download or read book Online Encyclopedia written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-02-21 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now fully revised and updated! There is a wealth of incredible facts and images online-if only we know where to look. DK's Online Encyclopedia combines the best of a traditional encyclopedia with the best of the web. Throughout the eBook, special keywords are featured, such as "astronaut" or "insects." Readers can then type these keywords into Online Encyclopedia's dedicated website, which will provide them with downloadable images, streaming video, and a continually updated list of links to supplement the information in the book. A fascinating resource children learning about today's technology-driven world!
Download or read book Climate Change written by Chip Fletcher and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces climate change fundamentals and essential concepts that reveal the extent of the damage, the impacts felt around the globe, and the innovation and leadership it will take to bring an end to the status quo. Emphasizing peer-reviewed literature, this text details the impact of climate change on land and sea, the water cycle, human communities, the weather, and humanity’s collective future. Coverage of greenhouse gases, oceanic and atmospheric processes, Pleistocene and Holocene paleoclimate, sea levels, and other fundamental topics provide a deep understanding of key mechanisms, while discussion of extreme weather, economic impacts, and resource scarcity reveals how climate change is already impacting people’s lives—and will continue to do so at an increasing rate for the foreseeable future.
