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Climate Change and Public Health
Climate change is causing, and will increasingly cause, a wide range of adverse health effects, including heat-related disorders, infectious diseases, respiratory and allergic disorders, malnutrition, mental health problems, and violence. The scientific bases for the associations between climate change and health problems are evolving as are the strategies for adapting to climate change and mitigating the greenhouse gases, which are its primary cause.With contributions from 78 leading experts in climate change and in public health, this book contains a concise and comprehensive book that repre... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0190202459
- ASIN: 0190202459
- ISBN: 0190202459
- Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
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Climate Change: Picturing the Science
An unprecedented union of scientific analysis and stunning photography illustrating the effects of climate change on the global ecosystem. Going beyond the headlines, this work by leading NASA climate scientist Gavin Schmidt and master photographer Joshua Wolfe illustrates as never before the ramifications of shifting climate. Photographic spreads show retreating glaciers, sinking villages in Alaska’s tundra, and drying lakes. The text follows adventurous scientists through the ice caps at the poles to the coral reefs of the tropical seas. Marshaling data spanning centuries and continents, t... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0393331253
- ASIN: 0393331253
- ISBN: 9780393331257
- Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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Life After Carbon: The Next Global Transformation of Cities
The future of our cities is not what it used to be. The modern-city model that took hold globally in the twentieth century has outlived its usefulness. It cannot solve the problems it helped to create—especially global warming. Fortunately, a new model for urban development is emerging in cities to aggressively tackle the realities of climate change. It transforms the way cities design and use physical space, generate economic wealth, consume and dispose of resources, exploit and sustain the natural ecosystems, and prepare for the future. In Life After Carbon, urban sustainability consultant... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1610918495
- ASIN: 1610918495
- ISBN: 1610918495
- Manufacturer: Island Press
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Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
• New York Times bestseller •The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world“At this point in time, the Drawdown book is exactly what is needed; a credible, conservative solution-by-solution narrative that we can do it. Reading it is an effective inoculation against the widespread perception of doom that humanity cannot and will not solve the climate crisis. Reported by-effects include increased determination and a sense of grounded hope.” —Per Espen Stoknes, Author, What We Thin... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0143130447
- ASIN: 0143130447
- ISBN: 9780143130444
- Brand: PENGUIN
- Manufacturer: Penguin Books
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Paleoclimatology: Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary
Paleoclimatology: Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary, Third Edition―winner of a 2015 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from The Text and Academic Authors Association―provides a thorough overview of the methods of paleoclimatic reconstruction and of the historical changes in climate during the past three million years. This thoroughly updated and revised edition systematically examines each type of proxy and elucidates the major attributes and the limitations of each. Paleoclimatology, Third Edition provides necessary context for those interested in understanding climate changes at ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0123869137
- ASIN: 0123869137
- ISBN: 0123869137
- Brand: Academic Press
- Manufacturer: Academic Press
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The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times} p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'} The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic: acclaimed journalist Douglas Preston takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery of a lost civilization -- culminating in a stunning medical mystery.Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wea... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1455540013
- ASIN: 1455540013
- ISBN: 1455540013
- Brand: Grand Central Publishing
- Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
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Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change
Half of the world’s inhabitants now live in cities. In the next twenty years, the number of urban dwellers will swell to an estimated five billion people. With their inefficient transportation systems and poorly designed buildings, many cities―especially in the United States―consume enormous quantities of fossil fuels and emit high levels of greenhouse gases. But our planet is rapidly running out of the carbon-based fuels that have powered urban growth for centuries and we seem to be unable to curb our greenhouse gas emissions. Are the world’s cities headed for inevitable collapse? Th... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1597264997
- ASIN: 1597264997
- ISBN: 1597264997
- Brand: Brand: Island Press
- Manufacturer: Island Press
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core “free market” ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems.In short, either we embrace radical change ourselves or radical changes will be visited upon our physical world. The status quo is no longer an option. In This Changes Everything Naomi Klein argues that climate change isn’t just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care. It’s an alarm that... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1451697392
- ASIN: 1451697392
- ISBN: 1451697392
- Brand: Simon & Schuster
- Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
An Inconvenient Truth—Gore's groundbreaking, battle cry of a follow-up to the bestselling Earth in the Balance—is being published to tie in with a documentary film of the same name. Both the book and film were inspired by a series of multimedia presentations on global warming that Gore created and delivers to groups around the world. With this book, Gore, who is one of our environmental heroes—and a leading expert—brings together leading-edge research from top scientists around the world; photographs, charts, and other illustrations; and personal anecdotes and observations to document ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1594865671
- UPC: 039697865678
- ASIN: 1594865671
- ISBN: 1594865671
- Brand: Rodale Books
- Manufacturer: Rodale Books
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The Complete Ice Age: How Climate Change Shaped the World (The Complete Series)
A detailed look at this critical period in Earth's history, from two million years ago to c. 10,000 BC, beautifully illustrated with photographs, diagrams, and reconstruction scenes. Written by three distinguished experts and overseen by a leading historian of climate change, Brian Fagan, The Complete Ice Age reveals how climate fluctuated wildly between severe glacial periods and warmer intervals, how long-extinct creatures once roamed the harsh landscapes, and how archaic and then modern humans adapted as they spread from tropical Africa and colonized the world. This book covers a critical p... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0500051615
- ASIN: 0500051615
- ISBN: 9780500051610
- Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson
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Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former head of the Sierra Club Carl Pope comes a manifesto on how the benefits of taking action on climate change are concrete, immediate, and immense. They explore climate change solutions that will make the world healthier and more prosperous, aiming to begin a new type of conversation on the issue that will spur bolder action by cities, businesses, and citizens―and even, someday, by Washington."Climate of Hope is an inspiring must read." ―Former Vice President Al Gore, Chairman of The Climate Reality Project“Climate change thre... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1250142075
- ASIN: 1250142075
- ISBN: 9781250142078
- Brand: ST MARTINS PRESS
- Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
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Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century
How to account for decades of worldwide war, revolution, and human suffering in the seventeenth century? A master historian uncovers the disturbing answer. Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides – the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were not only unprecedented, they were agonisingly widespread. A global crisis extended from England to Japan, and from the Russian Empire to sub-Saharan Africa. North and South America, too, suffered turbulence. The distinguished historian Geoffrey Parker examines first-hand accounts of men and women throughout the world describin... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0300208634
- ASIN: 0300208634
- ISBN: 0300208634
- Brand: imusti
- Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Understanding Weather and Climate (7th Edition) (MasteringMeteorology Series)
&>For Introductory Meteorology Science Courses. Engage Students in Learning About Atmospheric Processes Aguado/Burt’s Understanding Weather and Climate illustrates meteorology and climatology using everyday occurrences and inspired technology tutorials to engage students in learning about atmospheric processes and patterns. The Seventh Edition extends coverage of global climate change with new and unique sections covering oceans and climate in the Earth system. Each chapter also focuses on the human aspect of weather and climate, covering high interest weather-related hazards that draw... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0321987306
- ASIN: 0321987306
- ISBN: 0321987306
- Brand: Pearson
- Manufacturer: Pearson
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Energy, Environment, and Climate (Second Edition)
Emphasizes climate change as an energy-related environmental issue.Energy, Environment, and Climate, Second Edition, is the most contemporary book for the energy course. Written for non-science majors, the text presents the physical concepts in easy-to-understand language and asks students to apply those concepts to contemporary energy issues. Students learn to analyze the important questions that face today’s citizens and deal with the answers both qualitatively and quantitatively. End-of-chapter questions provide an opportunity for students to practice what they’ve learned and provide in... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0393912744
- ASIN: 0393912744
- ISBN: 0393912744
- Brand: W. W. Norton & Company
- Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016 (The Best American Series ®)
Science writers get into the game with all kinds of noble, high-minded ambitions. We want to educate. To enlighten,” notes guest editor Amy Stewart in her introduction to The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016. “But at the end of the day, we’re all writers . . . We’re here to play for the folks.” The writers in this anthology brought us the year’s highest notes in the genre. From a Pulitzer Prize–winning essay on the earthquake that could decimate the Pacific Northwest to the astonishing work of investigative journalism that transformed the nail salon industry, this is... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0544748999
- ASIN: 0544748999
- ISBN: 9780544748996
- Brand: Mariner Books
- Manufacturer: Best American Paper
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Storming the Wall : Climate Change, Migration, and Homeland Security
Fast-paced frontline reportage chronicling how climate change is accelerating migration, border build-up, and militarization in the US and
- UPC: 55520401
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Climate Change and Cities
"Urban Climate Change Research Network, Center for Climate Systems Research, Earth Institute, Columbia
- UPC: 55201573
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Prayer Evangelism : How to Change the Spiritual Climate Over Your Home, Neighborhood and City
Bestselling author Ed Silvoso shows that when you change a city's spiritual climate, everything--and everybody--transforms. It was something the early church innately knew, and here he shares a proven, biblical, and practical plan to help
- UPC: 460538390
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Climate Change and Cities : First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network
Volume on climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in cities around the world for policymakers, urban planners, researchers and advanced
- UPC: 15181409
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Extreme Cities : The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change
"How will climate change affect our lives? Where will its impacts be most deeply felt? Are we doing enough to protect ourselves from the coming chaos? In Extreme Cities, Ashley Dawson argues that cities are
- UPC: 55857918
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Extreme Cities : The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change
A cutting exploration of how cities drive climate change while being on the frontlines of the coming climate crisisHow will climate change affect our lives? Where will its impacts be most deeply felt? Are we
- UPC: 278528624
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Climate of Hope : How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet
"In 2006, the documentary An Inconvenient Truth set off a heated political debate when it threatened that inaction on climate change would lead to a dark and frightening future by 2016. Well, that ten-year window
- UPC: 55219297
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Climate Change Vulnerability in Southern African Cities - eBook
In recent decades, extreme rains and drought have struck urban regions in Africa like never before. Nevertheless, limited information is available on which to base development of early warning systems, identification of high-risk zones and
- UPC: 577414112
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Cities Responding to Climate Change : Copenhagen, Stockholm and Tokyo
9783319648095
- UPC: 884373062
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Cities and Climate Change - eBook
Climate change is one of the most challenging issues of our time. As key sites in the production and management of emissions of greenhouse gases, cities will be crucial for the implementation of international agreements
- UPC: 971882900
5 Places to Move to If You Are Worried About Climate Change (And 5 to Avoid!)
Where to live in America, 2100 A.D.
How Will Climate Change Transform U.S. Cities?
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