Pollution & threats to the environment books

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Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats

Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats...

Author: Gwynne Dyer
ISBN: 9781851687428
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Dwindling resources, massive population shifts, natural disasters, spreading epidemics, drought, rising sea levels,...  Read More >>

Human Exposure to Pollutants via Dermal Absorption and Inhalation

Human Exposure to Pollutants via Dermal Absorption and...

Author: Mihalis Lazaridis ,  Ian Colbeck
ISBN: 9789048186624
Format: Hardback
$446.16

The WHO Air Quality Guidelines 2005 rec- mended the development of specific guidelines for indoor air quality and...  Read More >>

Beyond the Cassandra Prophecy - the Road to Hell

Beyond the Cassandra Prophecy - the Road to Hell

Author: Ian Gurney
ISBN: 9780953581337
Format: Paperback
$36.96

Climate change, global warming, rising sea levels, lack of fresh water, diminishing energy resources, economic collapse,...  Read More >>

Contemporary Environmentalism in the Baltic States: From Phosphate Springs to 'Nordstream'

Contemporary Environmentalism in the Baltic States:...

Author: David J. Galbreath (University of Bath, UK)
ISBN: 9780415572262
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book uncovers the changing role of environmentalism in the Baltic States following independence and European...  Read More >>

Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific

Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge...

Author: John Campbell ,  Jon Barnett
ISBN: 9781844074945
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Global Warming: Global Issues

Global Warming: Global Issues

Author: Natalie Goldstein ,  Kerry Harrison Cook
ISBN: 9780816081264
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Provides a clear, objective account of the science behind climate change, the potential harm that industrial economies...  Read More >>

Treading Softly: Paths to Ecological Order

Treading Softly: Paths to Ecological Order

Author: Thomas Princen (University of Michigan)
ISBN: 9780262014175
Format: Hardback
$60.59

How to imagine and then realize an ecological order based on living within our biophysical means.  Read More >>

Local Governments and Climate Change: Sustainable Energy Planning and Implementation in Small and Medium Sized Communities

Local Governments and Climate Change: Sustainable Energy...

Author: Maryke van Staden ,  Francesco Musco
ISBN: 9781402095306
Format: Hardback
$472.56

The European Commission therefore launched in 2008 a new initiative, the Covenant of Mayors, which brings together...  Read More >>

Zero-Carbon Energy Kyoto 2009: Proceedings of the First International Symposium of Global COE Program ""Energy Science in the Age of Global Warming - Toward CO2 Zero-emission Energy System""

Zero-Carbon Energy Kyoto 2009: Proceedings of the First...

Author: Takeshi Yao
ISBN: 9784431997788
Format: Hardback
$657.36

Setting out a zero-emission technology roadmap, Global COE promotes socioeconomic studies of energy, the study of...  Read More >>

Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Climate Change

Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Climate Change...

Author: Akimasa Sumi ,  Kensuke Fukushi
ISBN: 9784431997979
Format: Hardback
$604.56

This collection of work is intended to pave the way for further collaboration among scientists and nations as well....  Read More >>

Hydrogen Energy: Economic and Social Challenges

Hydrogen Energy: Economic and Social Challenges

Author: Paul Ekins
ISBN: 9781844076802
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Global Energy Economics and Climate Protection Report 2009

Global Energy Economics and Climate Protection Report...

Author: Valentin Crastan
ISBN: 9783642118722
Format: Paperback
$261.36

At the end of 2009 the World Bank and the IMF published new figures for gross domestic product adjusted for purchasing...  Read More >>

Water Quality: Physical, Chemical & Biological Characteristics

Water Quality: Physical, Chemical & Biological Characteristics...

Author: Kudret Ertuð ,  Ilker Mirza
ISBN: 9781607416333
Format: Hardback
$340.56

Water quality is the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water. It is used by reference to a set...  Read More >>

UV Radiation in Global Climate Change: Measurements, Modeling and Effects on Ecosystems

UV Radiation in Global Climate Change: Measurements,...

Author: Wei Gao ,  Daniel L. Schmoldt
ISBN: 9783642033124
Format: Hardback
$710.16

Numerous studies report that ultraviolet (UV) radiation is harmful to living organisms and detrimental to human...  Read More >>

Energy, The Environment And Climate Change

Energy, The Environment And Climate Change

Author: Peter E Hodgson (Univ Of Oxford, Uk)
ISBN: 9781848164161
Format: Paperback
$124.20

Presents an account of significant energy sources, evaluated according to their capacity, reliability, cost, safety...  Read More >>

Carbon Offsets: Examining their Role in Greenhouse Gas Reduction

Carbon Offsets: Examining their Role in Greenhouse Gas...

Author: Karen T Morningstar
ISBN: 9781607414445
Format: Hardback
$234.96

Looks at carbon offsets which provide a way for individuals, businesses, and governments to address concerns about...  Read More >>

Living Downstream

Living Downstream

Author: Sandra Steingraber
ISBN: 9780306818691
Format: Paperback
$44.75

A trailblazing and inspiring scientific expose, brought fully up-to-date  Read More >>

State of the World Cities 2010/2011

State of the World Cities 2010/2011

Author:
ISBN: 9789211322118
Format: Paperback
$105.60

The world's urban population now exceeds the world's rural population. What does this mean for the state of our...  Read More >>

Environmental Engineering III

Environmental Engineering III

Author: Lucjan Pawlowski ,  Marzenna R. Dudzinska
ISBN: 9780415548823
Format: Hardback
$158.00

Environmental engineering has a leading role in the elimination of ecological threats. This book aims to assess...  Read More >>

Climate - Vegetation:: Afro-Asian Mediterranean and Red Sea Coastal Lands

Climate - Vegetation:: Afro-Asian Mediterranean and...

Author: M.A. Zahran ,  Francis Gilbert
ISBN: 9789048185948
Format: Hardback
$551.76

Presents the vegetation types of the African and Asian countries of the Mediterranean and Red Sea coastal regions,...  Read More >>

Storms of My Grandchildren

Storms of My Grandchildren

Author: Professor Hansen, James (Oakland University) ,  John Allen Nelson
ISBN: 9781616576677
Format: Pre-recorded MP3 player
$184.77

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Adapting Institutions to Climate Change: Twenty-Eighth Report

Adapting Institutions to Climate Change: Twenty-Eighth...

Author: Great Britain: Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution ,  John Lawton
ISBN: 9780101784320
Format: Paperback
$184.80

The overwhelming scientific consensus is that the earth is warming because of human activities. Adaptation is necessary...  Read More >>

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