Pollution & threats to the environment books

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Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Author: Virginia H. Dale ,  Catherine L. Kling
ISBN: 9780387896854
Format: Hardback
$340.56

To address the hypoxia problem, the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force (or Task Force)...  Read More >>

Handbook of Carbon Offset Programs: Trading Systems, Funds, Protocols and Standards

Handbook of Carbon Offset Programs: Trading Systems,...

Author: Anja Kollmuss ,  Michael Lazarus
ISBN: 9781844079292
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets have long been promoted as an important element of a comprehensive climate policy approach....  Read More >>

How to Cool the Planet

How to Cool the Planet

Author: Jeff Goodell
ISBN: 9780618990610
Format: Hardback
$68.64

Goodell persuades readers that geoengineering may just be the last best hope--a Plan B for the environment. His...  Read More >>

Environmental Toxicology

Environmental Toxicology

Author: V. Popov ,  C. A. Brebbia
ISBN: 9781845644383
Format: Hardback
$417.12

This volume contains the edited versions of the papers presented at the third International Conference on Environmental...  Read More >>

Adaptive Governance and Climate Change

Adaptive Governance and Climate Change

Author: Ronald D. Brunner ,  Amanda Lynch
ISBN: 9781878220974
Format: Paperback
$57.95

While there is undeniable progress in the acknowledgment of both the dangers of climate change and the importance...  Read More >>

Canada: the State of the Federation, 2009: Carbon Pricing and Environmental Federalism

Canada: the State of the Federation, 2009: Carbon Pricing...

Author: Thomas J. Courchene ,  John R. Allan
ISBN: 9781553391968
Format: Paperback
$105.47

An informative overview of the politics of green house gas emissions.  Read More >>

Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet

Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet

Author: Bill McKibben
ISBN: 9780805090567
Format: Hardback
$63.36

States that our old familiar globe is suddenly melting, drying, acidifying, flooding, and burning in ways that no...  Read More >>

Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XX

Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XX

Author: Douw G. Steyn ,  S. T. Rao
ISBN: 9789048138104
Format: Hardback
$710.16

Recent developments in air pollution modelling are explored as a series of contributions from researchers at the...  Read More >>

Social Perspectives on the Sanitation Challenge

Social Perspectives on the Sanitation Challenge

Author: Bas van Vliet ,  Gert Spaargaren
ISBN: 9789048137206
Format: Hardback
$340.56

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The Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate Change: A Complete Visual Guide

The Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate Change: A Complete...

Author: Juliane L. Fry ,  Hans-F Graf
ISBN: 9780520261013
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Covers the various aspects of the world's weather. Illustrated with more than 2,000 color photographs, this title...  Read More >>

Climate Change Justice

Climate Change Justice

Author: Eric A. Posner ,  David Weisbach
ISBN: 9780691137759
Format: Hardback
$47.99

Favoring both a climate change agreement and efforts to improve economic justice, this title makes a case that the...  Read More >>

50 Simple Steps to Save the Earth from Global Warming

50 Simple Steps to Save the Earth from Global Warming...

Author: Green Patriot Working Group
ISBN: 9781893910492
Format: Paperback
$26.27

Organized in a fun, easy-to-read format, this collection of 50 simple acts can help in the fight against global...  Read More >>

The Role of the Ocean in Global Cycling of Persistent Organic Contaminants: Refinement and Application of a Global Multicompartment Chemistry-Transport Model

The Role of the Ocean in Global Cycling of Persistent...

Author: Irene Stemmler
ISBN: 9783642050084
Format: Paperback
$314.16

Persistent organic contaminants, which are bioaccumulative and toxic are a concern for the ecosystems and human...  Read More >>

Systemic Management: Sustainable Human Interactions with Ecosystems and the Biosphere

Systemic Management: Sustainable Human Interactions...

Author: Charles W. Fowler (Program Leader, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
ISBN: 9780199567591
Format: Paperback
$145.20

'Systemic Management' describes a holistic, objective and universally applicable form of management, providing a...  Read More >>

Progressive Development: To Mitigate the Negative Impact of Global Warming on the Semi-arid Regions

Progressive Development: To Mitigate the Negative Impact...

Author: Arie S. Issar
ISBN: 9783642106392
Format: Hardback
$340.56

These conclusions brought to the compilation of the policy of ""Progressive Development"", emphasising investment...  Read More >>

Toxic Archipelago: A History of Industrial Disease in Japan

Toxic Archipelago: A History of Industrial Disease in...

Author: Brett L. Walker ,  William Cronon
ISBN: 9780295989549
Format: Hardback
$92.40

Explores the relationship between the causes of colossal toxic pollution and the manner in which pain caused by...  Read More >>

The EC Common Fisheries Policy

The EC Common Fisheries Policy

Author: Robin Churchill (, Professor of International Law, University of Dundee) ,  Daniel Owen (, Barrister, Fenners Chambers, Cambridge)
ISBN: 9780199275847
Format: Hardback
$495.95

The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is controversial, and is widely blamed both for the poor state of Europe's fish...  Read More >>

Regulating Health and Environmental Risks under WTO Law: A Critical Analysis of the SPS Agreement

Regulating Health and Environmental Risks under WTO...

Author: Lukasz Gruszczynski (Assistant Professor at the Institute of Legal Studies, Polish Academy of Science)
ISBN: 9780199578924
Format: Hardback
$285.00

The SPS Agreement established a legal framework for national regulations aimed at protecting the environment and...  Read More >>

History at the End of the World?: History Climate Change and the Possibility of Closure

History at the End of the World?: History Climate Change...

Author: Mark Levene ,  Rob Johnson
ISBN: 9781847601674
Format: Paperback
$86.99

A collection of essays from Rescue!History, a group of historians concerned with the challenge of climate change...  Read More >>

Effective Ecological Monitoring

Effective Ecological Monitoring

Author: David Lindenmayer ,  Gene Likens
ISBN: 9780643100190
Format: Undefined
$49.95

Describes what makes successful and unsuccessful long-term monitoring programs.  Read More >>

Traffic & Industrial Environmental Issues: New Concerns for Developing Countries

Traffic & Industrial Environmental Issues: New Concerns...

Author: Viroj Wiwanitkit
ISBN: 9781606924730
Format: Paperback
$126.76

Traffic and industrial environmental problem is a big concern around the world. The global situation faces traffic...  Read More >>

The River

The River

Author: Chris Hammer
ISBN: 9780522857368
Format: Paperback
$84.35

Australia's major river system, the Murray-Darling, is collapsing. Parts of it are dying; parts of it are already...  Read More >>

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