Pollution & threats to the environment books

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Radiation in Perspective: Applications, Risks and Protection

Radiation in Perspective: Applications, Risks and Protection...

Author: Nuclear Energy Agency
ISBN: 9789264154834
Format: Paperback
$55.95

This report, intended for the non-specialist reader, aims to contribute to an enlightened debate on the subject...  Read More >>

The Sea Around Us

The Sea Around Us

Author: Rachel Carson ,  Ann H. Zwinger
ISBN: 9780195069976
Format: Paperback
$52.77

A new edition of the text originally published in 1951. The book includes a new chapter by Jeffrey Levinton.  Read More >>

With Broadax and Firebrand: The Destruction of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

With Broadax and Firebrand: The Destruction of the Brazilian...

Author: Warren Dean ,  Stuart B. Schwartz
ISBN: 9780520208865
Format: Paperback
$60.95

This text chronicles the chaotic path to what could be one of the greatest natural disasters of modern times: the...  Read More >>

Toxicity of Military Smokes and Obscurants

Toxicity of Military Smokes and Obscurants

Author: Committee on Toxicology ,  Commission on Life Sciences
ISBN: 9780309074827
Format: Paperback
$108.24

A variety of smokes and obscurants have been developed and used to screen armed forces from view, signal friendly...  Read More >>

Voluntary Actions for Energy-related CO2 Abatement

Voluntary Actions for Energy-related CO2 Abatement

Author: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
ISBN: 9789264146570
Format: Paperback
$72.95

This IEA survey contains details on some 350 voluntary programmes in 22 member states and the European Commission....  Read More >>

The Endangered Atmosphere: Preserving a Global Commons

The Endangered Atmosphere: Preserving a Global Commons...

Author: Marvin S. Soroos
ISBN: 9781570032035
Format: Paperback
$45.10

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Disturbance and Recovery in Arctic Lands: An Ecological Perspective

Disturbance and Recovery in Arctic Lands: An Ecological...

Author: R.M. Crawford
ISBN: 9780792344186
Format: Hardback
$1188.00

The disturbance and recovery of arctic terrestrial ecosystems was the subject of a NATO Advanced Workshop held at...  Read More >>

Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Energy's Alternatives for the Removal and Disposition of Molten Salt Reactor Experiment Fluoride Salts

Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Energy's Alternatives...

Author: National Research Council ,  Division on Earth and Life Studies
ISBN: 9780309056847
Format: Paperback
$85.39

Discusses the technical alternatives for cleanup of radioactive fluoride salts that were the fuel for the Molten...  Read More >>

Environmental Radioactivity from Natural, Industrial and Military Sources: From Natural, Industrial and Military Sources

Environmental Radioactivity from Natural, Industrial...

Author: Merrill Eisenbud (Professor Emeritus, New York University Medical Center) ,  Thomas F. Gesell (Idaho State University, Dept. of Physics)
ISBN: 9780122351549
Format: Hardback
$388.08

Environmental Radioactivity from Natural, Industrial, and Military Sources is a source of information on radiation...  Read More >>

But Is It True?: A Citizen’s Guide to Environmental Health and Safety Issues

But Is It True?: A Citizen’s Guide to Environmental...

Author: Aaron Wildavsky
ISBN: 9780674089235
Format: Paperback
$90.95

Amid many questions and much conflicting information, Aaron Wildavsky offers a factual look at how rival claims...  Read More >>

Common Fields: Environmental History of St.Louis

Common Fields: Environmental History of St.Louis

Author: Andrew Hurley ,  Andrew Hurley
ISBN: 9781883982157
Format: Hardback
$79.07

This work considers the complex interaction between human and natural forces in the St Louis region from prehistoric...  Read More >>

The Greening of Industry: A Risk Management Approach

The Greening of Industry: A Risk Management Approach...

Author: John D. Graham ,  Jennifer Kassalow Hartwell
ISBN: 9780674363274
Format: Hardback
$125.40

Environmentalists often perceive the risk management approach to environmental and public health policy as a tool...  Read More >>

The Environmental Dilemma--Optimism or Despair?: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Trends, Issues, Perspectives and Options

The Environmental Dilemma--Optimism or Despair?: An...

Author: Lambert N. Wenner
ISBN: 9780761807056
Format: Paperback
$108.24

For countless millenia humans extended their domain around the world, gradually using more of nature's resources....  Read More >>

Meteorologie und Umwelt: Eine Einführung

Meteorologie und Umwelt: Eine Einführung

Author: Günter Warnecke ,  Gunter Warnecke
ISBN: 9783540615934
Format: Paperback
$63.36

In diesem Buch stellt der Autor die Grundlagen der Meteorologie vor. Daher kann es als Grundlage für ähnlich aufgebaute...  Read More >>

Pesticide Profiles: Toxicity, Environmental Impact, and Fate

Pesticide Profiles: Toxicity, Environmental Impact,...

Author: Michael A. Kamrin
ISBN: 9781566701907
Format: Hardback
$546.00

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Chlorinated paraffins

Chlorinated paraffins

Author: United Nations Environment Programme ,  International Labour Organisation
ISBN: 9789241571814
Format: Paperback
$105.60

Summary Evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by exposure to chlorinated paraffins. These...  Read More >>

Flächenrecycling durch kontrollierten Rückbau: Ressourcenschonender Abbruch von Gebäuden und Industrieanlagen

Flächenrecycling durch kontrollierten Rückbau: Ressourcenschonender...

Author: Eva Koch ,  Ulrich Schneider
ISBN: 9783540620808
Format: Hardback
$287.76

Aktueller UEberblick uber alle Aspekte des kontrollierten Ruckbaus - praxisorientiert und mit zahlreichen Fallbeispielen...  Read More >>

Hijacking Environmentalism: Corporate Responses to Sustainable Development

Hijacking Environmentalism: Corporate Responses to Sustainable...

Author: Richard Welford
ISBN: 9781853833991
Format: Paperback
$56.99

This text demonstrates how businesses and institutions continue to operate outside the ecological carrying capacity...  Read More >>

Qualitätssicherung bei der Altlastenbearbeitung: Arbeitshilfen, Verfahrensempfehlungen, Zertifizierung

Qualitätssicherung bei der Altlastenbearbeitung: Arbeitshilfen,...

Author: Petra Lück
ISBN: 9783540611882
Format: Paperback
$179.52

Qualitatssicherung bei der Altlastenbearbeitung bietet einen Einstieg in die Thematik fur alle, die im Bereich der...  Read More >>

Argument in the Greenhouse: The International Economics of Controlling Global Warming

Argument in the Greenhouse: The International Economics...

Author: Sujata Gupta ,  Stephen Hall
ISBN: 9780415149099
Format: Paperback
$71.99

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Techniques for Reducing Pesticide Use: Economic and Environmental Benefits

Techniques for Reducing Pesticide Use: Economic and...

Author: David Pimentel, Ph.D. (Cornell University)
ISBN: 9780471968382
Format: Hardback
$558.95

This book outlines the techniques for reducing pesticide use internationally through using integrated pesticide...  Read More >>

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