Global Pollution

Comprehensive explorations of major issues affecting the global community

Reducere. Thorium energy can help check CO2 and global warming, cut deadly air pollution, provide inexhaustible energy, and increase human prosperity. Our wo...

With an updated introduction and new epilogue, this is full of stories of the people, towns and communities affected by air pollution, from London'...

This new edition of Mark Jacobson's textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the history and science of the major air pollution and climat...

The Great Smog of China traces Chinese air pollution events dating back to more than 2, 000 years ago. Based on the authors' fieldwork, interviews ...

Join our team of Global Heroes in this fast-paced, science-themed chapter book as they aim to rid the seas of the rising pollution and waste, but m...

World Ethics and Climate Change combines the science of climate change with ethical critique to expose its impact, the increasing intensity of dang...

Contributor(s): Author: Eric Holt-GimenezCapitalism drives our global food system. Everyone who wants to end hunger, who wants to eat good, clean, ...

Reducere. "We need to look after our planet, because our planet looks after us. If we all make small changes to protect the planet, we will see big results."...

Reducere. Fifty practical ideas for saving the planet with an emphasis on alleviating the effects of plastics, pollution, global warming and endangered anima...

The trajectories of pollution in global capitalism, from the toxic waste of early tanneries to the poisonous effects of pesticides in the twentieth...

Reducere. Understand the science that explains what pressure our planet is under and how to take action. Using powerful, easy-to-grasp graphics, this book cu...

Are we about to witness the greatness extinction of life since the Chicxulub meteor struck Earth sixty-five million years ago? Is plastic pollution...

In this Very Short Introduction, Stephen Smith shows how the field of environmental economics looks at how economic activity and policy can affect ...

Our world is changing fast. We can travel and speak to people around the world, and use computers to do all kinds of things. But in some places, ch...

Scientists have recently made startling discoveries about plastic pollution and our food supply. Could we really be eating microscopic pieces of pl...

Reducere. The once glorious reef is now faded and dying due to pollution and global warming. Lu is determined to save her home. With the help of Captain J an...

Reducere. This book takes a close look at various animals from around the world that are in danger of becoming extinct. It discusses how the animals have bec...

Reducere. In a future still rife with apocalyptic pollution, manipulative sugar daddies, and fun slutty robots, Tink gets drunk in the shower anxiously waiti...

Reducere. Learn all about environmental activism, from climate change to ending plastic pollution. Get a global look at the history of the movement, meet the...

Planet Earth is f**ked. Decades of gas-guzzling and plastic parasites have brought the Earth to its knees. Entire species are disappearing, the ice...

Reducere. DescriptionThe global temperature is rising, the ice caps are melting, and levels of pollution across the world have reached unprecedented heights....

Reducere. Possibly the most graphic treatment of global warming that has yet been published, Six Degrees is what readers of Al Gore's best-selling An Inconve...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Diana Beresford-KroegerA pioneering scientist writes of the benefits of forest bathing and the fascinating ecological and p...

DescriptionThe Anthropocene, a term launched into public debate by Nobel Prize winner Paul Crutzen, has been used informally to describe the time p...

Natural gas is the world's cleanest fossil fuel; it generates less air pollution and releases less CO2 per unit of useful energy than liquid fuels ...

An original, engaging guide to creating a sustainable economy that will combat global warming while also improving our quality of life. Pick an env...

An urgent and timely story of the contentious politics of incorporating environmental justice into global climate change policy Although the scienc...

Insect Conservation: A Global Synthesis is a landmark, field-defining work written by Professor Michael Samways, one of the founding fathers of thi...

First published in 1989, Pulse of the Planet No.1 launched an ambitious program for global monitoring of geophysical events potentially caused by u...

From large-scale cattle farming to water pollution, meat-- more than any other food--has had an enormous impact on our environment. Historically, A...

Reducere. The global focus on reducing emissions must be ethical instead of supporting environmental degradation. But too often, we see abuses carried out in...

Reducere. The global focus on reducing emissions must be ethical instead of supporting environmental degradation. But too often, we see abuses carried out in...

In an era of global warming, natural disasters, endangered species, and devastating pollution, contemporary writing on the environment largely focu...

The third installment in a wide and deep constructive theology for our time This third volume of Veli-Matti Karkkainen's ambitious five volume theo...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Wayne LynchPhotographer: Wayne Lynch The internationally successful movie March of the Penguins showcases the life of these...

Reducere. DescriptionThe idea of the "foodscape" refers to the social and spatial organization of networks and food supply systems, taking into account the p...

DescriptionPlanetary Health -- the idea that human health and the health of the environment are inextricably linked -- encourages the preservation ...

Reducere. Just as God loves creation, so are Christians called to care for it. Now, amid the accelerating degradation of our global environment, that task ha...

DescriptionSustainability Made Simple is an introduction to sustainability and sustainable living that explores the relationship between everyday l...

Reducere. First published in 1994 and now reprinted with a new foreword updating the situation from the original edition Environment and Society: The Endurin...

Clearly written, global in approach, and theoretically broad-minded, this text is an ideal introduction to environmental economics. Assuming no pri...

Reducere. Marine Ecology : Processes, Systems, and Impacts The oceans cover the majority of the Earth's surface; they influence our climate and provide a val...

Reducere. The aim of this course is to explore the Beatitudes, which encapsulate the teaching of Jesus. Jesus himself lived out the Beatitudes in his earthly...

Reducere. Nuclear power is not an option for the future but an absolute necessity. Global threats of climate change and lethal air pollution, killing million...

Reducere. Environmental law is the law concerned with environmental problems. It is a vast area of law that operates from the local to the global, involving ...

Contributor(s): Author: Fred MagdoffAuthor: John Bellamy FosterPraise for Foster and Magdoff's The Great Financial Crisis In this timely and thorou...

Reducere. A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 TitleMore than a decade ago, Sara Wheeler traveled to Antarctica to understand a continent nearly lost...

Power plants are essential to achieving the standard of living that modern societies demand and the social and economic infrastructure on which the...

DescriptionIn the last 50 years marine conservation has grown from almost nothing to become a major topic of global activity involving many people ...

The Coral Triangle, straddling the confluence of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, harbours the greatest biodiversity of marine life on the planet. It...

Reducere. Combining both hands-on practicality and garden philosophy, Diana Beresford-Kroeger, a self-described renegade scientist, appeals to the hearts and...

American environmentalism is defined by its icons: the "Crying Indian, " who shed a tear in response to litter and pollution; the cooling towers of...

Reducere. Heat pumps (HPs) allow for providing heat without direct combustion, in both civil and industrial applications. They are very efficient systems tha...

A bold, science-based corrective to the groundswell of misinformation about food and how it's produced, examining in detail local and organic food,...

Reducere. Meet some of the most hardy and adaptable animals on the planet that live in the world's hottest regions. Includes facts about volcanoes, deserts, ...

Reducere. Books like this one help lead the way to a better climate future for all inhabitants of Mother Earth. We are all in this together! -- Jeff Bridges,...

Though plastic has numerous benefits, our reliance on this sturdy, light and flexible material, paired with its longevity and our changing consumer...

Though plastic has numerous benefits, our reliance on this sturdy, light and flexible material, paired with its longevity and our changing consumer...

Reducere. Overpopulation is Real. We have come on like a swarm of locusts. Now at over seven billion and counting, renowned visionary conservationist and glo...

Reducere. The open ocean--that vast expanse of international waters--spreads across three-fourths of the globe. It is a place of storms and danger, both natu...

Reducere. A superhero with the powers to reverse global warming is finally stepping in. Her name is EcoQueen. What would you do if you possessed superpowers ...

One small action a day can make a difference . . . in a big way! In 10 Ideas to Save the Planet, we explore how to BE GREEN to counteract the effec...

THE COMPLETE SERAPHIN MESSAGES, VOLUME I What is telepathy? Can we answer the divine telephone? Can we talk to an angel? Do we have a purpose? Can ...

In this climate crisis, it's easy to feel helpless. This book offers practical choices and changes we can make to start unf*cking the climate. Glob...

Reducere. The Story of Climate Change introduces one of the most important issues facing our world today, and tells you what you can do to help make a change...

Reducere. Speaking out when it's unpopular. Back in the day, Henry David Thoreau raged at the robber barons-the big shots of their age, despoiling the enviro...

Reducere. CLIMATE CHANGE and the road to NET-ZERO is a story of how humanity has broken free from the shackles of poverty, suffering, and war and for the fir...

Reducere. The decision to write this book is born out of 20-30 years of experience. The authors, Leilani Birely and Luisah Teish, are blessed to be two women...