Climate in Context

Biofuels, Bioenergy and Food Security: Technology, Institutions and Policies explores the popular 'Food versus Fuel' debates, discussing the comple...

This paper outlines the importance of tracking adaptation in the context of the implementation of the Paris Agreement and provides a flexible and c...

Contributor(s): Author: Robert L. JaffeAuthor: Washington TaylorThe Physics of Energy provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the s...

This unique text provides a thorough, yet accessible, grounding in the mathematics, statistics, and programming that students need to master for co...

Reducere. Thoroughly researched, this study highlights the historical scholarship that is one of the lasting legacies of interwar Polish Jewry and analyses i...

Alabama Quilts: Wilderness through World War II, 1682-1950 is a look at the quilts of the state from before Alabama was part of the Mississippi Ter...

DescriptionThis book chronicles the history of climate science and planetary exploration, focusing on our ever-expanding knowledge of Earth's clima...

Atmospheric Science, Second Edition, is the long-awaited update of the classic atmospheric science text, which helped define the field nearly 30 ye...

DescriptionThe polar regions are the 'canary in the coal mine' of climate change: they are likely to be hit the hardest and fastest. This comprehen...

DescriptionEndorsed by the Chartered Banker Institute as core reading for one of the modules leading to the Institute's professional qualifications...

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

This book examines how states in eight countries across Asia and the Pacific address internal displacement in the context of disasters and climate ...

This introductory textbook sets world forestry in a social, environmental, historical, and economic context. Fully updated throughout and with new ...

A perfect introduction to climate change law, this textbook offers students and scholars an overview of the international law governing this fundam...

During a career spanning over three decades, award-winning architect Mok Wei Wei has helped create the Singapore we see today. This overview of his...

Reducere. The doctrine of grace, concerning the healing, freeing, and empowering presence of the Spirit in human life, is central in Christianity. This reada...

A decade of mounting tension in a polarized America, from Wall Street to the rural heartlandA decade ago, Ken Light (born 1951) traveled across the...

A manifesto for a new model of religious education (RE) in the UK national curriculum. It sets the context of the current religious climate and nee...

Sought after by European aristocrats and a favorite of Napoleon Bonaparte, the sweet wines of Constantia in the Cape Colony were considered to be a...

In Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men: A Reader's Companion, author Jonathan S. Cullick considers the themes of this famous novel within the c...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Talitha L. LeflouriaIn 1868, the state of Georgia began to make its rapidly growing population of prisoners available for h...

A global bestseller, now available in paperback. Includes an extensive new introduction commentating on the changes in economic climate over the la...

Reducere. If we can carry in our pockets more computing power than the Apollo program needed to put a man on the moon, why can't we solve problems like clima...

Reducere. The lush landscape and subtropical climate of the Georgia coast only enhance the air of mystery enveloping some of its inhabitants--people who owe,...

Reducere. In the contemporary biblical studies climate, proposals regarding the theological interpretation of Scripture are contested, particularly but not o...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Garden of Eden as the ideal and untouched site of life's creation persists in popular thought, even as we have uncovered a lengthy f...

Analyses the ways in which the management of natural resources may impact climate change, and how climate change impacts the adaptation strategies ...

Earth's climate has undergone dramatic changes over the geologic timescale. At one extreme, Earth has been glaciated from the poles to the equator ...

Reducere. As the very first book of its kind, An Environmental History of Medieval Europe provides a highly original survey of medieval relations with the na...

An eye-opening introduction to the complexity, wonder, and vital roles of coral reefs When mass coral bleaching and die-offs were first identified ...

Reducere. This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the central challenge of our time. If all goes well, human his...

DescriptionThis bold and important new book presents current and emerging thinking on the social dimensions of climate change. Using clear language...

The world is complex, but acknowledging its complexity requires an appreciation for the many roles context plays in shaping natural phenomena. In U...

Kath Weston addresses the emergence of a new animism in the context of food, energy, water, and climate to trace how new intimacies between humans,...

DescriptionLeonardo da Vinci was the epitome of the Renaissance humanist ideal, a logical polymath of epic proportions who excelled and had interes...

Despite social and economic advances around the world, poverty and disease persist, exacerbated by the mounting challenges of climate change, natur...

In the context of ongoing debates about climate change, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), and ecosocialism, this book makes links between the...

Reducere. At a time when the American labor movement is mobilizing for a major resurgence through new organizing, here, at last, is a book about research on ...

Reducere. A few years ago, Andri Snaer Magnason, one of Iceland's most beloved writers and public intellectuals, was asked by a leading climate scientist why...

Reducere. From the Editor's Note: This is the second volume of a multi-volume project to republish all of the Integrity issues published from 1946 to 1956. T...

DescriptionThis is a book by educators, for educators. It grapples with the complexities, the humanity and the possibilities in education. In a cli...

The ancient Egyptian kingdoms, at their greatest extent, stretched more than 2000 kilometres along the Nile and passed through diverse habitats. In...

This book is a brief history of the human-caused climate change debate from its origins in the 19th century until today. The goal is to put the pol...

"I am a member of a party of one, and I live in an age of fear."These words were written by E. B. White in 1947.Decades before our current politica...

Through the experiential science of Geomancy, knowledge has been gathered over more than three decades about the Earth's multidimensional levels of...

Reducere. Would You Like to Know Jesus as Those Closest to Him Did? There are many books describing the life and times of Jesus. This biography puts no words...

Reducere. The book discusses in detail the why and the how of our call to transform faith communities into eco-justice communities in the context of climate ...

Reducere. This book serves as an introduction to the burgeoning field of ecothology, illustrating both its variety and its commonality across different Chris...

Reducere. The Climategate scandal covered from beginning to end--from 'Hide the Decline' to the current day. Written by two authors who were on the scene--St...

Reducere. A greater understanding of China is no longer optional in our global village. It is necessary if we want to tackle global challenges such as the CO...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Natasha Sistrunk RobinsonThough churches are filled with good ministry programming--activities, outreach events, and an end...

Reducere. This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the central challenge of our time. If all goes well, human his...

Reducere. The 4.4-billion-year history of the oceans and their role in Earth's climate systemIt has often been said that we know more about the moon than we ...

Reducere. The risks of global warming are pressing and potentially vast. The difficulty of doing without fossil fuels is daunting, possibly even insurmountab...

Reducere. John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Natural History BookPEN/Martha Albrand Award Finalist"[Green's] prose rings with the elemental clarity of th...

Reducere. Of all the lasting innovations that William Wordsworth (1770-1850) brought to our literature, it is his discovery of nature and his fresh vision of...

In this fascinating look at the European scientific advances of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, historian Lisa Jardine demonstrates...

DescriptionThe groundbreaking history of how climate change transformed Europe and the world, from a renowned archaeologist -- updated with a new p...

With climate change at the forefront of current discussion, Words of Change: CLIMATE offers a curated collection of thought-provoking quotes and pa...

Reducere. The Winds of Change places the horrifying carnage unleashed on New Orleans, Mississippi, and Alabama by Hurricane Katrina in context. Climate has b...

Reducere. Drawing on Jesuit values as well as perspectives from disciplines across the humanities and sciences, this volume is oriented toward care for the p...

DescriptionBefore the Sun Rises is poetry of awakening and listening to the natural world at this turbulent time on our planet. Gwendolyn Morgan ev...

Reducere. Since its inception, The National Pastime has featured excellent research and essays about baseball history. This year, though, we asked our contri...

Reducere. Câștigătorul Premiului Pulitzer și expertul în energie globală Daniel Yergin ne oferă o relatare exhaustivă despre cum ne configurează viitorul rev...

Reducere. Feminism and atheism are "dirty words" that Americans across the political spectrum love to debate--and hate. Throw them into a blender and you hav...

Reducere. As the world increasingly grapples with the consequences of global warming and its resulting climate changes, the urgency of the crisis has become ...

Reducere. Avand la baza o documentare intinsa pe zece ani, inclusiv in arhive din tara si din strainatate sau in presa vremii, cartea istoricului vienez Oliv...

Reducere. Avand la baza o documentare intinsa pe zece ani, inclusiv in arhive din tara si din strainatate sau in presa vremii, cartea istoricului vienez Oliv...

Reducere. In Mindfully Facing Climate Change, Bhikkhu Analayo offers a response to the challenges of climate change that is grounded in the teachings of earl...

Reducere. We all look at the appearances and behaviors of business people and say "I wish that person were more professional." What does that mean? The reade...