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Book Synopsis Critical Perspectives on Planet Earth by : Jennifer Viegas
Download or read book Critical Perspectives on Planet Earth written by Jennifer Viegas and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2006-07-15 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines contemporary issues effecting the quality of life on Earth, covering such topics as global climate change, threats to wildlife, and a dramatic increase in world population.
Book Synopsis Critical Perspectives on World Climate by : Katy Human
Download or read book Critical Perspectives on World Climate written by Katy Human and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2006-08-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines contemporary issues on world climate, covering such topics as climate changes in prehistoric times, the effects of vegetation and methane on the Earth's temperatures, and the impact of global warming.
Download or read book Green Planet Blues written by Ken Conca and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the dominant paradigms and controversies that shaped debate at the time of the Stockholm conference, and in the twenty years between Stockholm and the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. It examines the challenges of international cooperation and institutional reform.
Book Synopsis Critical Perspectives on Pollution by : Stephanie Watson
Download or read book Critical Perspectives on Pollution written by Stephanie Watson and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2006-08-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines contemporary issues on pollution, covering such topics as its impact on the environment, health implications for humans and animals, and future measures that can be undertaken to protect all forms of life on Earth.
Book Synopsis Critical Perspectives on the Oceans by : Krista West
Download or read book Critical Perspectives on the Oceans written by Krista West and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2006-07-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines contemporary issues on the preservation of the oceans and sea life, covering such topics as global warming, water pollution, and declines in fish population and diversity.
Book Synopsis Critical Perspectives on Natural Disasters by : Jennifer Viegas
Download or read book Critical Perspectives on Natural Disasters written by Jennifer Viegas and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2006-07-15 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents seventeen articles that were originally published in "Scientific American" dating from 1998 to 2005.
Book Synopsis Critical Perspectives on Energy and Power by : Linley Erin Hall
Download or read book Critical Perspectives on Energy and Power written by Linley Erin Hall and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2006-08-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines contemporary issues on energy resources and power, covering such topics as fossil fuels, nuclear energy, energy storage, and alternative energy sources.
Book Synopsis Critical Perspectives on the Viability of Human Life on Other Planets by : Nicki Peter Petrikowski
Download or read book Critical Perspectives on the Viability of Human Life on Other Planets written by Nicki Peter Petrikowski and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent technological developments have opened up the possibility of colonizing other planets. Some experts argue that space colonization will be essential for the survival of the human species. Students will analyze and evaluate experts' opinions on space colonization in order to reach their own conclusions, and expand their horizons.
Book Synopsis The Late Great Planet Earth by : Hal Lindsey
Download or read book The Late Great Planet Earth written by Hal Lindsey and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impact of The Late Great Planet Earth cannot be overstated. The New York Times called it the "no. 1 non-fiction bestseller of the decade." For Christians and non-Christians of the 1970s, Hal Lindsey's blockbuster served as a wake-up call on events soon to come and events already unfolding -- all leading up to the greatest event of all: the return of Jesus Christ. The years since have confirmed Lindsey's insights into what biblical prophecy says about the times we live in. Whether you're a church-going believer or someone who wouldn't darken the door of a Christian institution, the Bible has much to tell you about the imminent future of this planet. In the midst of an out-of-control generation, it reveals a grand design that's unfolding exactly according to plan. The rebirth of Israel. The threat of war in the Middle East. An increase in natural catastrophes. The revival of Satanism and witchcraft. These and other signs, foreseen by prophets from Moses to Jesus, portend the coming of an antichrist . . . of a war which will bring humanity to the brink of destruction . . . and of incredible deliverance for a desperate, dying planet.
Book Synopsis Planet Earth: Scientific Proposals to Solve Urgent Issues by : Avelino Núñez-Delgado
Download or read book Planet Earth: Scientific Proposals to Solve Urgent Issues written by Avelino Núñez-Delgado and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Critical Perspectives on Free Trade and Globalization by : Bridey Heing
Download or read book Critical Perspectives on Free Trade and Globalization written by Bridey Heing and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology and travel have connected the world like never before, making it easier than ever to trade goods and culture across borders. But with the ease of trade has come questions about how best to use this increased connection, and how all parties can benefit while protecting the world's most vulnerable workers. This book will introduce students to the debate surrounding free trade and globalization to help them understand the nature of international commerce, cultural exchanges brought on through trade, and how the international economy is evolving.
Book Synopsis Critical Perspectives on Climate Change by : Stephen Feinstein
Download or read book Critical Perspectives on Climate Change written by Stephen Feinstein and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scientific community today largely agrees that climate change is occurring, and that it could have devastating consequences. Still, many Americans are unsure as to what climate change is and what higher temperatures and rising sea levels could mean for them. This essential volume includes scientific data and experts' opinion, along with ordinary people's viewpoints, to examine this important issue. Students will evaluate the evidence to reach a conclusion to one of the most important issues of our time.
Book Synopsis Critical perspectives on ageing societies by : Miriam Bernard
Download or read book Critical perspectives on ageing societies written by Miriam Bernard and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2007-05-16 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important book brings together some of the best known international scholars working within a critical gerontology perspective. Together, they review and update our understanding of how the field has developed over the last twenty-five years and, through the lens of 'passionate scholarship', provide a challenging assessment of the complex practical and ethical issues facing older people, and those who conduct research on ageing, in the 21st century. The contributions extend the critical gerontological approach conceptually, methodologically and practically. They offer close and scholarly analysis of policies affecting the lives of older people and provide insights into why research is done in particular ways. Special attention is paid to feminist contributions and new approaches to working in partnership with older people; age discrimination and ageism; the impact of neo-liberal policies and the passage of various human rights instruments; the re-medicalisation of later life; the participation of older people in research; and justice between generations. The editors and contributors offer suggestions for promoting change, and an exciting set of visions and perspectives for the renewal and development of critical gerontology in the years ahead. Critical Perspectives on Ageing Societies will be a valuable resource for all students, academics and practitioners interested in ageing and the life course.
Download or read book Lucky Planet written by David Waltham and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why Earth’s life-friendly climate makes it exceptional—and what that means for the likelihood of finding intelligent extraterrestrial life We have long fantasized about finding life on planets other than our own. Yet even as we become aware of the vast expanses beyond our solar system, it remains clear that Earth is exceptional. The question is: why? In Lucky Planet, astrobiologist David Waltham argues that Earth’s climate stability is what makes it uniquely able to support life, and it is nothing short of luck that made such conditions possible. The four billion year-stretch of good weather that our planet has experienced is statistically so unlikely that chances are slim that we will ever encounter intelligent extraterrestrial others. Citing the factors that typically control a planet’s average temperature—including the size of its moon, as well as the rate of the Universe’s expansion—Waltham challenges the prevailing scientific consensus that Earth-like planets have natural stabilizing mechanisms that allow life to flourish. A lively exploration of the stars above and the ground beneath our feet, Lucky Planet seamlessly weaves the story of Earth and the worlds orbiting other stars to give us a new perspective of the surprising role chance plays in our place in the universe.
Download or read book Critical Zones written by Bruno Latour and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artists and writers portray the disorientation of a world facing climate change. This monumental volume, drawn from a 2020 exhibition at the ZKM Center for Art and Media, portrays the disorientation of life in world facing climate change. It traces this disorientation to the disconnection between two different definitions of the land on which modernizing humans live: the sovereign nation from which they derive their rights, and another one, hidden, from which they gain their wealth—the land they live on, and the land they live from. Charting the land they will inhabit, they find not a globe, not the iconic “blue marble,” but a series of critical zones—patchy, heterogenous, discontinuous. With short pieces, longer essays, and more than 500 illustrations, the contributors explore the new landscape on which it may be possible for humans to land—what it means to be “on Earth,” whether the critical zone, the Gaia, or the terrestrial. They consider geopolitical conflicts and tools redesigned for the new “geopolitics of life forms.” The “thought exhibition” described in this book can opens a fictional space to explore the new climate regime; the rest of the story is unknown. Contributors include Dipesh Chakrabarty, Pierre Charbonnier, Emanuele Coccia, Vinciane Despret, Jerôme Gaillarde, Donna Haraway, Joseph Leo Koerner, Timothy Lenton, Richard Powers, Simon Schaffer, Isabelle Stengers, Bronislaw Szerszynski, Jan A. Zalasiewicz, Siegfried Zielinski Copublished with ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
Author :Scientific American Editors Publisher :The Rosen Publishing Group ISBN 13 :9781404214033 Total Pages :138 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (14 download)
Book Synopsis Endangered Earth by : Scientific American Editors
Download or read book Endangered Earth written by Scientific American Editors and published by The Rosen Publishing Group. This book was released on 2008 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of articles that first appeared in Scientific American discussing the endangered earth.
Download or read book Planetary Health written by Samuel Myers and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human health depends on the health of the planet. Earth’s natural systems—the air, the water, the biodiversity, the climate—are our life support systems. Yet climate change, biodiversity loss, scarcity of land and freshwater, pollution and other threats are degrading these systems. The emerging field of planetary health aims to understand how these changes threaten our health and how to protect ourselves and the rest of the biosphere. Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves provides a readable introduction to this new paradigm. With an interdisciplinary approach, the book addresses a wide range of health impacts felt in the Anthropocene, including food and nutrition, infectious disease, non-communicable disease, dislocation and conflict, and mental health. It also presents strategies to combat environmental changes and its ill-effects, such as controlling toxic exposures, investing in clean energy, improving urban design, and more. Chapters are authored by widely recognized experts. The result is a comprehensive and optimistic overview of a growing field that is being adopted by researchers and universities around the world. Students of public health will gain a solid grounding in the new challenges their profession must confront, while those in the environmental sciences, agriculture, the design professions, and other fields will become familiar with the human consequences of planetary changes. Understanding how our changing environment affects our health is increasingly critical to a variety of disciplines and professions. Planetary Health is the definitive guide to this vital field.
