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Planetary Health

Author : Samuel Myers
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610919661
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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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.

Planetary Book One

Author : Warren Ellis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781401271664
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book Planetary Book One written by Warren Ellis and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Planetary created by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday. Elijah Snow created by John Cassaday and Warren Ellis"

Planetary Astrobiology

Author : Victoria Meadows
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816540659
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Planetary Astrobiology written by Victoria Meadows and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are we alone in the universe? How did life arise on our planet? How do we search for life beyond Earth? These profound questions excite and intrigue broad cross sections of science and society. Answering these questions is the province of the emerging, strongly interdisciplinary field of astrobiology. Life is inextricably tied to the formation, chemistry, and evolution of its host world, and multidisciplinary studies of solar system worlds can provide key insights into processes that govern planetary habitability, informing the search for life in our solar system and beyond. Planetary Astrobiology brings together current knowledge across astronomy, biology, geology, physics, chemistry, and related fields, and considers the synergies between studies of solar systems and exoplanets to identify the path needed to advance the exploration of these profound questions. Planetary Astrobiology represents the combined efforts of more than seventy-five international experts consolidated into twenty chapters and provides an accessible, interdisciplinary gateway for new students and seasoned researchers who wish to learn more about this expanding field. Readers are brought to the frontiers of knowledge in astrobiology via results from the exploration of our own solar system and exoplanetary systems. The overarching goal of Planetary Astrobiology is to enhance and broaden the development of an interdisciplinary approach across the astrobiology, planetary science, and exoplanet communities, enabling a new era of comparative planetology that encompasses conditions and processes for the emergence, evolution, and detection of life.

Fundamental Planetary Science

Author : Jack J. Lissauer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107354617
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Fundamental Planetary Science written by Jack J. Lissauer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quantitative introduction to the Solar System and planetary systems science for advanced undergraduate students, this engaging new textbook explains the wide variety of physical, chemical and geological processes that govern the motions and properties of planets. The authors provide an overview of our current knowledge and discuss some of the unanswered questions at the forefront of research in planetary science and astrobiology today. They combine knowledge of the Solar System and the properties of extrasolar planets with astrophysical observations of ongoing star and planet formation, offering a comprehensive model for understanding the origin of planetary systems. The book concludes with an introduction to the fundamental properties of living organisms and the relationship that life has to its host planet. With more than 200 exercises to help students learn how to apply the concepts covered, this textbook is ideal for a one-semester or two-quarter course for undergraduate students.

Planetary Specters

Author : Neel Ahuja
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469664488
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Planetary Specters written by Neel Ahuja and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neel Ahuja tracks the figure of the climate refugee in public media and policy over the past decade, arguing that journalists, security experts, politicians, and nongovernmental organizations have often oversimplified climate change and obfuscated the processes that drive mass migration. To understand the systemic reasons for displacement, Ahuja argues, it is necessary to reframe climate disaster as interlinked with the history of capitalism and the global politics of race, wherein racist presumptions about agrarian underdevelopment and Indigenous knowledge mask how financial, development, migration, and climate adaptation policies reproduce growing inequalities. Drawing on the work of Cedric Robinson and theories of racial capitalism, Ahuja considers how the oil industry transformed the economic and geopolitical processes that lead to displacement. From South Asia to the Persian Gulf, Europe, and North America, Ahuja studies how Asian trade, finance, and labor connections have changed the nature of race, borders, warfare, and capitalism since the 1970s. Ultimately, Ahuja argues that only by reckoning with how climate change emerges out of longer histories of race, colonialism, and capitalism can we begin to build a sustainable and just future for those most affected by environmental change.

Absolute Planetary

Author : Warren Ellis
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1779509073
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (795 download)

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Download or read book Absolute Planetary written by Warren Ellis and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timeless story collected in brilliant Absolute format! An interdimensional peacekeeping force tasked with tracking down evidence of superhuman activities uncovers unknown paranormal secrets and histories, such as a World War II supercomputer that can access other universes, a ghostly spirit of vengeance, and a lost island of dying monsters. Follow Elijah Snow, Jakita Wagner, and the Drummer as they embark on adventures in Absolute Planetary! Collects Gen13 #33, Planetary #1-27, Planetary Vol. 1: All Over the World and Other Stories, Planetary/Batman: Night On Earth #1, Planetary Vol. 2: The Fourth Man, Planetary: All Over the World and Other Stories, Planetary: Crossing Worlds, Planetary Vol. 3: Leaving the 20th Century, Absolute Planetary Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, Planetary Vol. 4: Spacetime Archaeology, Wildstorm: A Celebration of 25 Years.

Planetary Sciences

Author : Imke de Pater
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107091616
Total Pages : 665 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Planetary Sciences written by Imke de Pater and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated second edition takes in the latest measurements. An authoritative introduction for graduate students in the physical sciences.

An Introduction to Planetary Atmospheres

Author : Agustin Sanchez-Lavega
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420067354
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis An Introduction to Planetary Atmospheres by : Agustin Sanchez-Lavega

Download or read book An Introduction to Planetary Atmospheres written by Agustin Sanchez-Lavega and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-06-27 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planetary atmospheres is a relatively new, interdisciplinary subject that incorporates various areas of the physical and chemical sciences, including geophysics, geophysical fluid dynamics, atmospheric science, astronomy, and astrophysics. Providing a much-needed resource for this cross-disciplinary field, An Introduction to Planetary Atmospheres presents current knowledge on atmospheres and the fundamental mechanisms operating on them. The author treats the topics in a comparative manner among the different solar system bodies—what is known as comparative planetology. Based on an established course, this comprehensive text covers a panorama of solar system bodies and their relevant general properties. It explores the origin and evolution of atmospheres, along with their chemical composition and thermal structure. It also describes cloud formation and properties, mechanisms in thin and upper atmospheres, and meteorology and dynamics. Each chapter focuses on these atmospheric topics in the way classically done for the Earth’s atmosphere and summarizes the most important aspects in the field. The study of planetary atmospheres is fundamental to understanding the origin of the solar system, the formation mechanisms of planets and satellites, and the day-to-day behavior and evolution of Earth’s atmosphere. With many interesting real-world examples, this book offers a unified vision of the chemical and physical processes occurring in planetary atmospheres. Ancillaries are available at www.ajax.ehu.es/planetary_atmospheres/

Planetary Remote Sensing and Mapping

Author : Bo Wu
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0429000502
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Planetary Remote Sensing and Mapping written by Bo Wu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early 21st century marks a new era in space exploration. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States, The European Space Agency (ESA), as well as space agencies of Japan, China, India, and other countries have sent their probes to the Moon, Mars, and other planets in the solar system. Planetary Remote Sensing and Mapping introduces original research and new developments in the areas of planetary remote sensing, photogrammetry, mapping, GIS, and planetary science resulting from the recent space exploration missions. Topics covered include: Reference systems of planetary bodies Planetary exploration missions and sensors Geometric information extraction from planetary remote sensing data Feature information extraction from planetary remote sensing data Planetary remote sensing data fusion Planetary data management and presentation Planetary Remote Sensing and Mapping will serve scientists and professionals working in the planetary remote sensing and mapping areas, as well as planetary probe designers, engineers, and planetary geologists and geophysicists. It also provides useful reading material for university teachers and students in the broader areas of remote sensing, photogrammetry, cartography, GIS, and geodesy.

Principles of Planetary Climate

Author : Raymond T. Pierrehumbert
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139495062
Total Pages : 679 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Principles of Planetary Climate written by Raymond T. Pierrehumbert and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-02 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the reader to all the basic physical building blocks of climate needed to understand the present and past climate of Earth, the climates of Solar System planets, and the climates of extrasolar planets. These building blocks include thermodynamics, infrared radiative transfer, scattering, surface heat transfer and various processes governing the evolution of atmospheric composition. Nearly four hundred problems are supplied to help consolidate the reader's understanding, and to lead the reader towards original research on planetary climate. This textbook is invaluable for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students in atmospheric science, Earth and planetary science, astrobiology, and physics. It also provides a superb reference text for researchers in these subjects, and is very suitable for academic researchers trained in physics or chemistry who wish to rapidly gain enough background to participate in the excitement of the new research opportunities opening in planetary climate.

Gerard P. Kuiper and the Rise of Modern Planetary Science

Author : Derek W. G. Sears
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0816539006
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Gerard P. Kuiper and the Rise of Modern Planetary Science written by Derek W. G. Sears and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A balanced biography of Gerard P. Kuiper and his critical role in the emergence of modern planetary science"--Provided by publisher.

Lunar and Planetary Rovers

Author : Anthony Young
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387685472
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book Lunar and Planetary Rovers written by Anthony Young and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-07-05 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book fills a need for a complete history of the Lunar Roving Vehicle used on Apollo 15, 16 and 17, drawing on many photographs never before published. It also tells the story of the robotic rovers used on Mars, and concludes with a description of the new designs of rovers planned for The New Vision for Exploration now underway at NASA. The book provides extensive quotes from the astronauts who drove the LRV on the Moon from interviews conducted especially for the book. It also details new material from interviews of engineers and managers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory covering the robotic rovers, Sojourner, Sprit and Opportunity.

Planetary Improvement

Author : Jesse Goldstein
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262535076
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Planetary Improvement written by Jesse Goldstein and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of clean technology entrepreneurship finds that “green capitalism” is more capitalist than green. Entrepreneurs and investors in the green economy have encouraged a vision of addressing climate change with new technologies. In Planetary Improvement, Jesse Goldstein examines the cleantech entrepreneurial community in order to understand the limitations of environmental transformation within a capitalist system. Reporting on a series of investment pitches by cleantech entrepreneurs in New York City, Goldstein describes investor-friendly visions of incremental improvements to the industrial status quo that are hardly transformational. He explores a new “green spirit of capitalism,” a discourse of planetary improvement, that aims to “save the planet” by looking for “non-disruptive disruptions,” technologies that deliver “solutions” without changing much of what causes the underlying problems in the first place. Goldstein charts the rise of business environmentalism over the last half of the twentieth century and examines cleantech's unspoken assumptions of continuing cheap and abundant energy. Recounting the sometimes conflicting motivations of cleantech entrepreneurs and investors, he argues that the cleantech innovation ecosystem and its Schumpetarian dynamic of creative destruction are built around attempts to control creativity by demanding that transformational aspirations give way to short-term financial concerns. As a result, capitalist imperatives capture and stifle visions of sociotechnical possibility and transformation. Finally, he calls for a green spirit that goes beyond capitalism, in which sociotechnical experimentation is able to break free from the narrow bonds and relative privilege of cleantech entrepreneurs and the investors that control their fate.

The Climate of History in a Planetary Age

Author : Dipesh Chakrabarty
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022673305X
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Climate of History in a Planetary Age written by Dipesh Chakrabarty and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past decade, historian Dipesh Chakrabarty has been one of the most influential scholars addressing the meaning of climate change. Climate change, he argues, upends long-standing ideas of history, modernity, and globalization. The burden of The Climate of History in a Planetary Age is to grapple with what this means and to confront humanities scholars with ideas they have been reluctant to reconsider—from the changed nature of human agency to a new acceptance of universals. Chakrabarty argues that we must see ourselves from two perspectives at once: the planetary and the global. This distinction is central to Chakrabarty’s work—the globe is a human-centric construction, while a planetary perspective intentionally decenters the human. Featuring wide-ranging excursions into historical and philosophical literatures, The Climate of History in a Planetary Age boldly considers how to frame the human condition in troubled times. As we open ourselves to the implications of the Anthropocene, few writers are as likely as Chakrabarty to shape our understanding of the best way forward.

Planetary Diagrams for Roman Astronomy in Medieval Europe, Ca. 800-1500

Author : Bruce Eastwood
Publisher : American Philosophical Society
ISBN 13 : 9780871699435
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Planetary Diagrams for Roman Astronomy in Medieval Europe, Ca. 800-1500 written by Bruce Eastwood and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on 2004 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early medieval astronomy, esp. in the era of Charlemagne & his successors, consisted of texts that went far beyond the boundaries of computus, which modern scholars have long believed to be the only significant context for astronomical studies of that time. The texts contained innovative diagrams where no other sign of divergence from the text could be seen. Such diagrams were found to provide an indication of understandings of the texts -- which were different from those of modern scholars. Contents: Astronomy & Its Teaching in Carolingian Europe; Functions & Locations of Planetary Diagrams; Sources & Topics of Planetary Diagrams; Plinian Diagrams; Macrobian Diagrams; Calcidian Diagrams; & Capellan Diagrams. Illus. This is a print on demand publication.

Planetary

Author : Warren Ellis
Publisher : Wildstorm
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Planetary written by Warren Ellis and published by Wildstorm. This book was released on 2004 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects three stand alone stories based on the characters in the Planetary series.

Origin and Evolution of Planetary and Satellite Atmospheres

Author : S. K. Atreya
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816511051
Total Pages : 902 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Origin and Evolution of Planetary and Satellite Atmospheres written by S. K. Atreya and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An integrated discussion of the similarities and differences between the atmospheres of various bodies of the solar system, including the Earth.