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The Changing Mile Revisited

Author : Raymond M. Turner
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816546851
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Changing Mile Revisited written by Raymond M. Turner and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Changing Mile, originally published in 1965, was a benchmark in ecological studies, demonstrating the prevalence of change in a seemingly changeless place. Photographs made throughout the Sonoran Desert region in the late 1800s and early 1900s were juxtaposed with photographs of the same locations taken many decades later. The nearly one hundred pairs of images revealed that climate has played a strong role in initiating many changes in the region. This new book updates the classic by adding recent photographs to the original pairs, providing another three decades of data and showing even more clearly the extent of change across the landscape. During these same three decades, abundant information about climatic variability, land use, and plant ecology has accumulated, making it possible to determine causes of change with more confidence. Using nearly two hundred additional triplicate sets of unpublished photographs, The Changing Mile Revisited utilizes repeat photographs selected from almost three hundred stations located in southern Arizona, in the Pinacate region of Mexico, and along the coast of the Gulf of California. Coarse photogrammetric analysis of this enlarged photographic set shows the varied response of the region's major plant species to the forces of change. The images show vegetation across the entire region at sites ranging in elevation from sea level to a mile above sea level. Some sites are truly arid, while others are located above the desert in grassland and woodland. Common names are used for most plants and animals (with Latin equivalents in endnotes) to make the book more accessible to non-technical readers. The original Changing Mile was based upon a unique set of data that allowed the authors to evaluate the extent and magnitude of vegetation change in a large geographic region. By extending the original landmark study, The Changing Mile Revisited will remain an indispensable reference for all concerned with the fragile desert environment.

The Changing Mile Revisited

Author : Raymond Turner (et al)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book The Changing Mile Revisited written by Raymond Turner (et al) and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Changing Mile

Author : James Rodney Hastings
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Changing Mile written by James Rodney Hastings and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using materials drawn from a variety of disciplines, this book explores the repective parts played by man and climate in altering the face of the arid Southwest of the United States and the arid Northwest of Mexico.

The Changing Mile: a Necological Study of Vegetation Change with Time in the Lower Mile of an Arid and Semiarid Region

Author : James Rodney HASTINGS
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (112 download)

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Book Synopsis The Changing Mile: a Necological Study of Vegetation Change with Time in the Lower Mile of an Arid and Semiarid Region by : James Rodney HASTINGS

Download or read book The Changing Mile: a Necological Study of Vegetation Change with Time in the Lower Mile of an Arid and Semiarid Region written by James Rodney HASTINGS and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Changing Mile

Author : J. R. Hastings
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (672 download)

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Download or read book The Changing Mile written by J. R. Hastings and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Two-Mile Time Machine

Author : Richard B. Alley
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400852242
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Two-Mile Time Machine written by Richard B. Alley and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-26 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1990s Richard B. Alley and his colleagues made headlines with the discovery that the last ice age came to an abrupt end over a period of only three years. In The Two-Mile Time Machine, Alley tells the fascinating history of global climate changes as revealed by reading the annual rings of ice from cores drilled in Greenland. He explains that humans have experienced an unusually temperate climate compared to the wild fluctuations that characterized most of prehistory. He warns that our comfortable environment could come to an end in a matter of years and tells us what we need to know in order to understand and perhaps overcome climate changes in the future. In a new preface, the author weighs in on whether our understanding of global climate change has altered in the years since the book was first published, what the latest research tells us, and what he is working on next.

The Last Mile

Author : Dilip Soman
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442616644
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book The Last Mile written by Dilip Soman and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most organizations spend much of their effort on the start of the value creation process: namely, creating a strategy, developing new products or services, and analyzing the market. They pay a lot less attention to the end: the crucial “last mile” where consumers come to their website, store, or sales representatives and make a choice. In The Last Mile, Dilip Soman shows how to use insights from behavioral science in order to close that gap. Beginning with an introduction to the last mile problem and the concept of choice architecture, the book takes a deep dive into the psychology of choice, money, and time. It explains how to construct behavioral experiments and understand the data on preferences that they provide. Finally, it provides a range of practical tools with which to overcome common last mile difficulties. The Last Mile helps lay readers not only to understand behavioral science, but to apply its lessons to their own organizations’ last mile problems, whether they work in business, government, or the nonprofit sector. Appealing to anyone who was fascinated by Dan Ariely’s Predictably Irrational, Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein’s Nudge, or Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow but was not sure how those insights could be practically applied, The Last Mile is full of solid, concrete advice on how to put the lessons of behavioral science to work.

Being the Change

Author : Peter Kalmus
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1771422432
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (714 download)

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Download or read book Being the Change written by Peter Kalmus and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A plethora of insights about nature and ourselves, revealed by one man’s journey as he comes to terms with human exploitation of our planet.” —Dr. James Hansen, climate scientist and former director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies Life on one-tenth the fossil fuels turns out to be awesome. We all want to be happy. Yet as we consume ever more in a frantic bid for happiness, global warming worsens. Alarmed by drastic changes now occurring in the Earth’s climate systems, Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist and suburban father of two, embarked on a journey to change his life and the world. He began by bicycling, growing food, meditating, and making other simple, fulfilling changes. Ultimately, he slashed his climate impact to under a tenth of the US average and became happier in the process. Being the Change explores the connections between our individual daily actions and our collective predicament. It merges science, spirituality, and practical action to develop a satisfying and appropriate response to global warming. Part one exposes our interconnected predicament: overpopulation, global warming, industrial agriculture, growth-addicted economics, a sold-out political system, and a mindset of separation from nature. It also includes a readable but authoritative overview of climate science. Part two offers a response at once obvious and unprecedented: mindfully opting out of this broken system and aligning our daily lives with the biosphere. The core message is deeply optimistic: living without fossil fuels is not only possible, it can be better. “In this timely and provocative book, Peter Kalmus points out that changing the world has to start with changing our own lives. It’s a crucial message that needs to be heard.” —John Michael Greer, author of After Progress and The Retro Future

Thousand-Mile Song

Author : David Rothenberg
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465012469
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Thousand-Mile Song written by David Rothenberg and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-04-29 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Thousand Mile Song, musician and philosopher David Rothenberg uses the enigma of whale sounds to explore whether we can truly understand nonhuman minds. Interviewing scholars around the world as they attempt to decipher underwater music, Rothenberg tells the story of scientists and artists confronting an unknown as vast as the ocean. Along the way, he plays his clarinet live with whales in their native habitats, from Russia to Hawaii, making interspecies music that appears on the included CD. Richly detailed and deeply entertaining, Thousand Mile Song is an imaginative look at the most intriguing creatures of the ocean.

Engineering News

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Engineering News written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Official Proceedings of the New York Railroad Club

Author : New York Railroad Club
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1376 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Official Proceedings of the New York Railroad Club written by New York Railroad Club and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario

Author : Ontario. Legislative Assembly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario written by Ontario. Legislative Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Doorstep Mile

Author : Alastair Humphreys
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781916308800
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Doorstep Mile written by Alastair Humphreys and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether at work or home, taking the first step to begin a new venture is daunting. This is the Doorstep Mile, the hardest part of every journey. The Doorstep Mile will reveal why you want to change direction, what's stopping you, and how to build an adventurous spirit into your busy daily life. Dream big, but start small.

The Thousand Mile Summer in Desert and High Sierra

Author : Colin Fletcher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Thousand Mile Summer in Desert and High Sierra written by Colin Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of a six month hike along California's mountain backbone from the Mexican to the Oregon border.

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, General Managment Plan Amendment

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, General Managment Plan Amendment written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Official Reports of the Debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada

Author : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1192 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Official Reports of the Debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada written by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Changing American Countryside

Author : Emery N. Castle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Changing American Countryside written by Emery N. Castle and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The literature on rural America, to the extent that it exists, has largely been written by urban-based scholars perpetuating out-of-date notions and stereotypes or by those who see little difference between rural and agricultural concerns. As a result, the real rural America remains much misunderstood, neglected, or ignored by scholars and policymakers alike. In response, Emery Castle offers The Changing American Countryside, a volume that will forever change how we look at this important subject. Castle brings together the writings of eminent scholars from several disciplines and varying backgrounds to take a fresh and comprehensive look at the "forgotten hinterlands." These authors examine the role of non-metropolitan people and places in the economic life of our nation and cover such diverse issues as poverty, industry, the environment, education, family, social problems, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, government, public policy, and regional diversity The authors are especially effective in demonstrating why rural America is so much more than just agriculture. It is in fact highly diverse, complex, and interdependent with urban America and the international market place. Most major rural problems, they contend, simply cannot be effectively addressed in isolation from their urban and international connections. To do so is misguided and even hazardous, when one-fourth of our population and ninety-seven per cent of our land area is rural. Together these writings not only provide a new and more realistic view of rural life and public policy, but also suggest how the field of rural studies can greatly enrich our understanding of national life.