A NEW SCIENTIST BOOK OF THE YEAR A true hero Greta Thunberg A legendary conservationist. A lifetime spent fighting for nature. An indispensable message of hope. In a world that seems so troubled, how do w...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 07-Aug-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Grand Central Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781538758335)
Ben Weissenbachan L.A. native with little prior wilderness experiencetreks through the Alaskan tundra with a series of eccentric environmental scientists, and returns with a new perspective on technology and a revitalized sense of wonder for the...Lasīt vairāk
Does gender matter in global climate change? This timely and provocative book takes readers on a guided tour of basic climate science, then holds up a gender lens to find out what has been overlooked in popular discussion, research, and policy debat...Lasīt vairāk
This timely book uses vivid case studies to highlight the gendered impacts of climate changes. The new edition includes new chapters that takes account of the advances in climate research, environmental and social theory, and socio-cultural moveme...Lasīt vairāk
A guide to understanding the linkages that have been found between climate change and the growing severity and frequency of extreme weather events such as hurricanes, floods, droughts, and wildfires around the world-- Do scientists ex...Lasīt vairāk
Stories of Human Resilience in a Changing Climate offers a captivating glimpse into the human face of climate change.Despite extreme climate-related events witnessed globally, many struggle to connect such global phenomena to their o...Lasīt vairāk
Find hope to heal the relationship between our planet and all of its inhabitants, including humans, animals, and plants. Essays, visual narratives, and interviews explore practices of care and present possibilities for living different...Lasīt vairāk
Calibrating Coastal Resilience presents a conceptual reimagining of place in the era of climate change. The urban terroir framework introduced by the authors offers a holistic, data-driven approach to assessing vulnerabilities in the built...Lasīt vairāk
Calibrating Coastal Resilience presents a conceptual reimagining of place in the era of climate change. Using case studies from South Florida, the book illustrates the unique climate risks for this region with a focus on the preservation of historic...Lasīt vairāk
This book provides an overview of the geopolitical context and climate change risk profile of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region.Mapping existing scientific literature and key reports on MENA climate change impacts and future pr...Lasīt vairāk
Through extensive research and reporting, this boundary-crossing and highly readable survey of efforts to tackle climate change aims to replace our paralyzing fears with a restored sense of hope and determination.Climate ch...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 09-May-2025, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: Duke University Press, ISBN-13: 9781478031574)
A collage-style work in fragments, Lynne Huffers These Survivals brings together philosophy, memoir, poetry, and original multimedia artworks to articulate an ethics of living on a devastated planet. Focusing on climate change and mass specie...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 09-May-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Duke University Press, ISBN-13: 9781478028369)
These Survivals is an experimental manuscript that plays with form and genre to think and feel ethics in the age of the Anthropocene. A full color, collage-style work in fragments, the book brings together philosophy, poetry, and original artworks t...Lasīt vairāk
This edited volume uses the concept of fragility as a way to explore the work of care, maintenance, and repair of infrastructure in the anthropocene--...Lasīt vairāk
Penetrating, intensely personal, and impossible to put down, this is a book you need to read. Annie Proulx, winner of the Pulitzer Prize This book is a triumph. Bill McKibben A riveting, revelatory acc...Lasīt vairāk
This book provides a socio-legal analysis of the public participation of children in climate change matters, whilst developing a range of tools through which their participation can be increased. Climate change affects young people in many...Lasīt vairāk
In a rapidly changing climate, understanding the complex interactions between humans and wildlife is crucial for fostering coexistence. This book offers an in-depth analysis of how climate change exacerbates conflicts between local communities and...Lasīt vairāk
An exploration of carbons vital role in sustaining life, revealing its profound connections to nature, humanity and the planets history, while offering a hopeful perspective on embracing its potential to shape a sustainable future. An explo...Lasīt vairāk
Our current ecological crisis-featuring problems such as climate change, ocean acidification, and mass extinction-raises various moral issues, including a high probability of injustice and massive harm. This book defends a position called ecological...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Mar-2025, Other book format, Izdevniecība: Viking, ISBN-13: 9780698173293)
A journey into the world of carbon, the most versatile element on the planet, by the New York Times bestselling author Paul HawkenCarbon is the only element that animates the entirety of the living world. Though comprising a tin...Lasīt vairāk
This visually compelling book delves into the urgent reality of our changing climate. It explores the inevitability of global warming and its far-reaching consequences, providing convincing evidence that human actions have triggered chain reaction...Lasīt vairāk
Droughts have lurked behind Australias major nation-shaping moments from European settlement at Port Jackson to Federation. They have caused catastrophic damage to Aboriginal, colonial and modern societies and, of course, to the very land itself. In...Lasīt vairāk
Now as we stand at the crossroads, the steps taken by national governments, business communities and others involved in the negotiations will determine which path we will take as a world community, to mitigate and to adapt to climate change. As discu...Lasīt vairāk
This book combines philosophical approach to climate change (including a development debate and a discussion on need for equitable approach to climate change negotiations), with scientific facts and its impact on human health....Lasīt vairāk
This book is about how technoscientific drawings create coasts. It dwells on the lives of these images from Mumbai and follows surveyors, fishing communities, planners, amateur meteorologists, marine life advocates, and their visual projects. The bo...Lasīt vairāk
The first book fully devoted to the impact of climate change the elderly, focusing on issues of critical importance: aging in place; health and age in a warming world; responsibility for the climate crisis; climate-conscious consumption; planning...Lasīt vairāk
