Conservation of the environment

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring antagonized some of the most powerful interests in the nation--including the farm block and the agricultural chemical industry--and helped launch the modern environmental movement.

Agricultural droughts affect whole societies, leading to higher food costs, threatened economies, and even famine.

As humanity presses down inexorably on the natural world, people debate the extent to which we can save the Earth's millions of different species without sacrificing human economic welfare.

Never in history has life been so complicated and full of sudden changes.

Few people know that nearly 100 native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia's 250 aboriginal languages have vanished.

This book brings together in compact form a broad scientific and sociopolitical view of US wetlands.

The underlying theme of this book is that a widespread, taxonomically diverse group of animals, important both from ecological and human resource perspectives, remains poorly understood and in delcine, while receiving scant attention from the ecological and conservation community.

Charging Ahead is a classic tale of perseverance against daunting odds in the pursuit of a personal dream--and an environmental revolution.

From the lush forests of Appalachia to the frozen tundra of Alaska, and from the tallgrass prairies of the Midwest to the subtropical rainforests of Hawaii, the United States harbors a remarkable array of ecosystems.

Some trees and birds are made for each other.

Scores of wild species and ecosystems around the world face a variety of human-caused threats, from habitat destruction and fragmentation to rapid climate change.

There are few creatures more beautiful, aloof, and fascinating than giraffes.

There are few creatures more beautiful, aloof, and fascinating than giraffes.

In his 1958 "e;kitchen debate"e; with Nikita Khrushchev, Richard Nixon argued that the freedom to consume defined the American way of life.

In his 1958 "e;kitchen debate"e; with Nikita Khrushchev, Richard Nixon argued that the freedom to consume defined the American way of life.

A lively and accessible discussion of how architecture functions in a complex world of obligation and responsibility, with a preface offering specific discussion of architecture during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

A lively and accessible discussion of how architecture functions in a complex world of obligation and responsibility, with a preface offering specific discussion of architecture during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Phosphorus is essential to the production of our food, and it also triggers algal blooms in lakes, rivers, and oceans when it slips through our hands.

Mark Rowlands presents a novel analysis of three epoch-defining environmental problems: climate, extinction, and pestilence.

Mark Rowlands presents a novel analysis of three epoch-defining environmental problems: climate, extinction, and pestilence.

The passage of the Clean Air Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970 marked a sweeping transformation in American politics.

The passage of the Clean Air Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970 marked a sweeping transformation in American politics.

Dead zones are on the rise.

This is the ninth volume of ten in the The Natural History of the Crustacea Series.

The woolly spider monkey, or muriqui, is one of the most endangered primate species in the world today.

Nearly 700 species of plants may become extinct by the year 2000.

With both the growing importance of integrating studies of air-sea interaction and the interest in the general problem of global warming, the appearance of the second edition of this popular text is especially welcome.

The apparent decline in numbers among many species of migratory songbirds is a timely subject in conservation biology, particularly for ornithologists, ecologists, and wildlife managers.

There is much we can learn about conservation from native peoples, says Gene Anderson.

During the past century, tropical rain forests have been reduced to about half of their original area, with a consequent loss of biodiversity.

In Tropical Forest Ecology, Egbert G.

The current ecological crisis is a matter of urgent global concern, with solutions being sought on many fronts.

In just the last few years, behavioral ecologists have begun to address issues in conservation biology.

During the late 1960s and 1970s, massive herds of poisonous crown-of-thorns starfish suddenly began to infest coral reef communities around the world, leaving in their wake devastation comparable to a burnt-out rainforest.

The vast majority of people in the industrialized world consider themselves environmentalists.

Coral reefs are among Earth's most diverse, productive, and beautiful ecosystems, but until recently, their ecology and the means to manage them have been poorly understood and documented.

The black rhino is nature's tank, feared by all animals.

In Aldo Leopold and an Ecological Conscience ecologists, wildlife biologists, and other professional conservationists explore the ecological legacy of Aldo Leopold and his A Sand County Almanac and his contributions to the environmental movement, the philosophy of science, and natural resource management.

Conservation medicine is an emerging discipline, focussing on the intersection of ecosystem health, animal health, and human health.

This book describes the biodiversity and biogeography of nothern Mexico, documents the biological importance of regional ecosystems and the impacts of human land use on the conservation status of plants and wildlife.

Can we prevent the destruction of the world's tropical forests?

This book offers a powerful response to what Varner calls the "e;two dogmas of environmental ethics"e;--the assumptions that animal rights philosophies and anthropocentric views are each antithetical to sound environmental policy.

Molecular techniques are proving invaluable in determining the phylogenetic status of potentially endangered species, for investigating mechanisms of speciation, and for measuring the genetic structure of populations.

A beautiful, urgent and personal exploration of bogs and the role they must play in saving our planet - for fans of Otherlands and The Last Rainforests of Britain Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2025 'A fascinating, impassioned invitation into the hidden mystery of bogs' - OLIVIA LAING, author of The Garden Against Time'Enchanting .

A history of scientific ideas about extinction that explains why we learned to value diversity as a precious resource at the same time as we learned to "e;think catastrophically"e; about extinction.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Coral reefs are among the most beautiful, and most diverse, of ecosystems.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Coral reefs are among the most beautiful, and most diverse, of ecosystems.

The global loss of biodiversity is occurring at an unprecedented pace.

The deep ocean is by far the planet's largest biome and holds a wealth of potential natural assets.

Conservation physiology is a rapidly expanding, multidisciplinary field that utilizes physiological knowledge and tools to understand and solve conservation challenges.