Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal examines women's efforts to end mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia.
En el corazon del Pacifico Oriental, la isla Malpelo alberga una de las comunidades herpetologicas mas singulares del Neotropico: Anolis agassizi, Diploglossus millepunctatus y Phyllodactylus transversalis, tres especies de lagartos endemicos moldeados por el aislamiento extremo, la escasez de recursos y condiciones ambientales adversas.
How Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and Asian American farmers are reviving their ancestors' methods of growing foodand fighting climate change in the processA powerful movement is happening in farming todayfarmers are reconnecting with their roots to fight climate change.
Harnessing Machine Learning for Environmental Restoration and Surveillance is an extensive and comprehensive book, showcasing the applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence in environmental monitoring of the quality of air, soil, and water; prediction of environmental risks; optimization and prediction of remediation processes; and enhancement of resource management.
Harnessing Machine Learning for Environmental Restoration and Surveillance is an extensive and comprehensive book, showcasing the applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence in environmental monitoring of the quality of air, soil, and water; prediction of environmental risks; optimization and prediction of remediation processes; and enhancement of resource management.
How Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and Asian American farmers are reviving their ancestors' methods of growing foodand fighting climate change in the processA powerful movement is happening in farming todayfarmers are reconnecting with their roots to fight climate change.
Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal examines women's efforts to end mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia.
Forests have been at the fault lines of contact between African peasant communities in the Tanzanian coastal hinterland and outsiders for almost two centuries.
Winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel PrizeA powerful argument that greater inclusion of women in conservation and climate science is key to the future of the planetWomen are disproportionately impacted by climate change floods, droughts, and extreme temperatures overwhelmingly affect women in the short and long term.
Winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel PrizeA powerful argument that greater inclusion of women in conservation and climate science is key to the future of the planetWomen are disproportionately impacted by climate change floods, droughts, and extreme temperatures overwhelmingly affect women in the short and long term.
"e;River Dynamics and Integrated River Management"e; provides comprehensive information on rivers for integrated management, including natural processes, stresses resulting from human activities, and restoration of various parts of the river basin, including the watershed, mountain streams, alluvial rivers, estuaries, and natural and man-made lakes.
One of The Observer's 'Thirty books to help us understand the world'Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardRecycle.
A practical guide to eco-friendly and sustainable gardening for the modern worldWhile we might feel that our little gardens are insignificant in the grand scheme of things, quite the opposite is true.
'Your world will be larger for reading this book' CHLOE DALTON author of Raising Hare'The most persistent feeling, and one that Martins conveys beautifully, is one of awe at the sheer diversity and inventiveness of the living world' GUARDIANWelcome to the hidden, squirming world of parasites - some of the most misunderstood, and most important, creatures with whom we share the Earth.
A Comprehensive Book on Industrial Waste and Its Management is a practical reference that explains the sources, characteristics, treatment, and disposal of industrial wastes generated by various industries.
Nearly 90 percent of the earth's land surface is directly affected by human infrastructure and activities, yet less than 5 percent is legally "e;protected"e; for biodiversity conservation--and even most large protected areas have people living inside their boundaries.
In May 1967, internationally renowned activist Fannie Lou Hamer purchased forty acres of land in the Mississippi Delta, launching the Freedom Farms Cooperative (FFC).
Speaking at a 1913 National Geographic Society gala, Hiram Bingham III, the American explorer celebrated for finding the lost city of the Andes two years earlier, suggested that Machu Picchu is an awful name, but it is well worth remembering.
Artificial intelligence (AI) plays a pivotal role in advancing environmental stewardship by enabling innovative solutions to address pressing ecological challenges.
For seventy years, The Natural Gardens of North Carolina has been a must-read volume for anyone interested in wildflowers, native plants, ecology, or conservation in the state.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2024 im Fachbereich Umweltwissenschaften, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die zentrale Problemstellung dieser Arbeit liegt in der Verwendung von seltenen Erden für die Energiewende und den sich daraus ergebenen wirtschaftsethischen Problemen.
Diploma Thesis from the year 2005 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: 1,0, University of Bayreuth, language: English, abstract: To achieve a better understanding of how cadmium interferes with the calcium metabolism of freshwater mussels, four cadmium exposure experiments were performed with the freshwater clam Anodonta cygnea.
In the mid-1990s, residents of Anniston, Alabama, began a legal fight against the agrochemical company Monsanto over the dumping of PCBs in the citys historically African American and white working-class west side.
