Climate change

'Amazing.

An exploration of the wondrous ecosystems in our gardens and a call to rewild the places where we live.

A stunning new graphic novel and rallying cry to protect the planet, from the Costa-award-winning authors of Dotter of Her Father s EyesSet against the backdrop of disastrous flooding in the North of England, Rain dramatically chronicles the developing relationship between two young women, one of whom is a committed environmental campaigner.

I love this book each of the 39 case studies is inspiring and provides the reader with optimism for our future.

A hard-SF cli-fi saga set against the background of the birth of the solar system.

A prescient and chilling climate change thriller set on the harsh landscape of Antarctica from one of the best science fiction writers of the present dayThe great geoengineering projects have failed.

*NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BEST TRAVEL BOOKS OF 2020*The curious and vanishing world of ice in Greenland, told through 24 hours in the life of a polar scientist.

As the planet warms, winter is shrinking.

'A very funny, important and only moderately terrifying clarion call of a book' - Adam Kay'HOT MESS provides loads of laughs about "e;the climate situation"e; and will position you at the right point between fear and determination' - Mark Watson 'Hilarious, informative and worrying in equal measure.

'This is Bill McKibben at his glorious best.

The end of life, the universe and humanity as we know it in a handy A to Z format.

Revised Edition with New Afterword from the Author Time #1 Nonfiction Book of the YearFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award Over 3 million copies sold in 35 Languages"e;On the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and immediately begins cleaning house - or houses, that is.

Is international terrorism really the single greatest threat to world security?

A beautiful and profound natural history of snow from the bestselling, award-winning Swedish environmentalist Sverker S rlin, exploring the cultural, scientific, artistic and existential significance of what is, due to climate-change, fast-becoming a vanishing fact of nature.

The multi-disciplinary perspective provided here offers a strategic view on built environment issues and improve understanding of how built environment activities potentially induce global warming and climate change.

The multi-disciplinary perspective provided here offers a strategic view on built environment issues and improve understanding of how built environment activities potentially induce global warming and climate change.

Remote Sensing plays a key role in monitoring the various manifestations of global climate change.

Remote Sensing plays a key role in monitoring the various manifestations of global climate change.

Global warming and climate change present complex interlocking issues of public policy, multilateral negotiation, and technological advancement.

Trace gases are those that are present in the atmosphere at relatively low concentrations.

Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast is a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of global warming.

Dieser Tagungsband dokumentiert das Symposium Dürnstein 2024 zum Thema WAS WERDEN WIR MORGEN ESSEN?

* Further substantial climate change is unavoidable and the risks to the natural world, the economy and our everyday lives are immense.

The polar bear is one of the most recognisable animals on the planet.

Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him.

The Earth's climate system depends entirely on the Sun for its energy.

In the 1990s Richard B.

A gripping journey through the icy regions of our changing planetFrom the Arctic Ocean and ice sheets of Greenland, to the glaciers of the Andes and Himalayas, to the great frozen desert of Antarctica, The White Planet takes readers on a spellbinding scientific journey through the shrinking world of ice and snow to tell the story of the expeditions and discoveries that have transformed our understanding of global climate.

A severe thunderstorm morphs into a tornado that cuts a swath of destruction through Oklahoma.

Imagine a world where your autistic child is included, engaged and cherished for how they are; a world which changes for autistic children, rather than changing the child.

Over the past century, our species has made unprecedented technological innovations with which we have sought to control nature.

The impact on climate from 200 years of industrial development is an everyday fact of life, but did humankind's active involvement in climate change really begin with the industrial revolution, as commonly believed?

How devastating viruses, pandemics, and other natural catastrophes swept through the far-flung Roman Empire and helped to bring down one of the mightiest civilizations of the ancient worldHere is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire.

An insider account of how researchers unraveled the mystery of the thawing ArcticIn the 1990s, researchers in the Arctic noticed that floating summer sea ice had begun receding.

The volatility of climate change is increasing.

The volatility of climate change is increasing.

The demands placed on land, water, energy and other natural resources are exacerbated as the world population continues to increase together with the expectations of economic growth.

The demands placed on land, water, energy and other natural resources are exacerbated as the world population continues to increase together with the expectations of economic growth.

Urban transport systems worldwide are faced by a multitude of challenges.

Urban transport systems worldwide are faced by a multitude of challenges.

Water management in industrialised western countries has long been seen as a technical process associated with pipes, drains and bureaucracies.

Water management in industrialised western countries has long been seen as a technical process associated with pipes, drains and bureaucracies.

Despite the clear link between climate change and human rights with the potential for virtually all protected rights to be undermined as a result of climate change, its catastrophic impact on human beings was not really understood as a human rights issue until recently.

Despite the clear link between climate change and human rights with the potential for virtually all protected rights to be undermined as a result of climate change, its catastrophic impact on human beings was not really understood as a human rights issue until recently.

This book demonstrates how agriculture can play a determining role in integrated, climate-optimised urban development.

This book demonstrates how agriculture can play a determining role in integrated, climate-optimised urban development.

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the interactions and feedbacks between urbanization and global environmental change.

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the interactions and feedbacks between urbanization and global environmental change.

The integration of renewable energy resources into the electricity grid presents an important challenge.