Pollution and threats to the environment

Discover what you can do to save the planet from plastic.

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.

We got ourselves into this.

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.

*'Probably the best novel I'll read this year.

*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.

The lifeless moonscape of Canada's oil sand strip mines.

We have reached a pivotal moment for fishing, with seventy-five percent of the world's fish stocks either fully exploited or overfished.

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.

Utilizing environmental archival materials from the UK, State, Science and the Skies presents a groundbreaking historical account of the development of a state science of atmospheric pollution.

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.

Arsenic Pollution summarizes the most current research on the distribution and causes of arsenic pollution, its impact on health and agriculture, and solutions by way of water supply, treatment, and water resource management.

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.

The Earth Transformed answers the need for a concise, non-technical introduction to the ways in which the natural environment has been and is being affected by human activities.

As it has grown in length and level through successive edtions, the same author's Introduction to Ore Geology (now Ore Geology and Industrial Minerals) has left behind its original audience: first- and second -ear students.

The Handbook of Ecotoxicology provides a readily accessible, yet critical collection of information on ecotoxicological testing.

Coastal-Marine Conservation: Science and Policy introduces students and managers to complex conservation and management issues facing coastal nations of the world, their citizens, and international and non-governmental organizations.

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

Arsenic Pollution summarizes the most current research on the distribution and causes of arsenic pollution, its impact on health and agriculture, and solutions by way of water supply, treatment, and water resource management.

Utilizing environmental archival materials from the UK, State, Science and the Skies presents a groundbreaking historical account of the development of a state science of atmospheric pollution.

Now in its second edition, Pollution of Lakes and Rivers provides essential insights into present-day water quality problems from an international perspective.

Condensation Particle Counting Technology and Its Applications introduces the principles, key components, calibration methods, and applications of condensation particle counting systems.

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

Enough plastic is thrown away every year to circle the world 4 times More than 8 million tonnes of plastic enter the oceans each year 300 million tonnes of new plastic is produced every year An estimated 15-51 trillion pieces of plastic now litter the world's oceans 38.

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

Planet Earth is the most spectacular look at our planet that has ever been broadcast.

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

Climate change is not a matter of gradually increasing temperatures.

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

Concern over the effects of noise on marine life, particularly marine mammals, has emerged as a topic of considerable interest to both professionals and laypersons alike.

In line with the Water Framework Directive, this book stresses the need for an Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) approach to balance the competing demands on water-domestic, agricultural, industrial, tourism and environmental/ecological- and promote economically efficient, socially equitable and environmentally sustainable water use in selected regions from Southern Europe, the Mediterranean and the developing world.

All over the world countries struggle with water stress.

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.