Pollution and threats to the environment

Introduction to Environmental Toxicology is designed as a concise text, introducing students to the fundamentals of this important subject.

Introduction to Environmental Toxicology is designed as a concise text, introducing students to the fundamentals of this important subject.

* Provides specific examples of germplasm research related to climate change threats* Edited by internationally renowned experts in the field* The final chapter of the book draws a synthesis of the many issues raised within the book

In a changing climate, livestock production is expected to exhibit dual roles of mitigation and adaptation in order to meet the challenge of food security.

Forest fragmentation will inevitably continue over the coming years, especially in developing economies.

This book provides a detailed analysis of the economic and environmental impacts of climate change on the tropical ecosystems in Tanzania.

This book provides a detailed analysis of the economic and environmental impacts of climate change on the tropical ecosystems in Tanzania.

Planetary Health - the idea that human health and the health of the environment are inextricably linked - encourages the preservation and sustainability of natural systems for the benefit of human health.

Planetary Health - the idea that human health and the health of the environment are inextricably linked - encourages the preservation and sustainability of natural systems for the benefit of human health.

Although poisonous substances have been a hazard for the whole of human history, it is only with the development and large-scale production of new chemical substances over the last two centuries that toxic, manmade pollutants have become such a varied and widespread danger.

This edited volume explores the crucial intersections between Indigenous Land-Based Knowledge (ILK), sustainability, settler colonialism, and the ongoing environmental crisis.

The environmental crisis under way is unique in human history.

With the concept of the Imperial Mode of Living, Brand and Wissen highlight the fact that capitalism implies uneven development as well as a constant and accelerating universalisation of a Western mode of production and living.

The reality of runaway climate change is inextricably linked with the mass consumerist, capitalist society in which we live.

As we rebuild our lives in the wake of Covid-19 and face the challenges of ecological disaster, how can the left win a world fit for life?

In 2008 the first Green New Deal was devised by Pettifor and a group of English economists and thinkers, but was ignored within the tumults of the financial crash.

All politics are climate politics in the twenty-first century - and this bold book argues for a Green New Deal that confronts both climate change and inequalityThe age of climate gradualism is over, as unprecedented disasters are exacerbated by inequalities of race and class.

The Great Adaptation tells the story of how scientists, governments and corporations have tried to deal with the challenge that climate change poses to capitalism by promoting adaptation to the consequences of climate change, rather than combating its causes.

Mobility justice is one of the crucial political and ethical issues of our day.

It took nearly sixty years for a meaningful climate change bill to run the politicalgauntlet from Capitol Hill to the Oval Office.

As the global pursuit for environmental sustainability and circular water economy grows ever ambitious, this book explores recent trends, methods, and advancements in industrial wastewater treatment.

A Guardian 'Top 10 Nature Memoirs' pick'Poetic and heartful' GuardianIcelandic author and activist Andri Snaer Magnason's 'Letter to the Future', an extraordinary and moving eulogy for the lost Okjokull glacier, made global news and was shared by millions.

The concept of a circular economy has been gaining increasing attention in recent years.

The concept of a circular economy has been gaining increasing attention in recent years.

Environmental remediation technologies to control or prevent pollution from hazardous waste material is a growing research area in academia and industry, and is a matter of utmost concern to public health, to improve ecology and to facilitate the redevelopment of a contaminated site.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) and "e;negative emissions"e; technologies will play an essential role in mitigating the impact of global warming and meeting the temperature targets set by the IPCC and by COP21.

The long-term future for coal looks bleak.

The first concerns that come to mind in relation to pollution from road vehicles are direct emissions of carbon dioxide and toxic air pollutants.

The first concerns that come to mind in relation to pollution from road vehicles are direct emissions of carbon dioxide and toxic air pollutants.

The long-term future for coal looks bleak.

Since 2009, international climate activism has focused on stopping coalmining in solidarity with local and Indigenous struggles that are resisting coalmining.

'We don't just come out once.

Twice exceptionality (2e) is not well understood.

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Under ongoing climate change, natural and cultivated habitats of major food crops are being continuously disturbed.

The interaction of sustainability governance and global value chains has crucial implications the world over.

The interaction of sustainability governance and global value chains has crucial implications the world over.

Approaching the issues of climate change and climate justice from a range of diverse perspectives including those of culture, gender, indigeneity, race, and sexuality, as well as challenging colonial histories and capitalist presents, Climate Futures boldly addresses the apparent inevitability of climate chaos.

Approaching the issues of climate change and climate justice from a range of diverse perspectives including those of culture, gender, indigeneity, race, and sexuality, as well as challenging colonial histories and capitalist presents, Climate Futures boldly addresses the apparent inevitability of climate chaos.

The Myth of Development boldly states that the benefits of development, so long promised over the past sixty years, have not come about for most people.

The Myth of Development boldly states that the benefits of development, so long promised over the past sixty years, have not come about for most people.

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, but few would consider it a social good.

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, but few would consider it a social good.