Pollution and threats to the environment

How the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquityScientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitute the single greatest threat facing our planet and may even bring about the extinction of our species.

This book compares how the social consequences of climate change are similarly unevenly distributed within China and the United States, despite different political systems.

This radical book aims to inject new insight and urgency into the discourse on the retrofitting of commercial and residential buildings in the face of the climate emergency.

In this fully revised third edition, Corinna Laurie sets out practical strategies to help autistic children develop their sensory and motor skills.

The history of mining is replete with controversy of which much is related to environmental damage and consequent community outrage.

This book is created for a diverse audience that includes geologists and Earth scientists studying the impacts of geological processes on human health, as well as health professionals and medical researchers interested in the environmental determinants of health.

Rapidly developing countries such as China and India are the real main players in the climate debate, with the potential for massive increases in their carbon emissions in coming years.

The importance of Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is increasing due, in part, to recent major disasters throughout the world.

This book provides one of the first systematic introductions to the Japanese concept of life-environmentalism, Seikatsu-Kankyo Shugi.

In Feeding a Divided America, third-generation Montana rancher and international agriculture development specialist Gilles Stockton explores the causes of what he refers to as the rural-urban divide and how this widening chasm between rural America and urban centers threatens our democracy.

This book provides a theoretical and empirical examination of the links between environmental change, land grabbing, and migration, drawing on research conducted in Senegal and Cambodia.

The book covers the chemistry of various nanosponges, as well as the methods for synthesizing them and altering them chemically, as well as their characterization and uses in environmental remediation.

Accounting literature has viewed sustainability in terms of social, economic and environmental performances.

The conservation of Earth's forest ecosystems is one of the great environmental challenges facing humanity in the 21st century.

This detailed volume examines the complex study of the assessment of in situ bioavailability and toxicity of organic chemicals in aquatic systems with a toolbox of reliable techniques.

The book contains an analysis of theoretical dependences, bottlenecks and limiting factors of a new technology used in both Consteel and shaft furnaces operating with flat bath.

Das Handbuch "HÜTTE Umweltschutztechnik" ist ein praxisorientiertes Nachschlagewerk zu den wichtigsten Grundlagen des Umweltschutzes.

"e;Voskoboynik's book offers an exhilarating introduction to our ecological crisis, what caused it, and how we can imagine a better future.

Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas: Symbiotic Indigeneity, Commoning, Sustainability showcases how the eco-geological creativity of the earth is integrally woven into the landforms, cultures, and cosmovisions of modern Himalayan communities.

An overview of the forms of agency in urban climate politics, discussing their strengths, limitations, and the power dynamics between them.

The more the global north has learned about the existential threat of climate change, the faster it has emitted greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

Phase 1 of the EPSRC SUPERGEN Wind programme began in March 2006 and work continued under Phase 2 until March 2014.

This book compiles 15 chapters about the synthesis, characterizations, and application of many kinds of magnetic adsorbents for water treatment.

Chocolate is the center of a massive global industry worth billions of dollars annually, yet its future in our modern world is currently under threat.

Climate Change Law and Policy in the Middle East and North AfricaRegion provides an in-depth and authoritative examination of the guiding principles of climate change law and policy in the MENA region.

The term "e;food security"e; does not immediately signal research done in humanities disciplines.

A 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLEExploring how climate change has configured the international arena since the 1950s, this book reveals the ways that climate change emerged and evolved as an international problem, and how states, scientists and non-governmental organizations have engaged in diplomatic efforts to address it.

This book explores cultural sustainability and its relationships to heritage from a wide interdisciplinary perspective.

Algae, generally held as the principal primary producers of aquatic systems, inhabit all conceivable habitats.

Environmental Sociology and Social Transformation demonstrates how sociological theory and research are critical for understanding the social drivers of global environmental destruction and the conditions for transformative change.

In preparation for the United Nation's Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, this study aimed to detail enduring environmental issues that might or might not have been considered at the conference.

This book develops a politico-ethical response to climate change that accounts for the novelty and uncertainty that it entails.

Sustainability Principles and Practice gives an accessible and comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of sustainability.

This book calls for more holistic place-based action to address the social and environmental crisis, deploying the Deep Place approach as one contribution to the toolbox of actions that will underpin the UN Decade of Action towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

This book aims to draw readers' attention to the benefits once present nature in Azerbaijan.

Robert Wuthnow has been praised as one of "e;the country's best social scientists"e; by columnist David Brooks, who hails his writing as "e;tremendously valuable.

Marine extremes, as they are conceived of in this volume, encompass environments, activities, events and impacts.

The Acid Rain 2000 Conference in Tsukuba, Japan, held 10-16 December 2000, was the sixth such conference in the series, starting with Columbus, Ohio, USA, in 1975, and including Sandefjord, Norway, in 1980, Muskoka, Canada, in 1985, Glasgow, UK, in 1990, and Goteborg, Sweden, in 1995.

This book is a valuable contribution to the debate about the harmful effects of environmental toxicants on human health, which is a growing concern in the 21st century.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an important concept in the last few decades.

This book discusses the continued emphasis on development gains in India's national policies and its quest to meet sustainable development goals.

Nourished by fears of global warming and climate change, water has become an issue of international concern.

The link between justice and climate change is becoming increasingly prominent in public debates on climate policy.

The importance of the effective management of the natural environment has become vital over the past few decades.

This volume studies the challenges of climate change in South Asia and examines the role of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in addressing them.

A comprehensive overview of the climate crisis and need for a renewable energy transition, and the current blocks to progress.

The year 2009 will be pivotal for Earth's climate.