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361) The power of big oil
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 195 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The fossil fuel industry's history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change.
362) Mobility: a novel
Author
Publisher
Crooked Media Reads, a Zando imprint
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1998. The Soviet Union is dissolved, the Cold War is over, and Bunny Glenn is a lonely American teenager in Azerbaijan with her Foreign Service family. Through Bunny's bemused eyes, we watch global interests flock to her temporary backyard for Caspian oil and pipeline access, hearing rumbles of the expansion of the American security state and the buildup to the War on Terror. We follow Bunny from adolescence to middle age--from Baku to...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Kids
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
121 pages : color illustrations, color maps, color portraits ; 30 cm
Language
English
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Description
The Arctic is changing--fast. The once-frozen landscape is melting before our eyes, and the effects can be felt around the world. But the Arctic is also the region we know the least about. Thick ice, extreme cold, and total darkness have always prevented scientists from uncovering its secrets. Until now. This science-based guide for middle readers follows the 2019 MOSAiC expedition on the largest expedition to the Arctic ever undertaken. On board...
Author
Publisher
Elsevier
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Natech Risk Assessment and Management: Reducing the Risk of Natural-Hazard Impact on Hazardous Installations covers the entire spectrum of issues pertinent to Natech risk assessment and management. After a thorough introduction of the topic that includes definitions of terms, authors Krausmann, Cruz, and Salzano discuss various examples of international frameworks and provide a detailed view of the implementation of Natech Risk Management in the EU...
Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
x, 245 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An assessment of the impact of global warming on human health cites spiraling rates of disease and heatstroke-related deaths and outlines a blueprint for protecting oneself from environment-related health challenges.
368) Climate change, disaster risk, and the urban poor: cities building resilience for a changing world
Series
Publisher
World Bank
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
xix, 297 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Publisher
Academic Press
Pub. Date
©2007
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xi, 295 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing global society. The debate over what to do is confounded by the uncertain relationship between increasing greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, and the impact of those changes on nature and human civilization. This book will provide professionals and students alike with the latest information regarding greenhouse emissions while presenting the most up-to-date techniques for reducing these...
Author
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
13,000 years ago in the Great Lakes Region, twelve-year-old Twig, a Spirit Dreamer who can see into the future, teams up with best friend Greyhawk and the unpopular shaman Screech Owl to warn villagers of an impending natural disaster that could have devastating environmental effects. Includes review questions, recommended reading, and information on the prehistory of the Great Lakes Region, paleoclimatology, and Clovis culture.
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
397 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In 2019, the ship the Nathaniel B. Palmer set out for Thwaites Glacier, never before visited by humans. The crew's goal: to learn as much as possible about the deterioration of the "Doomsday Glacier" and its potentially catastrophic impact on rising sea levels. Rush provides an astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change-- and motherhood in a time of radical planetary change. -- adapted from jacket
373) Advancing Innovation
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (256 pages)
Language
English
Description
Master the standards and interpretations that govern preparation, compilation, and review engagements with this authoritative resource Advancing Innovation: Galvanizing, Enabling, and Measuring for Innovation Value! provides readers with a comprehensive treatment of how to perform engagements while complying with the Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS). Newly updated, Advancing Innovation delivers practical guidance...
374) The inland sea
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After her final year in college, a young writer begins working part-time as an emergency dispatch operator in Sydney. Over the course of an eight-hour shift, she is dropped into hundreds of crises, hearing only pieces of each. The work itself becomes monotonous. And yet the stress of listening to far-off disasters seeps into her personal life, and she begins drinking heavily, sleeping with strangers, having an affair with an ex-lover. Interwoven with...
Author
Series
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First Da Capo Press edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 350 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the social, political, and ecological forces behind key things and moments in every kid's childhood, arguing that parents should consider environmental issues an integral part of family life.
376) America's wetland: an environmental and cultural history of tidewater Virginia and North Carolina
Author
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
viii, 260 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired another self--a double who was almost you and yet not you at all? What if that double shared many of your preoccupations but, in a twisted, upside-down way, furthered the very causes you'd devoted your life to fighting against? Not long ago, the celebrated activist and public intellectual Naomi Klein had just such an experience--she was confronted with a doppelganger whose views she found abhorrent...
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xvi, 194 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
They are one of most abundant animals on the planet, but when pressed, few people can accurately describe krill or explain their ecological importance. Antarctic krill have used their extraordinary adaptive skills to survive and thrive for millions of years in a dark, icy world. But with climate change melting ice caps, and increased and pollution, their evolutionary flexibility may not be enough. Eminent krill scientist Stephen Nicol wants us to...
Series
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"The fate of the climate change regime hangs in the balance as the UN-led negotiations try to forge a new international strategy for the post-2020 period. Since 1992, the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol has been the primary legal instrument to respond to the climate challenge. However, the intergovernmental process has been riddled with problems that have rendered it ineffective. The changing economic landscape has further made this country grouping...
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