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"The Heat Will Kill You First is about the extreme ways in which our planet is already changing. It is about why spring is coming a few weeks earlier and fall is coming a few weeks later and the impact that will have on everything from our food supply to disease outbreaks. It is about what will happen to our lives and our communities when typical summer days in Chicago or Boston go from 90ʻF to 110ʻF. A heatwave, Goodell explains, is a predatory...
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Human induced climate change, overuse of natural resources, overwhelming amount of waste and pollution, gender inequality, elevated stress levels, flood of fake news. All these have a lot to do with our controversial human nature and how our race has formed, besides making our life more difficult and less sustainable.
You are to see the controversial process of how we began to become the only highly intelligent species, how widespread is our impact...
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Dealing with the Root Cause of Global Warming Calls for New Remedies, Says Expert
The product of a unique collaboration between a pioneering earth scientist and an award winning science writer, Fixing Climate takes an unconventional approach to the vitally important issue of global warming. Wallace S. Broecker, a longtime researcher at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, warned about the possible consequences of global warming...
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I'm offering this simple handbook to you, full of exceptional ways to make many differences to improve various things on the planet, including Climate Change situations for anyone in the world who wants a reference book of suggestions for anything that can be done to help, regarding all kinds of efforts that many people are trying to make in many places everywhere.
After two years of studying how people can deal with Climate Change and some other...
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Let all of us work together to save the Earth. Time is of the essence right now. Everyone needs to be "all in" to repair the damage of climate change and damage to the environment on our Earth.
One Earth, Earth was created for all
life not just human life.
Never underestimate the backlash of
nature.
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The world is at strangest of times; experiencing the harshest of temperatures, the weakest rainfall, the strongest floods, and the fiercest of silent wars. The earth is crying, but just a few can hear her wail at the feet of climate change and food insecurity. We are witnessing the incessant and daily drum beats from the media insisting that the disasters occurring are the results of 'Climate Change' caused by human activity, fossil fuels etc; is...
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Embark on an eye-opening journey with 'Climate Crossroads,' your essential guide to understanding the pressing issues of climate change and embracing sustainable living. This engaging book takes you to the very heart of our environmental challenges and equips you with the knowledge and strategies to make a positive impact on our world.Delve into the Earth's remarkable history in 'A Journey Through Earth's Past' to grasp how our climate has evolved...
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Are you overwhelmed by the conflicting information and passionate debates surrounding climate change? Does the urgency in climate discourse leave you feeling anxious and concerned? Do you wish you had a clearer understanding of the science that underpins this global issue?
If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, then this book is your essential guide.
This isn't a manifesto pushing a political agenda. Instead, it aims to arm you with straightforward...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
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"In a new picture book presented by the Peace Studio and its cofounder Maya Soetoro-Ng, author Todd Shuster and illustrator Tatiana Gardel offer a moving modern parable highlighting the wondrous power of kindness and sharing. Season after season, the mountain people give life to their crops with water from the river, while the valley people use water from a nearby lake to nourish their fields. Despite their similarities, neither allows the other to...
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"For kids 8 to 13, join the largest Arctic expedition ever undertaken--and discover the secrets hidden deep in the ice that reveal how one of the world's crucial ecosystems is changing. 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...
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In the eye-opening exploration, How to Curb Climate Change?, readers embark on a remarkable voyage through time to uncover the astonishing transformation of the Sahara and the Middle East, evolving from fertile landscapes into unforgiving deserts within a mere seven centuries.
This captivating book takes readers on an enlightening journey, revealing the pivotal role played by Neolithic societies in shaping the global climate. With the emergence...
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"One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2016" "One of The Independent's 6 Best Books in Nature 2015" "One of The Guardian's Best Books of 2015" "One of The Guardian's Best Science Books of 2015" "One of LinkedIn's Best Business Books of 2015" "Shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2016" "Longlisted for the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction" Oliver Morton is briefings editor at the Economist, and his...
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We hear about it on the news every day, but climate change can be confusing Are we doomed? How did we get here? What can I do about it? These are some questions you have probably asked yourself. In Solving the Climate Crisis, Palmer Owyoung deconstructs climate change to understand how and looks at how we can create a better future by building a nature-based economy in which we live in balance with our environment. Not only will this save us from...
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Dive into the urgent exploration of 'Rising Tides: Navigating the Depths of Climate Change,' a compelling journey through the intricate web of environmental challenges in our changing world. Uncover the profound impacts of climate change, from rising sea levels and extreme weather events to the delicate balance of our ecosystems. This enlightening book delves into the depths of climate science, presenting insights into global warming, carbon footprints,...
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Embark on a journey into the future with "Redefining Skies: Navigating the Future through Geoengineering." This thought-provoking book delves into the complex and transformative realm of geoengineering, offering insights into the opportunities and challenges it presents for reshaping our planet's environmental destiny.As we grapple with unprecedented environmental challenges, the authors guide us through the scientific intricacies, ethical considerations,...
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High in the Himalayan valley of Zanskar in northwest India sits a village as isolated as the legendary Shangri-La. Long fed by runoff from glaciers and lofty snowfields, Kumik, a settlement of thirty nine mud brick homes-has survived and thrived in one of the world's most challenging settings for a thousand years. But now, its people confront an existential threat: chronic, crippling drought, which leaves the village canal dry and threatens to end...
20) It's Not Easy Being Green: A Year of Trying to Be Environmentally Friendly: A Poetry Diary: A Verse
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Poet Caroline Burrows / VerseCycle wrote 'It's Not Easy Being Green: A Year of Trying to be Environmentally Friendly' a verse a day for an entire year, about her successes and failures in trying to lower her carbon footprint, during what turned out to be a very eventful year, all summarised in her final verse No.367: I started these verses to try being eco-friendly/I didn't realise they'd become like my diary/As well as being greener/I got an MA;Dated...
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