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Nature's Third Cycle
A Story of Sunspots
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
The cycle of day and night and the cycle of seasons are two familiar natural cycles around which many human activities are organized. But is there a third natural cycle of importance for us humans? On 13 March 1989, six million people in Canada went without electricity for many hours: a large explosion...
Atmospheric Environmental Research
Critical Decisions Between Technological Progress and Preservation of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This is an extended version of lectures that were held at the summer workshop Atmosphiirische Umweltforschung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Technik und Natur (At mospheric Environmental Research between Technology and Nature) at the Techni 16, 1996. We were very happy to have Paul J. Crutzen, cal...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
Nature provides us with many services seemingly for free: recharged groundwater, fertile soil and plant biomass created by photosynthesis. We human beings draw extensive benefits from these “ecosystem services,” or ES – food, water supply, recreation and protection from natural hazards. Major...
The God Species
Saving the Planet in the Age of Humans
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
We humans are the God species, both the creators and destroyers of life on this planet. As we enter a new geological era - the Anthropocene - our collective power now overwhelms and dominates the major forces of nature.
But from the water cycle to the circulation of nitrogen and carbon through...
by Paul A. Keddy
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2008
Louisiana is one of the most beautiful parts of North America. It offers much more than Mardi Gras and Bourbon Street. With 25 maps and 60 illustrations, this is the first book to introduce the full range of wild places in Louisiana. Certainly the states magnificent swamps are described, but Louisiana...
by Bert J. M. de Vries
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
Sustainable development is becoming the guiding principle for the twenty-first century. This textbook - based on the author's course and rigorously class-tested by his students - provides an introduction into patterns of past and present (un)sustainable development and into the emergence of the notion...
The Prism and the Pendulum
The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments in Science
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Is science beautiful? Yes, argues acclaimed philosopher and historian of science Robert P. Crease in this engaging exploration of history’s most beautiful experiments. The result is an engrossing journey through nearly 2,500 years of scientific innovation. Along the way, we encounter glimpses into...
Sharing Cities
A Case for Truly Smart and Sustainable Cities
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2015
How cities can build on the “sharing economy” and smart technology to deliver a “sharing paradigm” that supports justice, solidarity, and sustainability.
The future of humanity is urban, and the nature of urban space enables, and necessitates, sharing—of resources, goods and services,...
by P Aarne Vesilind, J. Jeffrey Peirce, Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 1998
Complex environmental problems are often reduced to an inappropriate level of simplicity. While this book does not seek to present a comprehensive scientific and technical coverage of all aspects of the subject matter, it makes the issues, ideas, and language of environmental engineering accessible...
Municipal Solid Waste Management
Strategies and Technologies for Sustainable Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Motivation The other day I was waiting at the station for my train. Next to me a young lady was nonchalantly leaning against the wall. Suddenly, she took a cigarette pack out of her handbag, pulled out the last cigarette, put it between her lips, crushed the empty pack, threw it on the ground and...
Coviability of Social and Ecological Systems: Reconnecting Mankind to the Biosphere in an Era of Global Change
Vol. 2: Coviability Questioned by a Diversity of Situations
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
This second volume is the work of more than 55 authors from 15 different disciplines and includes complex systems science which studies the viability of components, and also the study of empirical situations. As readers will discover, the coviability of social and ecological systems is based on the...
The Big Thirst
The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Praised as “an entertaining and torrential flow of a book**” by Nature magazine, The Big Thirst** is a startling examination of the passing of the golden age of water and the shocking facts about how water scarcity will soon be a major factor in our lives.
The water coming out of your kitchen...
Nature in Fragments
The Legacy of Sprawl
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
This new collection focuses on the impact of sprawl on biodiversity and the measures that can be taken to alleviate it. Leading biological and social scientists, conservationists, and land-use professionals examine how sprawl affects species and alters natural communities, ecosystems, and natural...
Governance of Water-Related Conflicts in Agriculture
New Directions in Agri-Environmental and Water Policies in the EU
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
This book deals with voluntary approaches between farmers and water suppliers as an instrument to meet environmental standards, impacted by agricultural activities, more economically efficient and environmentally effective than by exclusive application of alternative instruments including command-and-control...