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  • The Change of Climate and Ecological Environment in China 2021: Synthesis Report

    by Dahe Qin, Yongjian Ding, Panmao Zhai, Lianchun Song, Yong Luo, Kejun Jiang ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book analyzes China's climate and environmental change facts, impacts and vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategies. On basis of synthesis assessment, through comprehensive integration, it focuses on four aspects: climate change and ecological environment evolution, future climate change and risk prediction, technical measures and action results for adaptation and mitigation, and development ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Mooring System Engineering for Offshore Structures

    by Kai-Tung Ma, Yong Luo, Chi-Tat Thomas Kwan, Yongyan Wu ...
    The mooring system is a vital component of various floating facilities in the oil, gas, and renewables industries. However, there is a lack of comprehensive technical books dedicated to the subject. Mooring System Engineering for Offshore Structures is the first book delivering in-depth knowledge on all aspects of mooring systems, from design and analysis to installation, operation, maintenance ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

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  • Climate Change: A Wicked Problem

    Complexity and Uncertainty at the Intersection of Science, Economics, Politics, and Human Behavior

    by Frank P. Incropera ...
    Under one cover, Frank P. Incropera provides a comprehensive, objective and critical assessment of all issues germane to the climate change debate: science, technology options, economic ramifications, cultural and behavioural issues, the influence of special interests and public policy, geopolitics and ethical dimensions. The underlying science is treated in depth, but in an approachable and ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Chill, A Reassessment of Global Warming Theory

    Does Climate Change Mean the World is Cooling, and If So What Should We Do About It?

    by Peter Taylor ...
    Although the world's climate has undergone many cyclical changes, the phrase 'climate change' has taken on a sinister meaning, implying catastrophe for humanity, ecology and the environment. We are told that we are responsible for this threat, and that we should act immediately to prevent it. But the apparent scientific consensus over the causes and effects of climate change is not what it appears ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Climate Change in the 21st Century

    by Stewart Cohen, Melissa Waddell ...
    Public and media interest in the climate change issue has increased exponentially in recent years. Climate change, or "global warming," is a complex problem with far-reaching social and economic impacts. Climate Change in the 21st Century brings together all the major aspects of global warming to give a state of the art description of our collective understanding of this phenomenon and what can be ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Climate Change

    The Ipcc Response Strategies

    by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...
    Climate Change is the report of Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and UNEP to address the threat of global warming on an international scale. ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Climate Change

    The Science, Impacts and Solutions

    by A Barrie Pittock ...
    It is widely accepted in the scientific community that climate change is a reality, and that changes are happening with increasing rapidity. In this second edition, leading climate researcher Barrie Pittock revisits the effects that global warming is having on our planet, in light of ever-evolving scientific research. Presenting all sides of the arguments about the science and possible remedies, ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Rapid Climate Change

    Causes, Consequences, and Solutions

    by Scott G. McNall ...
    Series series Framing 21st Century Social Issues
    The book reviews the science of climate change and explains why it is one of the most difficult problems humanity has ever tackled. Climate change is a "wicked" problem bound up with problems of population growth, environmental degradation, and world problems of growing social and economic inequality. The book explores the politicization of the topic, the polarization of opinion, and the reasons ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Anthropocene

    A Multidisciplinary Approach

    by Julia Adeney Thomas, Mark Williams, Jan Zalasiewicz ...
    Humans rank with the powerful forces of nature transforming Earth. Since the mid-20th century, population growth, industrialization, and globalization have had such deep and wide-ranging impacts that our planet no longer functions as it did during the previous eleven millennia. So distinctive is this collective human intervention that a new geological interval has been proposed; it is called the ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • The Green Marble

    Earth System Science and Global Sustainability

    by David Turner ...
    Humans have difficulty thinking at the global scale. Yet as we come to understand our planet as a single, interconnected, complex system and encounter compelling evidence of human impact on Earth’s climate and biosphere, the need for a truly global effort is increasingly urgent. In this concise and accessible text*,* David P. Turner presents an overview of global environmental change and a ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Global Ecology

    Environmental Change and Social Flexibility

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    The magnitude and rapidity of global environmental change threatens the perpetuation of life on Earth. Many aspects of this crisis are familiar to us - the destruction of tropical rainforests, the hole in the Antarctic ozone, desertification, soil erosion - yet we avoid the underlying challenge of a rapidly deteriorating ecological system and the breadth and complexity of responses demanded ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Rebalancing Our Climate

    The Future Starts Today

    by Eelco J. Rohling ...
    We only have one planet, and its climate and ecosystem are essential to our survival. A veritable tsunami of studies and assessment reports outlines a stark picture of humanity's detrimental impacts on our planet's life and environmental health. Climate change is at the heart of many of these impacts. We cannot continue to live in the same way; we're facing relentless population growth, paired ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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