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  • The New Wild

    Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature's Salvation

    de Fred Pearce ...
    Introducing environmental conservation for the 21st century—one that reframes how we think about invasive species and champions nature’s biodiversity and capacity for changeFor a long time, veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce thought in stark terms about invasive species: they were the evil interlopers spoiling pristine “natural” ecosystems. Most conservationists and environmentalists ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • A Trillion Trees

    Restoring Our Forests by Trusting in Nature

    de Fred Pearce ...
    “A vivid, important, and inspiring book.”— Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Sixth Extinction and Under a White Sky“Eloquently mulls the ecological dynamics of forests as well as the social, economic, cultural, and political forces that determine their fate.”—LA REVIEW OF BOOKSA powerful book about th... ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Un pianeta senz'acqua

    Viaggio nella desertificazione contemporanea

    de Fred Pearce ...
    Traducido por Massimo Gardella ...
    Un pianeta senz'acqua è lo studio più completo sulla desertificazione a cui sta andando incontro la Terra. A metà tra il saggio e il reportage narrativo, Fred Pearce racconta come l'accesso all'acqua, risorsa più preziosa anche del petrolio, stia diventando il campo su cui si giocherà la sopravvivenza del pianeta e dei suoi fragili equilibri geopolitici. Fred Pearce si imbarca in un viaggio ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Fallout

    Disasters, Lies, and the Legacy of the Nuclear Age

    de Fred Pearce ...
    An investigation into our complicated 8-decade-long relationship with nuclear technology, from the bomb to nuclear accidents to nuclear waste.From Hiroshima to Chernobyl, Fukushima to the growing legacy of lethal radioactive waste, humanity’s struggle to conquer atomic energy is rife with secrecy, deceit, human error, blatant disregard for life, short-sighted politics, and fear. Fallout is an eye ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • When the Rivers Run Dry, Fully Revised and Updated Edition

    Water-The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century

    de Fred Pearce ...
    A new edition of the veteran science writer's groundbreaking work on the world's water crisis, featuring all-new reporting from the most recent global flashpointsThroughout history, rivers have been our foremost source of fresh water for both agriculture and individual consumption, but looming water scarcity threatens to cut global food production and cause conflict and unrest. In this visionary ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • Fallout

    Das Atomzeitalter - Katastrophen, Lügen und was bleibt

    de Fred Pearce ...
    Traducido por Tobias Rothenbücher ...
    Gekündigte Atomabkommen, drohendes Wettrüsten, marode Kernkraftwerke … der Geist der Radioaktivität schwebt weiter über uns. Aber was genau wissen wir über die Folgen von Verstrahlung und die Gefahren, die von stillgelegten Meilern ausgehen? Wie leben die Menschen in und um die Sperrzonen? Und wohin mit dem ganzen Atommüll? Eine fesselnde Reportagereise durch das nukleare Zeitalter. Hiroshima, ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Deep Jungle

    Journey To The Heart Of The Rainforest

    de Fred Pearce ...
    DEEP JUNGLE is an exploration of the most alien and feared habitat on Earth. Starting with man's earliest recorded adventures, Fred Pearce journeys high into the canopy - home to two-thirds of all the creatures on our planet, many of whom never come down to earth. During his travels he encounters all manner of fantastic flora and fauna, including a frog that can glide from tree to tree, a spider ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Keepers of the Spring

    Reclaiming Our Water In An Age Of Globalization

    de Fred Pearce ...
    Water has long been the object of political ambition and conflict. Recent history is full of leaders who tried to harness water to realize national dreams. Yet the people who most need water-farmers, rural villages, impoverished communities-are too often left, paradoxically, with desiccated fields, unfulfilled promises, and refugee status.It doesn't have to be this way, according to Fred Pearce. A ... Leer más

    $28.79 USD

  • Audiolibro

    A Trillion Trees

    Restoring Our Forests by Trusting in Nature

    de Fred Pearce ...
    Narrado por Jonathan Todd Ross ...

    Completo

    11 hora 3 minutos

    With vivid, observant reporting, veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce transports listeners to the remote cloud forests of Ecuador, the remains of a forest civilization in Nigeria, a mystifying mountain peak in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, and the boreal forests of western Canada and the United States, where devastating wildfires are linked to suppressing the natural fire cycles of ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • The Land Grabbers

    The New Fight over Who Owns the Earth

    de Fred Pearce ...
    How Wall Street, Chinese billionaires, oil sheiks, and agribusiness are buying up huge tracts of land in a hungry, crowded world.An unprecedented land grab is taking place around the world. Fearing future food shortages or eager to profit from them, the world’s wealthiest and most acquisitive countries, corporations, and individuals have been buying and leasing vast tracts of land around the world ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • The Coming Population Crash

    and Our Planet's Surprising Future

    de Fred Pearce ...
    A leading environmental writer looks at the unexpected effects—and possible benefits—of a shrinking population in this “fascinating and optimistic” study of our demographic future (Jon Stewart, The Daily Show).Over the last century, the world’s population quadrupled and fears of overpopulation flared, with baby booms blamed for genocide and terrorism, and overpopulation singled out as the primary ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Confessions of an Eco-Sinner

    Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff

    de Fred Pearce ...
    A 2008 Indie Next PickIn Confessions of an Eco-Sinner, Fred Pearce surveys his home and then sets out to track down the people behind the production and distribution of everything in his daily life, from his socks to his computer to the food in his fridge. It’s a fascinating portrait, by turns sobering and hopeful, of the effects the world’s more than six billion inhabitants have on our planet—and ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD