The Earth Around Us: Maintaining A Livable PlanetHenry Holt and Company, 2000 M03 27 - 250 pages Soil contamination...public lands...surface and groundwater pollution...coastal erosion...global warming. Have we reached the limits of this planet's ability to provide for us? If so, what can we do about it? |
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... biology at the University of Toledo, lohan F. Gottgens studies lake processes. In particular, he studies biomanipulation of aquatic ecosystems and lake and reservoir management. Stephen Jay Gould teaches geology, history of science, and ...
... Biologically, the four major deserts of North America—the Mojave, Great Basin, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan—are found in this dry West. STORIES OF LAND—AWORLD OF LIVING IDEAS The landscape is the most immediate medium through which we ...
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Contents
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Part II SCIENTIFIC JUDGMENTS AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS | 57 |
Part III RESOURCES RECONFIGURED | 121 |
Part IV LOCAL MANIPULATIONS | 197 |
Part V INVENTIVE SOLUTIONS | 255 |
Part VI WHOLE EARTH PERTURBATIONS | 307 |
Part VII GLOBAL PERSPECTlVES | 357 |
Source Notes | 410 |
Index | 443 |