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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... Climate Change from Owens Lake Sediment —Kirsten M. Menking 322 Lessons from the Past for Future Climate—Tamara Namerofi' 336 Nature's Sunscreen: Ozone Depletion and the Health of the Whole——Robin L. Hornang and Thomas E Downlmrn H 34-9 ...
... global warming, deforestation, and desertification. We've impounded water behind dams to generate hydroeleclflcity without regard for the destruction of upstream wetlands and other habitats. Our desire for picture-perfect fruits and ...
... climate change, because of the response of living organisms to these changes. Service agencies, such as the Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, that respond to crises brought on by natural phenomena need to know what ...
... change, yet deep roots reflect the values and ideas that inform them. Reflecting on such stories of land—stories of ... climate change. Reconstructing past environments or landscapes and how they have changed, and evaluating the impact ...
... Environmental Change Climate—long-term temperature and precipitation patterns in an area—is a primary environmental system that has influenced the distribution and diversity of life on land. The reconstruction and interpretation of the ...
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 |