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Birds

Ecology

Moral Entanglements Conserving Birds in Britain and Germany

Bargheer Stefan

ISBN: PB: 9780226543826, ISBN: HB: 9780226376639, University of Chicago Press, April 2018
336 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 17 halftones, 1 line drawing

At the center of Stefan Bargheer's account of bird watching, field ornithology, and nature conservation in Britain and Germany stands the question of how values change over time and how individuals develop moral commitments. Using life history data d...

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Earth Sciences

Ice Formation and Evolution in Clouds and Precipitation Measurement and Modeling Challenges

Baumgardner Darrel, McFarquhar Greg M., Heymsfield Andrew J.

ISBN: HB: 9781944970260, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, April 2018
320 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm

Background and Overview Chapter 1. Overview of Ice Nucleating Particles – Zamin A. Kanji, Luis A. Ladino, Heike Wex, Yvonne Boose, Monika Burkert-Kohn, Daniel J. Cziczo, and Martina Krنmer Chapter 2. Cirrus Clouds – Andrew J. Heymsfield, Martina Krنm...

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Ecology

Structure and Dynamics of Human Ecosystems Toward a Model for Understanding and Action

Burch William R., Machlis Gary E., Force Jo Ellen

ISBN: HB: 9780300137033, Yale University Press, October 2017
312 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 14 black&white illus.

As the world faces ever more complex and demanding environmental and social challenges, the need for interdisciplinary models and practical guidance becomes acute. "The Human Ecosystem Model" described in this landmark book provides an innovative res...

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Ecology

Cool Cities Urban Sovereignty and the Fix for Global Warming

Barber Benjamin R.

ISBN: HB: 9780300224207, Yale University Press, June 2017
224 pp., 21x14 cm

A pointed argument that cities – not nation-states – can and must take the lead in fighting climate change Climate change is the most urgent challenge we face in an interdependent world where independent nations have grown increasingly unable to coo...

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Science, Conservation, and National Parks

Beissinger Steven R., Ackerly David D., Doremus Holly, Machlis Gary E.

ISBN: PB: 9780226423005, ISBN: HB: 9780226422954, University of Chicago Press, January 2017
416 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 51 halftones, 13 tables

As the US National Park Service marks its centennial in 2016, parks and protected areas worldwide are under increasing threat from a variety of factors, including storms and fires of greater severity, plant and animal extinctions, the changing attitu...

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Architecture

Technology & Engineering

New Water Anthropology

Barreca Gianandrea

ISBN: PB: 9788895623528, Bookport, ListLab, August 2016
160 pp., 20.3x14 cm, colour illus.

Once, water defined the layout and structure of many cities and their architecture. These cities existed in symbiosis with water itself: depending on it and developing alongside it. Over time however, scientific techniques and progresses introduced s...

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Nature

Ecology

Killing the Koala and Poisoning the Prairie Australia, America, and the Environment

Bradshaw Corey J. A., Ehrlich Paul R.

ISBN: PB: 9780226316987, University of Chicago Press, October 2015
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 31 halftones, 2 maps, 1 line drawing

Though separated by thousands of miles, the United States and Australia have much in common. Geographically both countries are expansive – the United States is the fourth largest in land mass and Australia the sixth – and both possess a vast amount o...

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Climate Cultures Anthropological Perspectives on Climate Change

Barnes Jessica, Dove Michael R.

ISBN: PB: 9780300198812, Yale University Press, August 2015
320 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 23 black&white illus.

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our times, yet global solutions have proved elusive. This book draws together cutting-edge anthropological research to uncover new ways of approaching the critical questions that surround climate c...

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Sea Life

Ecology

Western Flyer Steinbeck's Boat, the Sea of Cortez, and the Saga of Pacific Fisheries

Bailey Kevin M.

ISBN: HB: 9780226116761, University of Chicago Press, March 2015
184 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 31 halftones

In January 2010, the Gemini was moored in the Swinomish Slough on a Native American reservation near Anacortes, Washington. Unbeknownst to almost everyone, the rusted and dilapidated boat was in fact the most famous fishing vessel ever to have sailed...

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Ecology

Wild Hope On the Front Lines of Conservation Success

Balmford Andrew

ISBN: PB: 9780226036014, ISBN: HB: 9780226035970, University of Chicago Press, October 2014
264 pp., 23x15 cm, 20 halftones

Tropical deforestation. The collapse of fisheries. Unprecedented levels of species extinction. Faced with the plethora of gloom-and-doom headlines about the natural world, we might think that environmental disaster is inevitable. But is there any goo...

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