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Nature
Ecology
Our Once and Future Planet Restoring the World in the Climate Change Century
Woodworth Paddy
ISBN: PB: 9780226333403, ISBN: HB: 9780226907390, University of Chicago Press, August 2015
536 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 35 halftones
The environmental movement is plagued by pessimism. And that's not unreasonable: with so many complicated, seemingly intractable problems facing the planet, coupled with a need to convince people of the dangers we face, it's hard not to focus on the...
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Ecology
Elephants and Kings An Environmental History
Trautmann Thomas R.
ISBN: PB: 9780226264363, University of Chicago Press, August 2015
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 colour plates, 40 halftones, 1 table
Because of their enormous size, elephants have long been irresistible for kings as symbols of their eminence. In early civilizations – such as Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus Civilization, and China – kings used elephants for royal sacrifice, spectacul...
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Ecology
Carbon Crunch How We're Getting Climate Change Wrong - and How to Fix it
Helm Dieter
ISBN: PB: 9780300215328, Yale University Press, July 2015
304 pp., 19.7x12.7 cm
In a new edition of his hard-hitting book on climate change, economist Dieter Helm looks at how and why we have failed to tackle the issue of global warming and argues for a new, pragmatic rethinking of energy policy.
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Ecology
Water 4.0 The Past, Present, and Future of the World's Most Vital Resource
Sedlak David L.
ISBN: PB: 9780300212679, Yale University Press, May 2015
288 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 30 black&white illus.
Turn on the tap, and water pours out. Pull out the plug, and the dirty water disappears. Most of us give little thought to the hidden systems that bring us water and take it away when we're done with it. But these underappreciated marvels of engineer...
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Ecology
From Precaution to Profit Contemporary Challenges to Environmental Protection in the Montreal Protocol
Gareau Brian J.
ISBN: PB: 9780300213157, Yale University Press, April 2015
320 pp., 21x14 cm, 6 black&white illus.
The Montreal Protocol has been cited as the most successful global environmental agreement, responsible for phasing out the use of ozone-depleting substances. But, says Brian Gareau in this provocative and engaging book, the Montreal Protocol has fai...
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Ecology
Climate Casino Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World
Nordhaus William
ISBN: PB: 9780300212648, Yale University Press, April 2015
320 pp., 21x14 cm, 46 black&white illus.
Climate change is profoundly altering our world in ways that pose major risks to human societies and natural systems. We have entered the Climate Casino and are rolling the global-warming dice, warns economist William Nordhaus. But there is still tim...
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Ecology
After Preservation Saving American Nature in the Age of Humans
Minteer Ben A., Pyne Stephen J.
ISBN: PB: 9780226259963, ISBN: HB: 9780226259826, University of Chicago Press, April 2015
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 18 halftones, 1 line drawing
From John Muir to David Brower, from the creation of Yellowstone National Park to the Endangered Species Act, environmentalism in America has always had close to its core a preservationist ideal. Generations have been inspired by its ethos – to encir...
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Ecology
Serengeti IV Sustaining Biodiversity in a Coupled Human-Natural System
Sinclair Anthony R. E., Metzger Kristine L., Mduma Simon A. R., Fryxell John M.
ISBN: PB: 9780226196169, ISBN: HB: 9780226195834, University of Chicago Press, April 2015
832 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 84 halftones, 100 line drawings, 66 tables
The vast savannas and great migrations of the Serengeti conjure impressions of a harmonious and balanced ecosystem. But in reality, the history of the Serengeti is rife with battles between human and non-human nature. In the 1890s and several times s...
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Nature
Ecology
Walden Warming Climate Change Comes to Thoreau's Woods
Primack Richard B.
ISBN: PB: 9780226272290, ISBN: HB: 9780226682686, University of Chicago Press, April 2015
264 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 15 halftones
In his meticulous notes on the natural history of Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau records the first open flowers of highbush blueberry on May 11, 1853. If he were to look for the first blueberry flowers in Concord today, mid-May would be...
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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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