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Climate Change and Adaptation
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 69.95?This book provides valuable lessons that will improve public policy and the quality of decisions that will affect generations to come.? Richard Moss, Senior Director Climate and Energy, United Nations Foundation ?An excellent addition to the body of knowledge on adaptation to climate change from the developing world, which has been largely missing... more...
Research, Action and Policy
Springer 2012; US$ 99.99Research, Action and Policy: Addressing the Gendered Impacts of Climate Change presents the voices of women from every continent, women who face vastly different climate events and challenges. The book heralds a new way of understanding climate change that incorporates gender justice and human rights for all. more...
Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics
Elsevier Science 2011; US$ 105.95The Middle Holocene epoch (8,000 to 3,000 years ago) was a time of dramatic changes in the physical world and in human cultures. Across this span, climatic conditions changed rapidly, with cooling in the high to mid-latitudes and drying in the tropics. In many parts of the world, human groups became more complex, with early horticultural systems replaced... more...
The Fire Dogs of Climate Change
Findhorn Press 2009; US$ 9.99The intention of this portfolio of creative essays, real-life success stories, and hard-hitting facts about global warming is to investigate the emotional and spiritual components of humankind's relationship to the world. By making a connection between the states of heart and mind and the ability to act, the inner fire dogs?the guardians and watchdogs... more...
Madlands
Melbourne University Publishing 2012; Not AvailableAn idealistic twenty-something environmentalist. A retired right-wing finance minister. All their lives, they?ve happily ignored each other. Until now. Anna Rose, environmental crusader since the age of fourteen and co-founder of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, is on a mission. This is the story of her biggest challenge yet: a whirlwind... more...
Mass Balance of the Cryosphere
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 178.00Land and sea ice combined form the largest part of the Earth's cryosphere, responding to climate change over timescales ranging from seasons to millennia. This is a detailed and comprehensive overview of the observation and modelling of present and predicted future trends in the mass balance of ice on Earth. more...
The Coming Global Superstorm
Atria Books 2001; US$ 6.99Killer tornadoes. Violent tropical storms. Devastating temperatures. Are these just the prelude to an unprecedented environmental disaster in our near future? Two of America's leading investigators of unexplained phenomena -- Art Bell, the top-rated late-night radio talk-show host, and Whitley Strieber, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author... more...
Climatic Change and Its Impacts
Springer 2005; US$ 139.00Climatic Change is a rapidly evolving domain that has prompted the publication of numerous scientific works in recent years, reflecting both the public and scientific interest in the topic. This book focuses upon climate processes, variability and change and applies the general principles related to these issues, particularly in Switzerland. more...
Cities and Climate Change
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 65.95Climate change is one of the most challenging issues of our time. As key sites in the production and management of emissions of greenhouse gases, cities will be crucial for the implementation of international agreements and national policies on climate change. This book provides a critical analysis of the role of cities in addressing climate change... more...
Climate Change and Managed Ecosystems
CRC Press 2005; US$ 199.95This collection was prepared by Bhatti (research scientist, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service), Lal (soil physics, Ohio State U.), Apps (retired, senior scientist, Natural Resources Canada), and Price (emeritus, livestock growth and meat production, U. of Alberta, Canada). Examining scientific issues of climate change and its potent more...









