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Aquatic Life Water Quality Criteria for Selected Pesticides
Springer 2012; US$ 99.99Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications. more...
Restoring Lands - Coordinating Science, Politics and Action
Springer 2012; US$ 179.99Environmental issues, vast and varied in their details, unfold at the confluence of people and place. They present complexities in their biophysical details, their scope and scale, and the dynamic character of human action and natural systems. Addressing environmental issues often invokes tensions among battling interests and competing priorities.... more...
The Story of Life
OUP Oxford 2003; US$ 20.99How did life begin? What was 'snowball earth'? Why did the dinosaurs become extinct? Are we all descended from 'African Eve'? Will humans be responsible for the next major extinction? These and many other fundamental questions are addressed in this masterly account of The Story of Life, by eminent biologist and teacher Richard Southwood.The... more...
Regional Geology and Tectonics: Phanerozoic Passive Margins, Cratonic Basins and Global Tectonic Maps
Elsevier Science 2012; US$ 209.95Expert petroleum geologists David Roberts and Albert Bally bring you Regional Geology and Tectonics: Phanerozoic Passive Margins, Cratonic Basins and Global Tectonic Maps , volume three in a three-volume series covering Phanerozoic regional geology and tectonics. Its key focus is on both volcanic and non-volcanic passive margins, and the importance... more...
Heat
Little, Brown and Company 2013; US$ 12.99An adventurous ride through the most blisteringly hot regions of science, history, and culture. Melting glaciers, warming oceans, droughts-it's clear that today's world is getting hotter. But while we know the agony of a sunburn or the comfort of our winter heaters, do we really understand heat? A bestselling scientist and nature writer who goes... more...
Geospatial Techniques for Managing Environmental Resources
Springer 2012; US$ 99.99Remote Sensing of the Environment and Radiation Transfer
Springer 2012; US$ 64.99Plastic-Free
Constable & Robinson 2012; US$ 29.09Like many people, Beth Terry didn?t think an individual could have much impact on the environment. But while laid up after surgery, she read an article about the staggering amount of plastic polluting the oceans and decided then and there to kick her plastic habit. Now she wants to teach you how you can too. In her quirky and humorous style?well known... more...
An Introduction to the Chemistry of the Sea
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 64.00Engagingly introduces marine chemistry and the ocean's geochemical interactions with the solid earth and atmosphere, for students of oceanography. more...
Climate change and sustainable development
Springer 2012; US$ 99.00Climate change is a major framing condition for sustainable development of agriculture and food. Global food production is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions and at the same time it is among the sectors worst affected by climate change.This book brings together a multidisciplinary group of authors exploring the ethical dimensions... more...









