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A one-of-a-kind introduction to the major issues and controversies dominating the heated debate over U.S. forest policy today.

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Morgan discusses the origin of the emerald, its peculiar structure, and its strange allure.

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Highlighting the connections between climate change and human security, this book offers an examination of the meaning of climate change and global warming while maintaining a perspective on the implications of environmental effects on all forms of security - national, international, and human.

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Avise, an award-winning geneticist, guides this delightful voyage around the planet in search of answers to nature's mysteries. Through dozens of stories that span the Earth--from the Arctic to tropical jungles to the depths of the ocean--nature emerges as a realm where truth can be far stranger than fiction. 92 illustrations.

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This volume is an annual collection of studies on individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography or geographical thought. Each chapter describes the geographer's education, life and work, discusses their influence, and includes a bibliography of their works.

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An introduction to the scientific principles behind various geological processes to explain how and why they can sometimes be dangerous to humans, this sourcebook contains numerous examples of famous or recent geological disasters, such as volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunami.

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What happened to the "Mary Celeste" and her missing crew From the author of "Raising the Hunley," this is a remarkable investigation into the most famous unsolved sea mystery of all time.

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The world is entering the Third Industrial Revolution, an era of remarkable progress in science and technology that will require a global shift away from reliance on fossil-fuel and carbon-based energy. This book explains how America can lead the effort to reverse global warming and become the world leader in global energy innovation.

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Tracing scientific ideas about the structure of Earth, Global Warming creates an intellectual portrait of the shifts in thinking that have led to the current controversy, enabling readers to make up their own minds on this important issue.

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Global Warming 101 combines a survey of the science of global warming with reporting from around the world, from sinking Pacific islands and thawing Arctic permafrost, which indicate that significant global warming already has begun.

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Seeking new definitions of ecology in the tar sands of northern Alberta and searching for the sweetness of life in the face of planetary crises.

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A unique guide to little-known protected sites across America.

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The No Logo of climate change a book that shows how global warming is not a theory we should still debate, but something that has already happened on a global scale.

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"Hike the ABC's: A Journey through our National Parks" is a vibrant and engaging children's book that takes young readers on an exciting adventure through some of the most breathtaking National Parks across the United States.

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Historical Dictionary and Environmentalism, Third Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 400 cross-referenced entries on organizations, people, issues, events, and countries shaping environmentalism.

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This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Environmentalism contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on important events, issues, organizations, ideas, and people shaping the direction of environmentalism worldwide.

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Vivid, surprising, and utterly timely, How to Disappear explores nature as a more joyful and peaceful way of living in today's increasingly surveilled and publicity-obsessed world.

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From killer storms to their implications for the insurance premiums of U.S. residents, this much-awaited update explores the ecological, social, and economic consequences of hurricanes and their effects on both coastal and inland areas.

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Including a new Epilogue, this is "one helluva read" ("Newsweek") and a chilling first-person account of extreme survival in the Siberian Arctic, rediscovered by Jon Krakauer and David Roberts. "Vivid . . . [a work of] terrifying beauty."--"The Boston Globe."