Contaminación y amenazas al medioambiente

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  • Innovative Strategies and Frameworks in Climate Change Adaptation
    Alexander G. Flor / Alexander GFlor / Benjamina Gonzalez Flor
    The changes the earth is currently undertaking has been at the forefront of scientific discourse in recent years. Humans as a species have needed to react to these changes and shift their behavior accordingly. Innovative Strategies and Frameworks in Climate Change Adaptation: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a critical scholarly resource that examines the relationship bet...
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    216,16 €

  • Handbook of Research on Climate Change Impact on Health and Environmental Sustainability
    Soumyananda Dinda
    Climate change is not only one of the greatest threats to modern civilization; it is also a great challenge to economic development in the 21st century. Global warming can lead to periods of both drought and intense rain, causing crops to fail and ruining the livelihoods of many in underdeveloped countries. The Handbook of Research on Climate Change Impact on Health and Environ...
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  • Promoting Climate Change Awareness through Environmental Education
    Carolyn Stevenson / Lynn Wilson
    Addressing global climate change is a monumental battle that can only be fought by the leaders of tomorrow, but future leaders are molded through education and shaped by the leaders of today. While the pivotal role of education in spreading awareness of climate change is one universally espoused, equally universal is the recognition that current education efforts are falling wo...
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    255,85 €

  • I Don’t Believe in Asteroids
    Kevin Kite / Michelle McCauley
    Climate change, income inequality, modern parenting, greed, and materialism-the world is going to hell so you might as well laugh. In I Don’t Believe in Asteroids, Kite and McCauley show you the way. Their irreverent, on-point comics will have you cracking up and crying all at once. Kite’s art is brilliant and bright, even as the text is jarring and penetrating. This is a grea...
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    20,33 €

  • Svalbard REU 2014 Ny-Alesund
    Lucy L. Ivey
    This journal documents the work in the summer of 2014 of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates ('REU') Team, composed of six students, a middle-school science teacher, and two lead scientists, and funded by the National Science Foundation. The REU team was gathered in Svalbard, NO, a group of islands located in the Arctic at 78˚ north latitude, to study how high-latitude ...
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    41,85 €

  • Water Resources in a Variable and Changing Climate
    Climate change will bring about significant changes to the capacity of, and the demand on,water resources. The resulting changes include increasing climate variability that is expectedto affect hydrologic conditions. The effects of climate variability on various meteorologicalvariables have been extensively observed in many regions around the world. Atmosphericcirculation, topo...
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    82,98 €

  • Other Inconvenient Truths Beyond Global Warming
    Alan F Rozich
    Global warming rightfully earned the title of 'An Inconvenient Truth'. However, there are a number of other inconvenient truths that comprise a Super Nexus. The Super Nexus consists of societal needs for economic and environmental sustainability, economic and population expansion, and simultaneous resources needs. These trends will begin to act collectively in a negatively syne...
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    12,23 €

  • Examining the Role of Environmental Change on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Pandemics
    Maha Bouzid
    Climate change is one of the most widely debated and worrisome topics of our time. As environmental changes become more prevalent, there has been evidence to suggest that there is a correlation between the environment and a substantial increase of infectious diseases and viruses around the globe. Examining the Role of Environmental Change on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Pan...
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  • Tutu’s Rainbow World
    Joseph Kaifala
    Joseph Kaifala was born in Freetown. Now a Human Rights lawyer in the USA and author of “Free Slaves, Freetown and the Sierra Leonean Civil War” his poetry deals with Africa’s poverty, armed conflicts and the suffering of its child soldiers.   ...
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  • Carbon colonialism
    Laurie Parsons
    Carbon colonialism shows how the impact of climate change, including the slow-burn disasters of droughts and floods, is traded out by wealthier countries and imported by less wealthy ones as the price of economic growth. ...
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    23,42 €

  • The Year Science Changed Everything
    Mark O’Connell
    In The Year Science Changed Everything, author Mark O’Connell charts the struggles and successes of 1957’s International Geophysical Year alongside interviews with today’s leading environmental scientists to show that the time is right for another global environmental initiative. ...
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    22,89 €

  • A Climate of Truth
    Mike Berners-Lee
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    22,76 €

  • Laços De Rebeldia
    Al Monjardim
    Laços de Rebeldiaconta a envolvente história de William e Isabella, cujo encontro desencadeia uma montanha-russa de emoções e revelações familiares. Após a morte do patriarca Augustus, surge a revelação de que as terras devem ser divididas com mais um herdeiro, desencadeando uma batalha pela herança que se estende por quatro turbulentos anos, marcados por intrigas entre os filh...
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    37,39 €

  • O Menino E O Peixe Prateado
    Cristiane Barão
    O livro narra a história quase real de uma amizade inesperada entre um peixinho que ficou encalhado na areia da praia e um menino que passeava de férias. ...
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    7,80 €

  • Um Dia Chuvoso Na Cabana
    Ana Paula Dos Santos Borges
    Um dia chuvoso na cabanaé uma narrativapoética e enigmática que retrata os dilemas que habitam a mente e o coração de uma adolescente de 17 anos. Grazi se perde na floresta e encontra uma cabana velha e abandonada, em meio a uma tarde chuvosa. O que será que ela descobrirá lá? Combinando poesia, suspense e drama, o livro cria uma experiência sensorial única, convidando o leitor...
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    8,27 €

  • The Woods
    Charlie Kendrick
    Terry grew up enjoying the woods at the back of the house, beyond the rear of the garden. He would often sneak out through an old garden door to explore the woods beyond.Terry naturally loves spring and summer best of all; they are, of course, his favourite seasons. He dislikes winter immensely, finding it too cold and chilly, which makes him feel ever so miserable in the midwi...
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    19,82 €

  • Die Klimaverschwörung
    BRIAN PEARCE
    Was wäre, wenn alles, was man Ihnen über die globale Erwärmung erzählt hat, eine sorgfältig inszenierte Lüge wäre?Die Klimaverschwörung: Die Wahrheit über die globale Erwärmung aufgedeckt wagt es, die Erzählung in Frage zu stellen, die seit Jahrzehnten Schlagzeilen, Politik und globale Gipfel beherrscht. Unter der Oberfläche von Wohlfühlslogans und apokalyptischen Warnungen ver...
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  • The Enabling Environment for Disaster Risk Financing in the Philippines
    Asian Development Bank
    Analyzing the Philippines’ disaster preparedness, this report shows why strengthening its enabling environment and adopting a risk layering approach that includes insurance and catastrophe bonds could boost its financial resilience.The report looks at the impact of the pandemic and recommends steps including strengthening the country’s health surveillance systems and data. It e...
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  • Climate Security
    Ashok Swain
    A broad, interdisciplinary and critical exploration of the range of security challenges caused by the global impacts of the climate crisis.  ...
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  • Climate Security
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    A broad, interdisciplinary and critical exploration of the range of security challenges caused by the global impacts of the climate crisis.  ...
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  • The Permafrost Doctrine
    Eileen Frost
    CLIMATE CHANGE IS TRANSFORMING THE ARCTIC INTO THE NEXT FRONTIER OF HUMAN MIGRATION AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE.Are you concerned about how climate change will reshape global population movements? Do you want to understand the complex interplay between Arctic sovereignty and international law? Are you interested in how indigenous communities and modern governance systems can coexist?...
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  • From Warming to Warfare
    Steven W. Pearce
    From Warming to Warfare: Climate Change and the Road to World War III delves into the intricate relationship between escalating climate change and the potential for global conflict. As environmental shifts intensify, they exacerbate resource scarcities, trigger mass migrations, and heighten geopolitical tensions, setting the stage for widespread instability.This comprehensive a...
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  • WEATHER DYNAMICS
    Klaus Fraedrich / KLAUS FRAEDRICH THOMAS FRISIUS / Thomas Frisius
    This book is intended for students and laypersons interested in understanding weather activity in the atmosphere. Besides basic knowledge of mathematics and physics, no other prerequisites are necessary for comprehending the material.This textbook gives a thorough introduction to the dynamics of weather. It provides readers with a basic understanding of the complex phenomena an...
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  • WEATHER DYNAMICS
    Klaus Fraedrich / KLAUS FRAEDRICH THOMAS FRISIUS / Thomas Frisius
    This book is intended for students and laypersons interested in understanding weather activity in the atmosphere. Besides basic knowledge of mathematics and physics, no other prerequisites are necessary for comprehending the material.This textbook gives a thorough introduction to the dynamics of weather. It provides readers with a basic understanding of the complex phenomena an...
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    97,86 €

  • Diesel’s Final Chapter?
    Etienne Psaila
    For over a century, the diesel engine has powered industries, revolutionized transportation, and driven global progress. Once celebrated as a marvel of efficiency and reliability, diesel now finds itself at a crossroads, challenged by tightening regulations, environmental concerns, and the rapid rise of electrification.In Diesel’s Final Chapter?, this transformative technology’...
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  • Technological Advancements for Deep Sea Ecosystem Conservation and Exploration
    The deep sea, a vast and largely unexplored frontier, harbors intricate ecosystems that play a critical role in maintaining the health of our planet. However, deep sea mining and climate change pose significant threats to these fragile ecosystems. Through interdisciplinary research and advocacy, scientists and environmentalists are working to better understand the complexities ...
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    347,53 €

  • Technological Advancements for Deep Sea Ecosystem Conservation and Exploration
    The deep sea, a vast and largely unexplored frontier, harbors intricate ecosystems that play a critical role in maintaining the health of our planet. However, deep sea mining and climate change pose significant threats to these fragile ecosystems. Through interdisciplinary research and advocacy, scientists and environmentalists are working to better understand the complexities ...
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    262,07 €

  • Community Resilience and Climate Change Challenges
    Communities around the world face an array of unprecedented challenges from climate change. From extreme weather events to biodiversity loss and resource scarcity, the impacts of climate change are far-reaching and multifaceted. Yet, amidst these challenges lies an opportunity for communities to build resilience and chart a path towards sustainable development. However, navigat...
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    544,25 €

  • Community Resilience and Climate Change Challenges
    Communities around the world face an array of unprecedented challenges from climate change. From extreme weather events to biodiversity loss and resource scarcity, the impacts of climate change are far-reaching and multifaceted. Yet, amidst these challenges lies an opportunity for communities to build resilience and chart a path towards sustainable development. However, navigat...
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    413,08 €

  • Managing the Health Risks of Climate Change
    Climate change presents a fundamental threat to human health. It has affected the physical environment and all aspects of both natural and human systems. It is therefore a threat multiplier, undermining and potentially reversing health progress made during the last three decades. As climatic conditions change, more frequent and intensifying weather and climate events are observ...
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    306,24 €


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