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  • Wildlife Responses to Climate Change

    North American Case Studies

    Edited by Stephen H. Schneider, Terry Root ...
    Wildlife Responses to Climate Change is the culmination of a three-year project to research and study the impacts of global climate change on ecosystems and individual wildlife species in North America. In 1997, the National Wildlife Federation provided fellowships to eight outstanding graduate students to conduct research on global climate change, and engaged leading climate change experts ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Biodiversity in a Changing Climate

    Linking Science and Management in Conservation

    Edited by Terry Louise Root, Kimberly R. Hall, Mark P. Herzog, Christine A. Howell ...
    One major consequence of climate change is abrupt, dramatic changes in regional biodiversity. Even if the most optimistic scenarios for mitigating climate change transpire, the fate of many wild species rests on the shoulders of people engaged in conservation planning, management, and policy. Providing managers with the latest and most useful climate change research is critical and requires ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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    The Eruption That Changed the World

    by Gillen D’Arcy Wood ...
    A global history of the climate catastrophe caused by the Tambora eruptionWhen Indonesia's Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, it unleashed the most destructive wave of extreme weather the world has witnessed in thousands of years. The volcano’s massive sulfate dust cloud enveloped the Earth, cooling temperatures and disrupting major weather systems for more than three years. Communities worldwide ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • Earthmasters

    The Dawn of the Age of Climate Engineering

    by Dr. Clive Hamilton ...
    This book goes to the heart of the unfolding reality of the twenty-first century: international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have all failed, and before the end of the century Earth is projected to be warmer than it has been for 15 million years. The question “can the crisis be avoided?” has been superseded by a more frightening one, “what can be done to prevent the devastation of ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Pleasurable Kingdom

    Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good

    by Jonathan Balcombe, Peter Singer ...
    Series series MacSci
    "Fascinating and often moving, this book emphasizes that animals—like us—truly have personalities, minds and emotions." —Jane GoodallThe recognition of animal pain and stress, once controversial, is now acknowledged by legislation in many countries, but there is no formal recognition of animals' ability to feel pleasure. Pleasurable Kingdom is the first book for lay-readers to present new evidence ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Climate Change Biology

    by Lee Hannah ...
    Climate change biology is a new discipline, born of the recognition that human-induced climate change is resulting in wholesale shifts in the distributions of species and the timing of biological events. The evidence for biological upheaval in response to climate change is immense. Migratory species are arriving earlier in the year. Flowers are blooming earlier. Ranges of plants, mammals and ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • On Gaia

    A Critical Investigation of the Relationship between Life and Earth

    by Toby Tyrrell ...
    A critical examination of James Lovelock's controversial Gaia hypothesisOne of the enduring questions about our planet is how it has remained continuously habitable over vast stretches of geological time despite the fact that its atmosphere and climate are potentially unstable. James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis posits that life itself has intervened in the regulation of the planetary environment in ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Climate and Ecosystems

    by David Schimel ...
    Series series Princeton Primers in Climate
    How does life on our planet respond to--and shape--climate? This question has never been more urgent than it is today, when humans are faced with the daunting task of guiding adaptation to an inexorably changing climate. This concise, accessible, and authoritative book provides an unmatched introduction to the most reliable current knowledge about the complex relationship between living things and ... Read more

    $28.09 USD

  • Life in a Gall

    The Biology and Ecology of Insects that Live in Plant Galls

    by Rosalind Blanche ...
    What are plant galls and how are they caused? This book introduces the Australian native insects that induce galls on plants and the plant species that host them. It explores the ways the insects have adapted to living part of their lives in the confined spaces of galls, and describes the strategies employed by different insect groups to find a suitable site to induce a gall, obtain food, mate and ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Life is Like a Weather Forecast ( A Storm Chaser Looks at Life's Storms )

    by G. Thomas Windsor ...
    In this book, a storm chaser explores the science behind modern weather forecasting, some ancient weather wisdom and how that relates to life itself. He shares his personal journey of discovery and the strange twists and turns that happen on the roads of Tornado Alley. He tells of his experiences chasing some of the largest storms on earth (from a safe distance, most of the time!)This book also ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Living with Herds

    Human-Animal Coexistence in Mongolia

    by Natasha Fijn ...
    Domestic animals have lived with humans for thousands of years and remain essential to the everyday lives of people throughout the world. In this book, Natasha Fijn examines the process of animal domestication in a study that blends biological and social anthropology, ethology and ethnography. She examines the social behavior of humans and animals in a contemporary Mongolian herding society. After ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Climate and the British Scene

    by Gordon Manley ...
    Series Book 22 - Collins New Naturalist Library
    From Chaucer’s sweet April showers to the peasoupers of Sherlock Holmes the British scene cannot be contemplated without climate entering in. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.comFrom Chaucer’s sweet April showers to the peasoupers of Sherlock Holmes the British scene cannot be contemplated without climate entering in. In this book Professor Manley shows us the best and worst of our much ... Read more

    $2.49 USD