True State of the Planet

True State of the Planet
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 485
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ISBN-10 : 9780028740102
ISBN-13 : 0028740106
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis True State of the Planet by : Ronald Bailey

"A project of the Competitive Enterprise Institute." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Shattered Consensus

Shattered Consensus
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 0742549232
ISBN-13 : 9780742549234
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Shattered Consensus by : Patrick J. Michaels

Shattered Consensus: The True State of Global Warming convincingly demonstrates the remarkable differences between what we commonly read about global warming and what is really happening. Nine chapters describe major problems with computer simulations of future climate that are the basis for wrenching policies being proposed by world leaders. Anyone who reads this book will come away with a new appreciation of the complexity of the climate issue and will question the need for expensive policies that are likely to have little or no detectable effect on the planet's temperature.

Earth Report 2000

Earth Report 2000
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Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : UVA:X004324078
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Earth Report 2000 by : Ronald Bailey

Aimed at general-interest readers, this lively collection calmly and accurately assesses the ecological state of our planet. 42 illustrations.

The Skeptical Environmentalist

The Skeptical Environmentalist
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 546
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ISBN-10 : 0521010683
ISBN-13 : 9780521010689
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis The Skeptical Environmentalist by : Bjørn Lomborg

A controversial, wide ranging and clearly documented survey of the state of the global environment.

The Limits to Growth

The Limits to Growth
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Publisher : Universe Pub
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0876632223
ISBN-13 : 9780876632222
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis The Limits to Growth by : Donella H. Meadows

Examines the factors which limit human economic and population growth and outlines the steps necessary for achieving a balance between population and production. Bibliogs

Where We Stand

Where We Stand
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Publisher : AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015070748721
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Where We Stand by : Seymour Garte

"In [this book], noted scientist Seymour Garte proves that on the whole, human beings have worked harder to improve our environment than we can ever imagine. Using scientific evidence and a balanced, middle of the road approach, [he] explodes many of the popular myths about human health and the environment. He provides the facts to show that scientific research, environmental activism, and government regulation have produced steady progress in dealing with pollution, poor health, loss of natural resources, and other negative byproducts of our industrial society. With the compassion and aid of dedicated environmentalists, activists, and politicians, we have actually made incredible progress in areas like public health, AIDS research, poverty, and feeding the hungry."--Jacket.

State of Fear

State of Fear
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 817
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ISBN-10 : 9780061752728
ISBN-13 : 006175272X
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis State of Fear by : Michael Crichton

New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton delivers another action-packed techo-thriller in State of Fear. When a group of eco-terrorists engage in a global conspiracy to generate weather-related natural disasters, its up to environmental lawyer Peter Evans and his team to uncover the subterfuge. From Tokyo to Los Angeles, from Antarctica to the Solomon Islands, Michael Crichton mixes cutting edge science and action-packed adventure, leading readers on an edge-of-your-seat ride while offering up a thought-provoking commentary on the issue of global warming. A deftly-crafted novel, in true Crichton style, State of Fear is an exciting, stunning tale that not only entertains and educates, but will make you think.

A Life on Our Planet

A Life on Our Planet
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Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages : 235
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ISBN-10 : 9781538720004
ISBN-13 : 1538720000
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis A Life on Our Planet by : Sir David Attenborough

*Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Science & Technology Book of the Year* In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future. See the world. Then make it better. I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day -- the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity. I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet is my witness statement, and my vision for the future. It is the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake -- and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right. We have one final chance to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited. All we need is the will to do so.

The Uninhabitable Earth

The Uninhabitable Earth
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Publisher : Tim Duggan Books
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 9780525576723
ISBN-13 : 052557672X
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis The Uninhabitable Earth by : David Wallace-Wells

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The Uninhabitable Earth hits you like a comet, with an overflow of insanely lyrical prose about our pending Armageddon.”—Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New Yorker • The New York Times Book Review • Time • NPR • The Economist • The Paris Review • Toronto Star • GQ • The Times Literary Supplement • The New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible—food shortages, refugee emergencies, climate wars and economic devastation. An “epoch-defining book” (The Guardian) and “this generation’s Silent Spring” (The Washington Post), The Uninhabitable Earth is both a travelogue of the near future and a meditation on how that future will look to those living through it—the ways that warming promises to transform global politics, the meaning of technology and nature in the modern world, the sustainability of capitalism and the trajectory of human progress. The Uninhabitable Earth is also an impassioned call to action. For just as the world was brought to the brink of catastrophe within the span of a lifetime, the responsibility to avoid it now belongs to a single generation—today’s. LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD “The Uninhabitable Earth is the most terrifying book I have ever read. Its subject is climate change, and its method is scientific, but its mode is Old Testament. The book is a meticulously documented, white-knuckled tour through the cascading catastrophes that will soon engulf our warming planet.”—Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times “Riveting. . . . Some readers will find Mr. Wallace-Wells’s outline of possible futures alarmist. He is indeed alarmed. You should be, too.”—The Economist “Potent and evocative. . . . Wallace-Wells has resolved to offer something other than the standard narrative of climate change. . . . He avoids the ‘eerily banal language of climatology’ in favor of lush, rolling prose.”—Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times “The book has potential to be this generation’s Silent Spring.”—The Washington Post “The Uninhabitable Earth, which has become a best seller, taps into the underlying emotion of the day: fear. . . . I encourage people to read this book.”—Alan Weisman, The New York Review of Books

Six Degrees

Six Degrees
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 344
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ISBN-10 : 142620213X
ISBN-13 : 9781426202131
Rating : 4/5 (3X Downloads)

Synopsis Six Degrees by : Mark Lynas

In astonishing and unflinching detail, a noted science journalist explains how Earth's climate will be impacted with every degree of increase in global warming--and what can be done about it now.