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Examines the positive changes taking place around the world. People are working to bring better access to doctors and nurses to improve everyone´s health

A planta do mundo, novo livro do botânico e fundador da neurobiologia vegetal Stefano Mancuso, dá destaque à inclinação literária desse cientista apaixonado pelas plantas. Ganhador do prêmio Galileo d...

Por quanto tempo seremos observadores dos numerosos desastres ecológicos e estaremos submetidos à administração das catástrofes e das miragens de um capitalismo verde, a ponto de testemunharmos passiv...

PATRIMONIO NATURAL PRIVADO NO BRASIL, livro, dividido por bioma, levanta questões pertinentes ao tema e divulga exemplos notáveis de iniciativas privadas que merecem destaque, o que, talvez, venha a...

The Skeptical Environmentalist challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The author, himself a former member of Greenpeace, is critical of the way in ...

This book presents the main concepts of water footprint, ecological footprint, carbon footprint, virtual water and the Ipai model (Integrated Environmental Footprint Index). Ipai model covers the wate...

Examines the positive changes taking place around the world. People are working to bring better access to doctors and nurses to improve everyone´s health .

The Global Issues series consists of books at three reading levels covering 12 of the most important geographic and environmental issues of our time. Informational text for social studies and language...

According to most scientists, Earth´s atmosphere has warmed by about 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit in the past 100 years. The result has been melting glaciers, rising sea levels, and more extreme weather eve...

As a novel endeavour in ecological science, this book focuses on a major issue in organismal life on Earth:species coexistence. The book crosses the usual disciplinary boundaries between palaeobiology...

This concise introductory text provides a complete overview of biodiversity - what it is, how it arose, its distribution, why it is important, human impact upon it, and what should be done to maintain...

This book enables engineering students to understand how microbiology can be applied to environmental research and practical applications. Written specifically for senior undergraduate to graduate lev...

The field of environmental chemistry has evolved significantly since the publication of the first edition of Environmental Chemistry. Throughout the book’s long life, it has chronicled emerging issues...

Focusing on the use and misuse of the environment, this forward-looking book provides insights into where we seem to be headed as a species on the planet. Emphasizes the geographic aspects of problems...

The classic reference on weeds and invasive plants has been revised and updated. The Third Edition of this authoritative reference provides an in-depth understanding of how weeds and invasive plants d...

A floresta amazônica cobre mais de cinco milhões de quilômetros quadrados, entre os territórios de nove nações diferentes. Representa mais da metade da floresta tropical remanescente do planeta. Está ...

Examines how countries around the world are taking steps, such as conservation, to lessen the effects of climate change.

Examines how countries around the world are taking steps, such as conservation, to lessen the effects of climate change

In several societies around the world, people are struggling to gain their rights. People have shown great courage as they overcome serious obstacles to gain their rights and exercise democratic freed...

Explores how countries around the world are using preservation and a smarter use of resources to protect the habitats of living things

The Global Issues series consists of books at three reading levels covering 12 of the most important geographic and environmental issues of our time. Informational text for social studies and language...

For plants and animals, every place on Earth is a home, or habitat, which provides food, water, and shelter. Yet scientists are finding that habitats for many animals and plants around the world are s...

Examines how water, soil and the atmosphere have become increasingly polluted and the impact pollution has on people´s health

Examines how water, soil and the atmosphere have become increasingly polluted and the impact pollution has on people´s health

Examines how water, soil and the atmosphere have become increasingly polluted and the impact pollution has on people´s health

Water is an essential resource for life on Earth. Considering how vital and precious water is, it is almost unbelievable that it can be used so carelessly. Sewage, toxic chemicals, fertilizers, pestic...

Explores the ways in which water on Earth has become polluted - and what people around the globe are doing to solve this problem

For more than two decades, Botkin has been active in the application of ecological science to environmental management. Updated and revised to include the latest research in the field, the new Sixth E...