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Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Outer Banks of North Carolina and the beaches of the Mid-Atlantic Coast are among the most popular tourist destinations in the United States. This book is a richly illustrated field guide that surveys the geology, environmental history, natural history, and human history of a region that spans the eastern seaboard from Sandy Hook in New Jersey south to Cape Hatteras on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.0 It is organized around environments, not...
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Biodiversity, the variety of life on Earth, is vital to the health of the planet. But overdevelopment and deforestation have threatened biodiversity, as have pollution, overfishing, and hunting and poaching. Conservation efforts must be intensified in order to avoid collapse of our valuable ecosystems. The viewpoints in this volume address the importance of biodiversity and what has contributed to its loss, examples of crises in different parts of...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
As a changing climate threatens the whole country with deeper droughts and more furious floods that put ever more people and property at risk, Texas has become a bellwether state for water debates. Will there be enough water for everyone? Is there the will to take the steps necessary to defend ourselves against the sea? Is it in the nature of Americans to adapt to nature in flux? The most comprehensive--and comprehensible--book on contemporary water...
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Is it possible for a group of the world's most respected environmental scientists to truly practice what they preach? Can their expertise in climate change help them in transforming an old house and its nine acres into their new office building and campus-a building that is as energy efficient as possible, uses local materials, and generates all of the energy it consumes? In this candid, charming, and informative book, the director...
Author
Publisher
William Collins
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"If you want to be a successful leader in today's business world, you need to think like an activist. This urgent and essential book shows how to do just that. The Activist Leader argues that the world needs a new kind of business leader, one that thinks differently about their role in today's challenges. From climate change to inequality, the major crises facing society have become critical issues for business, and the world expects companies to...
Author
Publisher
Pelagic Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A unique and personal insight into the ecology and evolution of pollinators, their relationships with flowers, and their conversation in a rapidly changing world. The pollination of flowers by insects, birds and other animals is a crucial interaction that supports both the natural world and human society. Without pollinators to facilitate the sexual reproduction of plants, the world would be a biologically poorer place in which to live, there would...
1029) Congressional ethics
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"Opposing Viewpoints: Congressional Ethics: Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications"--
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Although scientists have discovered many fundamental physiological and behavioral mechanisms that comprise the stress response, most of current knowledge is based on laboratory experiments using domesticated or captive animals. Scientists are only beginning, however, to understand how stress impacts wild animals - by studying the nature of the stressful stimuli that animals in their natural environments have adapted to for survival, and what the mechanisms...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The deep divides that define politics in the United States are not restricted to policy or even cultural differences anymore. Americans no longer agree on basic questions of fact. Is climate change real? Does racism still determine who gets ahead? Is sexual orientation innate? Do immigration and free trade help or hurt the economy? Does gun control reduce violence? Are false convictions common? Employing several years of original survey data and experiments,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Heart of Darkness describes the incredible saga of humankind's quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe. Over the past thirty years, scientists have learned that two little-understood components--dark matter and dark energy--comprise most of the known cosmos, explain the growth of all cosmic structure, and hold the key to the universe's fate."--Jacket.
Author
Publisher
Comstock Pub. Associates
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"In One Billion Hungry, Sir Gordon Conway, one of the world's foremost experts on global food needs, explains the many interrelated issues critical to our global food supply from the science of agricultural advances to the politics of food security. He expands the discussion begun in his influential The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the Twenty-First Century, emphasizing the essential combination of increased food production, environmental...
1036) Fixing feedback
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-needed antidote from the team that brought you Coddling of the American Mind. Cancel culture is a new phenomenon, and The Canceling of the American Mind is the first book to codify it and survey its effects. From the team that brought you the bestselling Coddling of the American Mind comes hard data and research on what cancel culture is and how it works,...
Author
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Professional football is often parodied as a simplistic, straightforward assertion of male power. However, in this book Thomas P. Oates examines the shifting presentation of masculinity and race through media coverage of professional football and contends that in contemporary US media culture, the NFL offers more than entertainment: it provides a space where the anxieties and contradictions characterizing the dominant formations of contemporary masculinity...
Author
Series
Occasional papers volume 69
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"What will electricity and heat demand look like in a low-carbon world? Ambitious environmental targets will modify the shape of the electricity sector in the twenty-first century. 'Smart' technologies and demand-side management will be some of the key features of the future of electricity systems in a low-carbon world. Meanwhile, the social and behavioural dimensions will complement and interact with new technologies and policies. Electricity demand...
Author
Publisher
Corwin Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
These activities help stimulate creative thinking, collaborative solutions, and reflective insights in teacher meetings and work groups. Each activity includes a list of what kinds of situations it is best for, clear directions, examples, and time required.
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