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SCOPE Series eBook Series

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  • The Global Carbon Cycle

    Integrating Humans, Climate, and the Natural World

    by Susan Hill MacKenzie ...
    Series series SCOPE Series
    While a number of gases are implicated in global warming, carbon dioxide is the most important contributor, and in one sense the entire phenomena can be seen as a human-induced perturbation of the carbon cycle. The Global Carbon Cycle offers a scientific assessment of the state of current knowledge of the carbon cycle by the world's leading scientists sponsored by SCOPE and the Global Carbon ... Read more

    $49.69 USD

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  • Chill, A Reassessment of Global Warming Theory

    Does Climate Change Mean the World is Cooling, and If So What Should We Do About It?

    by Peter Taylor ...
    Although the world's climate has undergone many cyclical changes, the phrase 'climate change' has taken on a sinister meaning, implying catastrophe for humanity, ecology and the environment. We are told that we are responsible for this threat, and that we should act immediately to prevent it. But the apparent scientific consensus over the causes and effects of climate change is not what it appears ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Earth: The Operators' Manual

    The Operators' Manual

    by Richard B. Alley ...
    The book—companion to a PBS series—that proves humans are causing global warming and offers a path to the future.Since the discovery of fire, humans have been energy users and always will be. And this is a good thing-our mastery of energy is what separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom and has allowed us to be the dominant species on the planet. However, this mastery comes with a price: ... Read more

    $19.19 USD

  • Paris Climate Agreement: Beacon of Hope

    by Ross J. Salawitch, Timothy P. Canty, Austin P. Hope, Walter R. Tribett, Brian F. Bennett ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This volume presents an Empirical Model of Global Climate developed by the authors and uses that model to show that global warming will likely remain below 2ºC, relative to preindustrial, throughout this century provided: a) both the unconditional and conditional Paris INDC commitments are followed; b) the emission reductions needed to achieve the ... Read more

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  • Environment, Power, and Society for the Twenty-First Century

    The Hierarchy of Energy

    by Howard Odum ...
    Howard T. Odum possessed one of the most innovative minds of the twentieth century. He pioneered the fields of ecological engineering, ecological economics, and environmental accounting, working throughout his life to better understand the interrelationships of energy, environment, and society and their importance to the well-being of humanity and the planet.This volume is a major modernization of ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science

    Edited by Kathleen C. Weathers, David L. Strayer, Gene E. Likens ...
    Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science provides a compact and comprehensive introduction to modern ecosystem science. This book covers major concepts of ecosystem science, biogeochemistry, and energetics. It addresses, contrasts, and compares both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. It combines general lessons, concepts, frameworks, and challenges in highly accessible synthesis chapters. It presents ... Read more

    $49.49 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

    $26.69 USD

  • Introduction to Environmental Engineering

    by Bernd Markert, Stefan Fränzle, Simone Wünschmann ...
    Building on the first principles of environmental chemistry, engineering, and ecology, this volume fills the need for an advanced textbook introducing the modern, integrated environmental management approach, with a view towards long-term sustainability and within the framework of international regulations.As such, it presents the classic technologies alongside innovative ones that are just now ... Read more

    $61.00 USD

  • Alberta Oil Sands

    Energy, Industry and the Environment

    by Kevin E Percy ...
    Series Book 11 - Developments in Environmental Science
    At 170 billion barrels, Canada's Oil Sands are the third largest reserves of developable oil in the world. The Oil Sands now produce about 1.6 million barrels per day, with production expected to double by 2025 to about 3.7 million barrels per day. The Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) in northeastern Alberta is the largest of the three oil sands deposits. Bitumen in the oil sands is recovered ... Read more

    $166.49 USD

  • The Green Marble

    Earth System Science and Global Sustainability

    by David Turner ...
    Humans have difficulty thinking at the global scale. Yet as we come to understand our planet as a single, interconnected, complex system and encounter compelling evidence of human impact on Earth’s climate and biosphere, the need for a truly global effort is increasingly urgent. In this concise and accessible text*,* David P. Turner presents an overview of global environmental change and a ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • Global Environmental Issues

    A Climatological Approach

    by David Kemp ...
    This book provides a balanced account of the global environmental issues which threaten our society and which we neglect at our peril. Analysing both social and environmental components of the issues - global warming, ozone depletion, acid rain and drought - the book offers a valuable integrative approach and a detailed analysis of environmental issues in a clear, non-technical manner.Emphasising ... Read more

    $110.99 USD

  • Understanding the Earth System

    Global Change Science for Application

    Edited by Sarah E. Cornell, I. Colin Prentice, Joanna I. House, Catherine J. Downy ...
    Explaining the what, the how and the why of climate science, this multidisciplinary new book provides a review of research from the last decade, illustrated with cutting-edge data and observations. A key focus is the development of analysis tools that can be used to demonstrate options for mitigating and adapting to increasing climate risks. Emphasis is given to the importance of Earth system ... Read more

    $68.09 USD