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  • Climate Change

    Briefings from Southern Africa

    Climate change affects us all, but it can be a confusing business. In this book, three scientists with several decades of experience in assessing the potential effects of climate change for the southern African region share their insights. Complex issues are dealt with in plain language, without oversimplification and with attention to accuracy. The material is up-to-date as is possible in such a ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

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  • Our Final Warning

    Six Degrees of Climate Emergency

    by Mark Lynas ...
    This book must not be ignored. It really is our final warning.Mark Lynas delivers a vital account of the future of our earth, and our civilisation, if current rates of global warming persist. And it’s only looking worse.We are living in a climate emergency. But how much worse could it get? Will civilisation collapse? Are we already past the point of no return? What kind of future can our children ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Global Weirdness

    Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas and the Weather of the Future

    **Sixty easty-to-read essays that enlarge our understanding of how climate change affects our daily lives, and arms us with the incontrovertible facts we need to make informed decisions about the future of the planet, and of humankind.“A breath of fresh air: just the facts, efficient and easy to understand.” —Scientific American**Global Weirdness summarizes everything we know about the science of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Weather Makers

    How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth

    by Tim Flannery ...
    The #1 international bestseller on climate change that's been endorsed by policy makers, scientists, writers, and energy executives around the world.Tim Flannery's The Weather Makers contributed in bringing the topic of global warming to worldwide prominence. For the first time, a scientist provided an accessible and comprehensive account of the history, current status, and future impact of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Flooded Earth

    Our Future In a World Without Ice Caps

    by Peter D Ward ...
    Sea level rise will happen no matter what we do. Even if we stopped all carbon dioxide emissions today, the seas would rise one meter by 2050 and three meters by 2100. This -- not drought, species extinction, or excessive heat waves -- will be the most catastrophic effect of global warming. And it won't simply redraw our coastlines -- agriculture, electrical and fiber optic systems, and shipping ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Introduction to Geography and the Environment, An

    by Joseph Holden ...
    This highly respected and best-selling textbook provides an accessible, engaging and comprehensive introduction to the major topics within physical geography. It focuses on understanding the inter-linkages between processes, places and environments and is comprehensively illustrated to demonstrate how the physical environment works.Now in its fourth edition, the book has been thoroughly updated ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum

    How Humans Took Control of Climate

    Series series Princeton Science Library
    The impact on climate from 200 years of industrial development is an everyday fact of life, but did humankind's active involvement in climate change really begin with the industrial revolution, as commonly believed? Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum has sparked lively scientific debate since it was first published--arguing that humans have actually been changing the climate for some 8,000 years--as a ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Water: All That Matters

    Series series All That Matters
    The world's population is increasing; but its supply of water is not. Empires have grown and declined due to discovery and exhaustion of their water sources, and now the West is at last catching on to the fact that abundance of water can no longer be taken for granted. For the last fifty years, wars have been fought over oil; for the next fifty, they may be fought over water (in fact, some local ... Read more

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  • It's Getting Hot in Here

    The Past, Present, and Future of Climate Change

    by Bridget Heos ...
    Tackling the issue of global warming head-on for a teen audience, this acclaimed book examines the science behind it, the history of climate change on our planet, and the ways in which humans have affected the current crisis we face.It's Getting Hot in Here takes an in-depth look at the facts: how we got where we are today as a planet, how we know that the climate is changing, and what can be done ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The God Species

    Saving the Planet in the Age of Humans

    by Mark Lynas ...
    We humans are the God species, both the creators and destroyers of life on this planet. As we enter a new geological era - the Anthropocene - our collective power now overwhelms and dominates the major forces of nature. But from the water cycle to the circulation of nitrogen and carbon through the entire Earth system, we are coming dangerously close to destroying the planetary life-support systems ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Biological Oceanography: An Introduction

    This popular undergraduate textbook offers students a firm grounding in the fundamentals of biological oceanography. As well as a clear and accessible text, learning is enhanced with numerous illustrations including a colour section, thorough chapter summaries, and questions with answers and comments at the back of the book. The comprehensive coverage of this book encompasses the properties of ... Read more

    $66.59 USD

  • Climate Change Revised Edition

    Series Book 15 - Groundwork Guides
    Revised and updated editionScientists have been warning the world about global warming for almost three decades. But the rest of us are only now starting to get the message. The planet is warming at an unusually rapid rate, and this warming is largely being caused by human activity. Shrinking glaciers, thawing permafrost, erratic weather and threatened freshwater supplies are already affecting the ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus