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  • The Trilateral Interactions

    China, the US, and the EU on Tensions, Competition, and Cooperation

    Edited by Liu Zuokui, Marek Hrubec, Yan Shaohua ...
    Series series Routledge Series on China-Europe Relations
    This book analyses the interactions between China, the US, and the European Union (EU) with regard to tensions, competition, and cooperation.It examines the transformation of the global system into a multipolar and multilateral one, with a particular focus on US-China relations and their interactions with the EU. The authors trace the revitalised unilateralism and selective multilateralism of the ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Water Hyacinth

    Environmental Challenges, Management and Utilization

    Edited by Shaohua Yan, Jun Yao Guo ...
    The water hyacinth is a disruptive factor in aquatic ecosystem management and ecosystem services, and causes problems in fisheries, transportation waterways, irrigation, hydropower generation, and water resources. To address these concerns, it is necessary to integrate past studies with current research and innovations to identify where the knowledge gap is and to creatively assess and solve the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • Hope Beneath Our Feet

    Restoring Our Place in the Natural World

    by Michael Pollan, Barbara Kingsolver, Alice Walker, Howard Zinn ...
    Series Book 67 - Io Series
    An inspiring anthology for anyone seeking guidance, hope, and strength in the midst of our current environmental crisis—featuring writings from Barbara Kingsolver and Barry LopezThe environmental “tipping point” we approach is more palpable each day, and people are seeing it in ways they can no longer ignore—we need only turn on the news to hear the litany of what is wrong around us. Serious ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins

    by Hal Whitehead, Luke Rendell ...
    "An astonishing, unconstrained exploration of the nature and practice of cetacean culture . . . a revolutionary book." —Philip Hoare, author of The WhaleIn the songs and bubble feeding of humpback whales; in young killer whales learning to knock a seal from an ice floe in the same way their mother does; and in the use of sea sponges by the dolphins of Shark Bay, Australia, to protect their beaks ... Read more

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  • The Odyssey of KP2

    An Orphan Seal and a Marine Biologist's Fight to Save a Species

    by Terrie M. Williams ...
    When a two day-old Hawaiian monk seal pup is attacked and abandoned by his mother on a beach in Kauai, environmental officials must decide if they should save the newborn animal or allow nature to take its course. But as a member of the most endangered marine mammal species in U.S. waters, Kauai Pup 2, or KP2, is too precious to lose, and he embarks on an odyssey that will take him across an ocean ... Read more

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  • Waterworlds

    Anthropology in Fluid Environments

    Edited by Kirsten Hastrup, Frida Hastrup ...
    Series Book 3 - Ethnography, Theory, Experiment
    In one form or another, water participates in the making and unmaking of people’s lives, practices, and stories. Contributors’ detailed ethnographic work analyzes the union and mutual shaping of water and social lives. This volume discusses current ecological disturbances and engages in a world where unbounded relationalities and unsettled frames of orientation mark the lives of all, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Freshwater Ecology

    Concepts and Environmental Applications

    by Walter K. Dodds ...
    Series series Aquatic Ecology
    Freshwater Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications is a general text covering both basic and applied aspects of freshwater ecology and serves as an introduction to the study of lakes and streams. Issues of spatial and temporal scale, anthropogenic impacts, and application of current ecological concepts are covered along with ideas that are presented in more traditional limnological texts. ... Read more

    $103.99 USD

  • British Columbia

    A Natural History of Its Origins, Ecology, and Diversity with a New Look at Climate Change

    by Richard Cannings, Sydney Cannings ...
    This revised and expanded edition of an award-winning book not only explores British Columbia’s stunning ecology but also features an increased focus on climate change. With expanded sections on the province’s geological history, updated information on the mountain pine beetle and the future of B.C.’s biodiversity, and fresh information on many other topics, this edition includes new illustrations ... Read more

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  • From Populations to Ecosystems

    Theoretical Foundations for a New Ecological Synthesis

    by Michel Loreau ...
    Series Book 46 - Monographs in Population Biology
    The major subdisciplines of ecology--population ecology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, and evolutionary ecology--have diverged increasingly in recent decades. What is critically needed today is an integrated, real-world approach to ecology that reflects the interdependency of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. From Populations to Ecosystems proposes an innovative theoretical synthesis ... Read more

    $55.49 USD

  • Global Warming Gridlock

    Creating More Effective Strategies for Protecting the Planet

    by David G. Victor ...
    Global warming is one of today's greatest challenges. The science of climate change leaves no doubt that policies to cut emissions are overdue. Yet, after twenty years of international talks and treaties, the world is now in gridlock about how best to do this. David G. Victor argues that such gridlock has arisen because international talks have drifted away from the reality of what countries are ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Cold-Water Corals

    The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats

    by J. Murray Roberts, Andrew Wheeler, André Freiwald, Stephen Cairns ...
    There are more coral species in deep, cold-waters than in tropical coral reefs. This broad-ranging treatment is the first to synthesise current understanding of all types of cold-water coral, covering their ecology, biology, palaeontology and geology. Beginning with a history of research in the field, the authors describe the approaches needed to study corals in the deep sea. They consider coral ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Coastal Conservation

    Edited by Brooke Maslo, Julie L. Lockwood ...
    Series Book 19 - Conservation Biology
    Coastal ecosystems are centres of high biological productivity, but their conservation is often threatened by numerous and complex environmental factors. Citing examples from the major littoral habitats worldwide, such as sandy beaches, salt marshes and mangrove swamps, this text characterises the biodiversity of coastline environments and highlights important aspects of their maintenance and ... Read more

    $44.99 USD