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The tree and the river / by Becker, Aaron,1974-;
"In an alternate past--or possible future--a mighty tree stands on the banks of a winding river, bearing silent witness to the flow of time and change. A family farms the fertile valley. Soon, a village sprouts, and not long after, a town. Residents learn to harness the water, the wind, and the animals in order to survive and thrive. The growing population becomes ever more industrious and clever, bending nature itself to their will and their ambition: redirecting rivers, harvesting lumber, reshaping the land, even extending daylight itself..."--
Subjects: Wordless picture books.; Picture books.; Trees; Time; Nature;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Under a white sky : the nature of the future / by Kolbert, Elizabeth,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it? That man should have dominion "over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth" is a prophecy that has hardened into fact. So pervasive are human impacts on the planet that it's said we live in a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. In Under a White Sky, Elizabeth Kolbert takes a hard look at the new world we are creating. She meets scientists who are trying to preserve the world's rarest fish, which lives in a single, tiny pool in the middle of the Mojave. She visits a lava field in Iceland, where engineers are turning carbon emissions to stone; an aquarium in Australia, where researchers are trying to develop "super coral" that can survive on a hotter globe; and a lab at Harvard, where physicists are contemplating shooting tiny diamonds into the stratosphere in order to reflect sunlight back to space and cool the earth. One way to look at human civilization, says Kolbert, is as a ten-thousand-year exercise in defying nature. In The Sixth Extinction, she explored the ways in which our capacity for destruction has reshaped the natural world. Now she examines how the very sorts of interventions that have imperiled our planet are increasingly seen as the only hope for its salvation. By turns inspiring, terrifying, and darkly comic, Under a White Sky is an utterly original examination of the challenges we face"--
Subjects: Ecological engineering.; Environmental protection.; Human ecology.; Nature; Sustainability.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson : everything you ever need to know about space travel, sci-fi, the human race, the universe, and beyond / by Tyson, Neil deGrasse.; Liu, Charles,1968 April 5-; Simons, Jeffrey Lee.;
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Subjects: Cosmology.; Earth sciences.; Human beings.; Science fiction;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Resident alien. [videorecording] / by Reynolds, Corey,1974-actor.; Tomko, Sara,actor.; Tudyk, Alan,actor.; Wetterlund, Alice,actor.; Universal Pictures (Firm),publisher.;
Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds, Alice Wetterlund, Levi Fiehler, Elizabeth Bowen, Gary Farmer.A comedic sci-fi drama based on the Dark Horse comic book series of the same name, this show follows a crash-landed alien who must take on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor and somehow find a way to fit in with the local human population. While attempting to complete his secret mission on Earth, he is forced to consider the possibility that humans might be worth saving after all.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Science fiction television programs.; Television comedies.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Extraterrestrial beings; Human-alien encounters;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The messenger [videorecording] / by Rynard, Susan,film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Jackson, Joanne P,film producer.; Blake, Sally,film producer,screenwriter.; La Fouchardiere, Martin de,film producer.; Woods, Diane(Producer),film producer.; Strong, Philip.; SongbirdSOS Productions, Inc,production company.; Kino Lorber, Inc,publisher.;
Music, Phil Strong ; editor, Eamonn O'Connor ; cinematography, Daniel Grant, Amar Ahrab.Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015.For thousands of years, songbirds were regarded by mankind as messengers from the gods. Today, these creatures, woven inextricably into the fabric of our environment, are vanishing at an alarming rate. Under threat from climate change, pesticides and more, populations of hundreds of species have dipped dramatically. As scientists, activists and bird enthusiasts investigate this phenomenon, amazing secrets of the bird world come to light for the first time.E.DVD, NTSC, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Songbirds.; Songbirds; Bird declines.; Wildlife conservation.; Nature;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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On our nature walk : our first talk about our impact on the environment / by Roberts, Jillian,1971-; Heinrichs, Jane,1982-;
Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.Explains how pollution is caused and how people can better care for the environment.LSC
Subjects: Nature; Human ecology; Environmental protection;
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Why on Earth [videorecording] / by Cleary, Katie,film director.; Eastwood, Clint,1930-on-screen participant.; Salley, John,on-screen participant.; Van Straten, Kristin Bauer,1966-on-screen participant.; Vision Films (Marina del Rey, Calif.),film distributor.;
Clint Eastwood, John Salley, Kristin Bauer.Rarely before seen footage of deforestation and the illegal trade of endangered species exposes the vital connection between humans, animals, and our planet. By caring about our natural world, we begin a healing process that helps us all.E.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 2.0 sterophonic.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Environmental films.; Endangered species.; Human-animal relationships.; Nature;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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A world full of journeys & migrations / by Howard, Martin(Martin J.); Corr, Christopher.;
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Subjects: Human beings; Emigration and immigration; Forced migration;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies / by Diamond, Jared M.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Social evolution; Civilization; Ethnology; Human beings; Culture diffusion;
© 1999., W.W. Norton & Co.,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Renewal : how nature awakens our creativity, compassion, and joy / by Edwards, Andrés R.,1959-author.; Bekoff, Marc,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Renewal explores the science behind why being in nature makes us feel alive and helps us thrive. Backed by cutting-edge research in cognitive science, Edwards weaves stories that reveal nature's genius, its effect on our lives, and how cultivating an emotional bond with nature benefits us and the natural world."--
Subjects: Human ecology; Nature; Human beings; Well-being; Nature, Healing power of.; Nature; Human ecology.; Nature.; Well-being.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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