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Sharkwater / by Stewart, Rob,1979-;
Subjects: Sharks; Sharks;
© c2007., Key Porter Books,
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The reality bubble : blind spots, hidden truths, and the dangerous illusions that shape our world / by Tong, Ziya,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Ecology.; Science.; Nature;
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The third chimpanzee : the evolution and future of the human animal / by Diamond, Jared M.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-390) and index.LSC
Subjects: Human evolution.; Social evolution.; Nature;
© 1993, c1992., Harper Perennial,
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Hope dies last : visionary people across the world, fighting to find us a future / by Weisman, Alan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-482) and index."In this profoundly human and moving narrative, the bestselling author of The World Without Us returns with a book ten years in the making: a study of the precarious state of our planet and what it means to be a human on the front lines of this existential crisis. His new book, Hope Dies Last, is a literary evocation of our current predicament and the core optimism of the human species against the worst odds we have ever faced. To write this book, Weisman has travelled the globe witnessing the devastation of climate change and meeting the people striving to mitigate and undo our past transgressions. From the flooding Marshall Islands to wetlands renewal in Iraq, and from the Netherlands to the Korean DMZ to cities and coastlines in the U.S. and around the world, he has witnessed personally the best of humanity battling the heat, the hunger, and the rising tides. He profiles the work of big thinkers -- engineers, scientists, economists, and psychiatrists -- as they devise innovative and wildly creative responses to an uncertain and frightening future. We are at an unprecedented point in history, as our collective exploits on this planet are leading us to our own undoing, and we could be one of the species marching toward extinction. A remedy to climate anxiety by one of our most important voices on humans' relationship with the Earth, Hope Dies Last fills a crucial gap in the global conversation: Now that we have passed the point of no return in our battle against climate change, how do we feel, behave, act, plan, and dream as we approach a future decidedly different from what we had expected"--
Subjects: Human ecology.; Nature; Sustainability.;
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The fragile Earth : writing from the New Yorker on climate change / by Remnick, David,editor.; Finder, Henry,editor.; Kolbert, Elizabeth,writer of afterword.;
"A collection of the New Yorker's groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of climate change-including writing from Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Ian Frazier, Kathryn Schulz, and more"--
Subjects: Climatic changes.; Human beings;
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The once and future world : nature as it was, as it is, as it could be / by MacKinnon, J. B.(James Bernard),1970-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Human ecology.; Nature; Restoration ecology.;
© 2013., Random House Canada,
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Angry weather : heat waves, floods, storms, and the new science of climate change / by Otto, Friederike Elly Luise,1982-author.; Brackel, Benjamin von,1982-author.; Pybus, Sarah,translator.; translation of:Otto, Friederike Elly Luise,1982-Wütendes wetter.English.; David Suzuki Institute,sponsoring body.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-233) and index.
Subjects: Climatic changes; Severe storms.; Weather;
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The human age : the world shaped by us / by Ackerman, Diane,1948-;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Human ecology.; Civilization; Human beings; Nature;
© c2014., HarperCollins Publishers,
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If we were gone : imagining the world without people / by Coy, John,1958-; Capannelli, Natalie,1980-;
Includes bibliographical references.Ages 5-10.LSC
Subjects: Human ecology; Nature;
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The great extinctions : what causes them & how they shape life / by MacLeod, Norman,1953-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC
Subjects: Extinction (Biology); Paleontology.; Nature;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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