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This book presents a history which is nearing its nadir, where a species of warlike primates is destroying the delicate web of life perceived by Charles Darwin in “The Origin of Species”, committing a war against nature and the fastest mass extinction in the history of nature, with global temperatures incinerating the biosphere by several degrees Celsius, within a lifetime. Despite of this knowledge, Homo "sapiens" is proceeding to transfer every...
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Discover the meaning behind 80 weather-related sayings from one of Canada's top meteorologists.
On Cindy Day's grandmother's farm, the weather wasn't predicted with a computer or official forecast but by accumulated wisdom and careful observation. Cindy's grandma was a constant prognosticator, making predictions about the weather that more often than not, proved correct!
Grandma Says is a collection of 80 weather-related sayings that Cindy recalls...
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Climate change is changing the way winemakers make wine. Once temperate grape-growing regions are growing hotter, challenging winemakers to produce high quality wines in unfamiliar ways. Many of the negative effects of climate change on the wine world are already apparent: European vineyards in the heart of traditional winemaking areas, for example, are suffering lower yields due to increasing temperatures. But new opportunities are also presenting...
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This book is an unorthodox groundbreaking scientific study on natural climate change and its contribution to ongoing multi-centennial global warming.
The book critically reviews the effect of the following on climate:
-Milankovitch cycles
-abrupt glacial (Dansgaard-Oeschger) events
-Holocene climate variability
-the 1500-year cycle
-solar activity
-volcanic eruptions
-greenhouse gases
-energy transport
Applying the scientific method to available evidence...
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As the risks of the climate crisis continue to grow, so too do the challenges of facing a harsh climate future with honesty and courage; justice and compassion; meaning and purpose.
“Hope and Courage in the Climate Crisis” explores diverse sources of learning and wisdom—from climate scientists and activists; philosophers and social theorists; Indigenous cultures and ways of life; faith based and spiritual traditions; artists and writers—which...
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The Evolutionary Imperative provides a unifying perspective on the evolution of the universe in all its physical and biological detail, with a call to action for redirecting the evolutionary trajectory of human society in a way that will preserve the planet and improve the human condition. The book's thesis is that the inevitability of change is driven by resolution of energy gradients through the operation of two fundamental laws of nature: The Principle...
7) Climate Change: An Archaeological Study: How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Responded to Global Warming
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How prehistoric humans coped with the end of the last Ice Age-and catastrophic global warming.
Global warming is among the most urgent problems facing the world today. Yet many commentators, and even some scientists, discuss it with reference only to the changing climate of the last century or so. John Grainger takes a longer view and draws on the archaeological evidence to show how our ancestors faced up to the ending of the last Ice Age, arguably...
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Floods, species extinction, migration, droughts, super tornadoes-climate change is no longer a threat looming on the horizon but has long since become part of our everyday lives. Limiting the emerging and worsening climate changes is one of the most important challenges of our time.
All human induced climate impacts can be traced back to a single factor: Energy. This book provides a comprehensive and readable introduction to the interplay between...
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As temperatures rise, declines in agricultural production and freshwater supply will diminish US carrying capacity by 2/3, and rising sea levels will impact the country's most densely populated regions. A frightening survey of what's to come, American Exodus argues that mankind can survive the coming century of climate chaos if we act quickly to preserve our shelter of last resort.
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