Pollution & threats to the environment
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Pollution & threats to the environment
Paperback. Packed with provocative case studies, calculations and lifestyle comparisons, this entertaining and authoritative book makes the complexities of climatology understandable and challenges readers to rethink their notions of 'doing their bit'. The paperback edition features a new preface from Mark Lynas, author of High Tide: News From a Warming World Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBP; RNPG; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription on FFEP.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KTG0004808
- ISBN
- 9780230007543
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. This book presents the fundamental principles, mathematical methods and applications of atmospheric chemistry models for graduate students and researchers. Num Pages: 560 pages, 47 b/w illus. 175 colour illus. BIC Classification: RBP; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 177. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107146969
- ISBN
- 9781107146969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.21
€ 93.21
Paperback. Weaving together stories from elite science, cutting-edge technology, and popular culture, Fleming examines issues of health and navigation in the 1830s, drought in the 1890s, aircraft safety in the 1930s, and world conflict since the 1940s. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 43 illus. BIC Classification: PDX; RBP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144131
- ISBN
- 9780231144131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
Hardcover. From the destruction of New Orleans to the loss of the world's fish-stocks and intractable problems such as MRSA, this title demonstrates how the reckless pursuit of efficiency and cost-effectiveness frequently backfires. It makes the case for robustness as an equally important measure of performance in various fields. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843547266
- ISBN
- 9781843547266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.00€ 17.71
€ 23.00
€ 17.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPW; JWLP; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Publisher
- PM Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629633855
- ISBN
- 9781629633855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.13
€ 14.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 line illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: KCN; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171326
- ISBN
- 9780691171326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.46
€ 20.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Practical Action Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Pap/Cdr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853397868
- ISBN
- 9781853397868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.82
€ 21.82
Paperback. Earth is the only planet known to have fire. The reason is both simple and profound: fire exists because Earth is the only planet to possess life as we know it. Fire is an expression of life on Earth and an index of life's history. Few processes are as integral, unique, or ancient. Num Pages: 434 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; RB; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 20. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 476
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119953562
- ISBN
- 9781119953562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.70
€ 58.70
Paperback. Since the 9/11 attacks, many Western governments assume terrorism to be the greatest threat we face. This book shows why this approach has been such a failure, and how it distracts us from other, much greater, threats of climate change, competition over resources, marginalisation of the majority of the world and global militarisation. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNP; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 90. Clean copy of an ex library book with a neat label on spine and usual markings
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KEX0226665
- ISBN
- 9781846040702
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Offers an account of the challenges we face in responding to security and environmental change. This work argues that to understand climate change and the dislocations of global ecology, it is necessary to look back at how ecological change is tied to the expansion of the world economic system over the last few centuries. Series: Dimensions of Security. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642925
- ISBN
- 9780745642925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.05
€ 24.05
Paperback. The troubling story of how a cadre of influential scientists have clouded public understanding of scientific facts to advance a political and economic agenda. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254. How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming. 368 pages, Illustrations. The troubling story of how a cadre of influential scientists have clouded public understanding of scientific facts to advance a political and economic agenda. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; RNPG. Dimension: 142 x 197 x 23. Weight: 252.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408824832
- ISBN
- 9781408824832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.66
€ 16.99
€ 14.66
paperback. First book to explore dramatic amplification of global warming underway in cities for students, policy makers and the general reader. Num Pages: 206 pages, 30 b/w illus. 5 colour illus. BIC Classification: JFSG; RBP; RNPG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386. Climate Change in the Places We Live. 206 pages, 30 b/w illus. 5 colour illus. First book to explore dramatic amplification of global warming underway in cities for students, policy makers and the general reader. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFSG; RBP; RNPG. Dimension: 149 x 226 x 15. Weight: 386.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 206
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107602588
- ISBN
- 9781107602588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.17
€ 43.99
€ 39.17
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143126591
- ISBN
- 9780143126591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.02
€ 21.99
€ 17.02
Paperback. A controversial, timely reassessment of the environmentalist agenda by outstanding historians, scientists, and critics. Editor(s): Cronon, William. Num Pages: 560 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: JFCX; RNK; RNP; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393315110
- ISBN
- 9780393315110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.86
€ 25.99
€ 22.86
Paperback. Translator(s): Schein, Allison; Vergnaud, Lara. Num Pages: 474 pages. BIC Classification: JFFU; MBNH2; RNFF; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620972021
- ISBN
- 9781620972021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.56
€ 21.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; RND; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 175 x 8. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Big Kid Science
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937548780
- ISBN
- 9781937548780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.76
€ 18.99
€ 15.76
paperback. Scientists directly involved in studying the Exxon Valdez spill provide a comprehensive synthesis of scientific information on long-term spill effects. Editor(s): Wiens, John A. Num Pages: 482 pages, 4 b/w illus. 101 colour illus. 12 maps 27 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; KNBP; RNP; TQK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 188 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 482
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107614697
- ISBN
- 9781107614697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. * An important new collection based on a series of recent Miliband lectures. * Leading figures discuss the pressing issues of climate change and sustainability. * This features contributions by Ulrich Beck, Onora O'Neill, Peter Singer, and Ed and David Miliband. Editor(s): Held, David; Theros, Marika; Fane-Hervey, Angus. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; JPS; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652023
- ISBN
- 9780745652023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.90
€ 24.90
paperback. New edition of full-color introductory textbook for students taking a course on air pollution or global warming, whatever their background. Num Pages: 406 pages, 238 colour illus. 71 tables. BIC Classification: RNPG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 978. History, Science, and Solutions. 406 pages, 238 colour illus. 71 tables. New edition of full-color introductory textbook for students taking a course on air pollution or global warming, whatever their background. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: RNPG. Dimension: 251 x 203 x 19. Weight: 976.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 406
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107691155
- ISBN
- 9781107691155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 90.86
€ 90.86
Paperback. Goes to the heart of the unfolding reality of the twenty-first century: international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have all failed and before the end of the century Earth is projected to be warmer than it has been for 15 million years. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: RNF; RNPG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205213
- ISBN
- 9780300205213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.23
€ 21.99
€ 17.23