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Flood Hazards and Health: Responding to Present and Future Risks

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With the tragedy of New Orleans still the focus of the world’s media, this highly topical book combines rigorous analysis of the human health impacts of flooding with an appraisal of how individuals and society respond to those risks. The first detailed discussion of the global health implications of flooding and future flood risk, the book sets these findings in light of potential future increases in flood hazard as a result of climate change. The volume brings t… More >>

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Global Warming – The Earth At Risk Environmental Video Series

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Former MTV Host Kevin Seal presents this fascinating and fun look at the most important environmental issues of our time. Based on Chelsea House Publishers highly acclaimed series of books, these programs make science enjoyable by showing actual environmental projects, vivid nature footage, plus interviews with leading experts in each field. Colorful and imaginative graphics illustrate otherwise hard-to-grasp environmental phenomena. Expert researchers on the cuttin… More >>

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Time: Global Warming: The Causes, the Perils, the Politics – and What It Means for You

  • ISBN13: 9781933821238
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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Planet Earth is heating up, and so is the debate over why our climate is changing and what it means for the future of our energy sources, of our cities, of our children. Now “Time” explores the science of global warming in an illuminating, beautifully illustrated book that ranges from polar ice caps to equatorial rainforests. Here are the scientists who are working to measure and counter the warming trend; here are the world’s most endangered habitats and creatures;… More >>

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