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Explaining the interdependence of land, sea and air, this book looks at what pollution has done to the biosphere. The author discusses the increase of industrial contamination and its long-term consequences, from the holes in the ozone layer and clear-cutting of the rain forests to destroyed estuaries, desertification and depleted energy resourses. He suggests solutions, for example the need for remote satellite sensing of pollution for waste disposal cleanup, toxic waste removal and purification of rivers and lakes.
Poisoning Planet Earth by Britannica Educational Publishing Pdf
Although industrialization and modernization have dramatically improved the quality of our lives, they have also largely contributed to the destruction of our natural resources by engendering waste and creating depletion through overuse. As the worlds population continues to grow and consume, litter, chemicals, and a host of other harmful products overrun our land, air, and water. This intriguing volume examines the various pollutants and human activities that threaten the natural world, with a special look at deforestation and desertification.
The Precious Earth series looks at the environmental issues that face the world today and the role humans have had in creating ecological problems. Polluted Planet tackles the issue of damage to our environment and its many causes.
Explaining the potential dangers facing our world, this series offers positive suggestions for securing our future. The books demystify terms such as global warming, acid rain and ozone layer and discuss how real the dangers are, what is being done today and what can be done in the future. The titles should provide a useful resource for students studying areas of the curriculum involving science, technology, geography and environmental studies.
In our world today, pollution is a major concern. Pollution affects everyone. Chemical pollutants have even been found in Antarctica! This book explores pollution, what causes it, what it does to us and our environment, and what we can do to stop it. Readers will be inspired to do their part to help end pollution.
People's activities are harming our planet and have affected our lives and those of animals and plants also. Shows what people can do to repair the damage, protect the environment for the future and suggests ways we can help.
If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Save the Earth (Revised and Updated) by Helen Caldicott Pdf
“Helen Caldicott has the rare ability to combine science with passion, logic with love, and urgency with humor.” —Naomi Klein From the leader and spokeswoman of the antinuclear movement comes a revised and updated edition of this groundbreaking, widely acclaimed classic. Exploring dangerous global trends such as ozone depletion, global warming, toxic pollution, food contamination, and deforestation, Helen Caldicott presents a picture of our world and the forces that threaten its existence. As always, she gives a prescription for a cure and cause for hope, rallying readers to action with the contention that our fight for the planet will draw its strength from love for the Earth itself.
Globally, humans produce 1.3 billion tons of garbage every year. Discover the causes and proposed solutions for the global garbage glut, examining pollution on land, in the ocean, in the air, and in space.
One Planet, Many People by Ashbindu Singh,United Nations Environment Programme Pdf
Launched to mark World Environment Day 2005, and produced by the UNEP in collaboration with organisations such as the US Geological Survey and NASA, this publication uses text, illustrations, satellite images and ground photographs to depict and analyse humanity's impact on our environment. Issues discussed include: population growth and urbanisation, natural resources consumption, land use intensification, biodiversity and habitat loss; environmental impacts and trends including global warming, air and water pollution, and the impacts on oceans and coastal zones, forests and tundra; changes that result from geo-hazards such as earthquakes and tsunamis, climate hazards such as floods and droughts, and industrial hazards such as nuclear accidents and oil spills; and suggestions for mitigating the effects of global environmental change.
Saving Our Planet analyses the changes (both positive and negative) that have occurred in the environment in the past two decades. It focuses not only on the state of the environment but also on the interactions between development activities and the environment. It highlights the main responses since 1972 to protect the environment. It is based on a wide-ranging review of the scientific literatue, UNEP reports (and other sources) and over 500 references are listed.
Another 'How To' guide, part of the successful series that tells children everything they need to know about the hottest topics in the world today. How to Save the Planet is a first-aid manual for spaceship Earth. It looks at the many different threats to the fragile balance of the Earth's environment, and suggest ways in which children can join the fight against polluting chemicals, the ozone hole and the extinction of wildlife. An ideal book for a budding eco-warrior! Barbara Taylor is an award-winning author of children's books on biological sciences. She won the 1998 American Institute of Physics science writing prize for her book Earth Explained, and her 1996 book Make it Work! Geography won the Geographical Association Gold Award.and Links to web resources and related informationHow To...Children's and& Reference Webpageand More in the same subject area: The environment; The environment; Environmentalist, conservationist and& Green movements; Conservation of the environment, wildlife and& habitats; Endangered species; Geography and& environment; For National Curriculum Key Stage 2Search for other schoolbooks and children's titles hereThe specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled. Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory. Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.
