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How to Build a Habitable Planet

The Story of Earth from the Big Bang to Humankind - Revised and Expanded Edition

By: Charles H. Langmuir,Wallace Broecker

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How to Build a Habitable Planet

The Story of Earth from the Big Bang to Humankind - Revised and Expanded Edition

By: Charles H. Langmuir,Wallace Broecker

A classic introduction to the story of Earth's origin and evolution—revised and expanded for the twenty-first century Since its first publication more than twenty-five years ago, How to Build a Habitable Planet has established a legendary reputation as an accessible yet scientifically impeccable introduction to the origin and evolution of Earth, from the Big Bang through the rise of human civilization. This classic account of how our habitable planet was assembled from the stuff of stars introduced readers to planetary, Earth, and climate science by way of a fascinating narrative. Now this great book has been made even better. Harvard geochemist Charles Langmuir has worked closely with the original author, Wally Broecker, one of the world's leading Earth scientists, to revise and expand the book for a new generation of readers for whom active planetary stewardship is becoming imperative. Interweaving physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology, and biology, this sweeping account tells Earth’s complete story, from the synthesis of chemical elements in stars, to the formation of the Solar System, to the evolution of a habitable climate on Earth, to the origin of life and humankind. The book also addresses the search for other habitable worlds in the Milky Way and contemplates whether Earth will remain habitable as our influence on global climate grows. It concludes by considering the ways in which humankind can sustain Earth’s habitability and perhaps even participate in further planetary evolution. Like no other book, How to Build a Habitable Planet provides an understanding of Earth in its broadest context, as well as a greater appreciation of its possibly rare ability to sustain life over geologic time. Leading schools that have ordered, recommended for reading, or adopted this book for course use: Arizona State University Brooklyn College CUNY Columbia University Cornell University ETH Zurich Georgia Institute of Technology Harvard University Johns Hopkins University Luther College Northwestern University Ohio State University Oxford Brookes University Pan American University Rutgers University State University of New York at Binghamton Texas A&M University Trinity College Dublin University of Bristol University of California-Los Angeles University of Cambridge University Of Chicago University of Colorado at Boulder University of Glasgow University of Leicester University of Maine, Farmington University of Michigan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of North Georgia University of Nottingham University of Oregon University of Oxford University of Portsmouth University of Southampton University of Ulster University of Victoria University of Wyoming Western Kentucky University Yale University

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Princeton University Press

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1400841976

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Fixing Climate

The story of climate science - and how to stop global warming

By: Wallace S. Broecker

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Fixing Climate

The story of climate science - and how to stop global warming

By: Wallace S. Broecker

With Broeker as his guide, award-winning science writer Robert Kunzig looks back at Earth's volatile climate history so as to shed light on the challenges ahead. Ice ages, planetary orbits, a giant 'conveyor belt' in the ocean ... it's a riveting story full of maverick thinkers, extraordinary discoveries and an urgent blueprint for action. Likening climate to a slumbering beast, ready to react to the smallest of prods, Broecker shows how assiduously we've been prodding it, by pumping 70 million tonnes of CO2 into the air each year. Fixing Climate explains why we need not just to reduce emissions but to start removing our carbon waste from our atmosphere. And in a thrilling last section of the book, we learn how this could become reality, using 'artificial trees' and underground storage.

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How to Build a Habitable Planet

The Story of Earth from the Big Bang to Humankind - Revised and Expanded Edition

By: Charles H. Langmuir,Wallace Broecker

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The Story of Earth from the Big Bang to Humankind - Revised and Expanded Edition

By: Charles H. Langmuir,Wallace Broecker

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The Great Ocean Conveyor

Discovering the Trigger for Abrupt Climate Change

By: Wally Broecker

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The Great Ocean Conveyor

Discovering the Trigger for Abrupt Climate Change

By: Wally Broecker

This title explores the realization that the Earth's climate system could undergo abrupt reorganizations, changing temperatures and rainfall across much of the planet.

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The Uninhabitable Earth

Life After Warming

By: David Wallace-Wells

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The Uninhabitable Earth

Life After Warming

By: David Wallace-Wells

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The Uninhabitable Earth hits you like a comet, with an overflow of insanely lyrical prose about our pending Armageddon.”—Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon With a new afterword It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible—food shortages, refugee emergencies, climate wars and economic devastation. An “epoch-defining book” (The Guardian) and “this generation’s Silent Spring” (The Washington Post), The Uninhabitable Earth is both a travelogue of the near future and a meditation on how that future will look to those living through it—the ways that warming promises to transform global politics, the meaning of technology and nature in the modern world, the sustainability of capitalism and the trajectory of human progress. The Uninhabitable Earth is also an impassioned call to action. For just as the world was brought to the brink of catastrophe within the span of a lifetime, the responsibility to avoid it now belongs to a single generation—today’s. Praise for The Uninhabitable Earth “The Uninhabitable Earth is the most terrifying book I have ever read. Its subject is climate change, and its method is scientific, but its mode is Old Testament. The book is a meticulously documented, white-knuckled tour through the cascading catastrophes that will soon engulf our warming planet.”—Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times “Riveting. . . . Some readers will find Mr. Wallace-Wells’s outline of possible futures alarmist. He is indeed alarmed. You should be, too.”—The Economist “Potent and evocative. . . . Wallace-Wells has resolved to offer something other than the standard narrative of climate change. . . . He avoids the ‘eerily banal language of climatology’ in favor of lush, rolling prose.”—Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times “The book has potential to be this generation’s Silent Spring.”—The Washington Post “The Uninhabitable Earth, which has become a best seller, taps into the underlying emotion of the day: fear. . . . I encourage people to read this book.”—Alan Weisman, The New York Review of Books

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0525576711

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Fixing Climate

The story of climate science - and how to stop global warming

By: Wallace S. Broecker

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The story of climate science - and how to stop global warming

By: Wallace S. Broecker

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The Great Ocean Conveyor

Discovering the Trigger for Abrupt Climate Change

By: Wally Broecker

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Discovering the Trigger for Abrupt Climate Change

By: Wally Broecker

This title explores the realization that the Earth's climate system could undergo abrupt reorganizations, changing temperatures and rainfall across much of the planet.

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Quaternary Sea-Level Changes

A Global Perspective

By: Colin V. Murray-Wallace,Colin D. Woodroffe

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Quaternary Sea-Level Changes

A Global Perspective

By: Colin V. Murray-Wallace,Colin D. Woodroffe

There have been significant changes in sea level over the past two million years, and a complete understanding of natural cycles of change as well as anthropogenic effects is imperative for future global development. This book reviews the history of research into these sea-level changes and summarises the methods and analytical approaches used to interpret evidence for sea-level changes. It provides an overview of changing climates during the Quaternary, examines processes responsible for global variability of sea-level records, and presents detailed reviews of sea-level changes for the Pleistocene and Holocene. The book concludes by discussing current trends in sea levels and likely future sea-level changes. This is an important and authoritative resource for academic researchers and graduate and advanced undergraduate students working in tectonics, stratigraphy, geomorphology, physical geography, environmental science and other aspects of Quaternary studies.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139867156

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The Uninhabitable Earth (Adapted for Young Adults)

Life After Warming

By: David Wallace-Wells

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The Uninhabitable Earth (Adapted for Young Adults)

Life After Warming

By: David Wallace-Wells

An exploration of the devastating effects of global warming—current and future—adapted for young adults from the #1 New York Times bestseller. This is not only an assessment on how the future will look to those living through it, but also a dire overview and an impassioned and hopeful call to action to change the trajectory while there is still time. The climate crisis that our nation currently faces, from rising temperatures, unfathomable drought, devastating floods, unprecedented fires, just to name a few, are alarming precursors to what awaits us if we continue on our current path. In this adaptation for young adults from the #1 New York Times bestseller, journalist David Wallace-Wells tells it like it is, and it is much worse than anyone might think. Global warming is effecting the world, if left unchecked, it promises to transform global politics, the meaning of technology and the trajectory of human progress. In sobering detail, Wallace-Wells lays out the mistakes and inaction of past and current generations that we see negatively affecting all lives today and more importantly how they will inevitably affect the future. But readers will also hear—loud and clear—his impassioned call to action, as he appeals to current and future generations, especially young people. As he states: “the solutions, when we dare to imagine them . . . are indeed motivating, if there is to be any chance of preserving even the hope for a happier future—relatively livable, relatively fulfilling, relatively prosperous, and perhaps more than only relatively just.”

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Delacorte Press

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0593483561

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Human Rights and Business

A Policy-Oriented Perspective

By: Denise Wallace

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Human Rights and Business

A Policy-Oriented Perspective

By: Denise Wallace

This book addresses the ever more urgent question as to whether individuals, indigenous peoples or other vulnerable groups should be entitled to remedies under international law for violations of their human rights by transnational corporations. Using the tools of policy-oriented jurisprudence, the author analyzes, in great historical and cross-cultural detail, the various claims involved, including the status of corporations and their purpose and growth beyond borders in the era of globalization; countervailing demands for respect and rights of individuals and groups; the changing role of the nation-state in international law; movements for corporate social responsibility and corporate accountability; trends in decision both domestically and internationally; as well as voluntary codes. Her appraisal of past decisions and suggestions leads her to conclude that only binding international legal remedies against transnational corporations can fully address the legitimate claims of individuals or groups.

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Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

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9004279873

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Quaternary History of the Coorong Coastal Plain, Southern Australia

An Archive of Environmental and Global Sea-Level Changes

By: Colin V. Murray-Wallace

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Quaternary History of the Coorong Coastal Plain, Southern Australia

An Archive of Environmental and Global Sea-Level Changes

By: Colin V. Murray-Wallace

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the Quaternary geological and geomorphological evolution of the Coorong Coastal Plain region and its significance in a global context for understanding long-term records of Quaternary sea-level changes. The Coorong Coastal Plain in southern Australia is a natural laboratory for examining the response of coastal barrier landscapes to relative sea-level changes. The region provides direct evidence of coastal sedimentation during successive interglacials over the past 1 million years, as well as more recent volcanism. The region has received international focus and attracted scientists from around the World, with interests in long-term coastal evolution, sea-level changes, Quaternary dating methods and geochronology, soil development, temperate carbonate sedimentation, karst geomorphology and geologically recent volcanism.

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Springer

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3319893424

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The Atmospheric General Circulation

By: John M. Wallace,David S. Battisti,David W. J. Thompson,Dennis L. Hartmann

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The Atmospheric General Circulation

By: John M. Wallace,David S. Battisti,David W. J. Thompson,Dennis L. Hartmann

An engaging, comprehensive, richly illustrated textbook about the atmospheric general circulation, written by leading researchers in the field. The book elucidates the pervasive role of atmospheric dynamics in the Earth System, interprets the structure and evolution of atmospheric motions across a range of space and time scales in terms of fundamental theoretical principles, and includes relevant historical background and tutorials on research methodology. The book includes over 300 exercises and is accompanied by extensive online resources, including solutions manuals, an animations library, and an introduction to online visualization and analysis tools. This textbook is suitable as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses in atmospheric sciences and geosciences curricula and as a reference textbook for researchers.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108660134

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The Fate of Greenland

Lessons from Abrupt Climate Change

By: Philip Conkling,Richard Alley,Wallace Broecker,George Denton

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The Fate of Greenland

Lessons from Abrupt Climate Change

By: Philip Conkling,Richard Alley,Wallace Broecker,George Denton

Experts discuss how Greenland's warming climate—seen in its melting ice sheets and retreating glaciers—could affect the rest of the world. Viewed from above, Greenland offers an endless vista of whiteness interrupted only by scattered ponds of azure-colored melt water. Ninety percent of Greenland is covered by ice; its ice sheet, the largest outside Antarctica, stretches almost 1,000 miles from north to south and 600 miles from east to west. But this stark view of ice and snow is changing—and changing rapidly. Greenland's ice sheet is melting; the dazzling, photogenic display of icebergs breaking off Greenland's rapidly melting glaciers has become a tourist attraction. The Fate of Greenland documents Greenland's warming with dramatic color photographs and investigates episodes in Greenland's climate history for clues about what happens when climate change is abrupt rather than gradual. Greenland's climate past and present could presage our climate future. Abrupt climate change would be cataclysmic: the melting of Greenland's ice shelf would cause sea levels to rise twenty-four feet worldwide; lower Manhattan would be underwater and Florida's coastline would recede to Orlando. The planet appears to be in a period of acute climate instability, exacerbated by carbon dioxide we pour into the atmosphere. As this book makes clear, it is in all of our interests to pay attention to Greenland.

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MIT Press

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0262525267

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9780262525268

Global Warming

By: Jean F. Blashfield,Wallace B. Black

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Global Warming

By: Jean F. Blashfield,Wallace B. Black

Describes the gradual warming of our planet, its causes and effects, and ways in which we can all help.

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0516055011

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Book's by Wallace Broecker

How to Build a Habitable Planet

How to Build a Habitable Planet

Fixing Climate

Fixing Climate

How to Build a Habitable Planet

How to Build a Habitable Planet

The Great Ocean Conveyor

The Great Ocean Conveyor

The Uninhabitable Earth

The Uninhabitable Earth

Fixing Climate

Fixing Climate

The Great Ocean Conveyor

The Great Ocean Conveyor

Quaternary Sea-Level Changes

Quaternary Sea-Level Changes

The Uninhabitable Earth (Adapted for Young Adults)

The Uninhabitable Earth (Adapted for Young Adults)

Human Rights and Business

Human Rights and Business

Quaternary History of the Coorong Coastal Plain, Southern Australia

Quaternary History of the Coorong Coastal Plain, Southern Australia

The Atmospheric General Circulation

The Atmospheric General Circulation

The Fate of Greenland

The Fate of Greenland

Global Warming

Global Warming

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