Climate change Books

Book SynopsisExplains how climate change is already impacting the vegetation, wildlife, and the natural conditions in Olympic, Grand Canyon, Glacier, Yellowstone, and Yosemite National Parks. A poignant and thought-provoking work, this book investigates the interactions between people and nature and the world that can inspire and destroy them.Table of Contents List of Maps Foreword William R. Lowry Introduction Chapter One. Olympic National Park Chapter Two. Grand Canyon National Park Chapter Three. Glacier National Park Chapter Four. Yellowstone National Park Chapter Five. Yosemite National Park Conclusion Acknowledgments William R. Lowry Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPresents more than two dozen ready-to-use projects on environmental topics that can be integrated into K-5 educational lesson plans and library programming for children aged 4-10. Starting with a representative picture book as a foundation, children are guided through each topic using a hands-on project that reinforces learning.Table of Contents Introduction 1. Honeybees 2. Monarch Butterfly 3. Pollinators 4. Loggerhead Turtles 5. Mountain Gorillas 6. Polar Bears 7. Protecting Endangered Animals 8. Compost 9. Gardens and Farms 10. Farm to Table 11. Reimagined Urban Spaces 12. Seeds 13. Trees 14. Wildfires 15. Coral Reefs 16. Estuaries 17. Galápagos Islands 18. Garbage and Recycling 19. Plastic Bags 20. Recycled Instruments 21. Renewable Energy 22. Water Conservation 23. Hurricanes 24. Tornadoes 25. Earth Day

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Book SynopsisWorldwide climatic changes have been raising concerns about potential changes to crop yields and production systems. Such concerns include the ability to accommodate these uncertain effects in order to ensure an adequate food supply for an increasing population. Written by leading international experts, this book is the first comprehensive examination of the potential effect climate change, particularly greenhouse gases, will have on agroecosystems. It also reviews the effects such systems have on climate change itself.Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction 1: Climate Change and Global Crop Productivity: An Overview, K R Reddy and H F Hodges Part 2: The Problem: Changing Biosphere 2: Climate Change and Variability, L O Mearns, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA 3: Agricultural Contributions to Greenhouse Gas Emissions, D C Reicoski, North Central Soil Conservation Lab, USA, et al. Part 3: Crop Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Change 4: Crop Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Change: Wheat, D W Lawlor IACR-Rothamsted, UK, et al. 5: Crop Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Change: Rice, T Horie, Kyoto University, Japan, et al. 6: Crop Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Change: Maize and Sorghum, K J Young University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, et al. 7: Crop Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Change: Soybean, L H Allen, Jr. USDA-Agricultural Research Service, University of Florida, USA, et al. 8: Crop Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Change: Cotton, K R Reddy, et al. 9: Crop Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Change: Root and Tuberous Crops, F Miglietta, Inst. Nazionale Analisi e Protezione Agro-ecosistemi, IATA-CNR, Italy, et al. 10: Crop Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Change: Vegetable Crops, M M Peet, North Carolina State University, USA, et al. 11: Crop Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Change: Tree Crops, I A Janssens, University of Antwerp, Belgium, et al. 12: Crop Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Change: Productive Grasslands, J Nösberger and H Blum, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Switzerland, et al. 13: Crop Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Change: Rangelands, H W Polley, Grassland, Soil & Water Research Laboratory, USA, et al. 14: Crop Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Change: Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Crop, P S Nobel, University of California, USA 15: Crop Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Change: Crop/Weed Interactions, J A Bunce USDA-ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, USA, et al. 16: Crop Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Change: Pests and Population Dynamics, A P Gutierrez, University of California, USA 17: Crop Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Change: Soil Organic Matter Dynamics, G I Ågren, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden, et al. 18: Crop Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Change: Interactive Effects of Ozone, Ultraviolet-B Radiation, Sulphur Dioxide and Carbon Dioxide on Crops, J V Groth University of Minnesota, USA, et al. Part 4: Mitigation Strategies 19: Crop Breeding Strategies for the 21st Century, A E Hall, University of California, USA, et al. 20: Role of Biotechnology in Crop Productivity in a Changing Environment, N Cheikh, Monsanto Company, USA, et al. Part 5: Economic and Social Impacts 21: Global, Regional and Local Food Production and Trade in a Changing Environment, J Reilly, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, USA, et al.

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook reviews many key issues in the economics of energy and climate change, raising new questions and offering solutions that might help to minimize the threat of energy-induced climate change.Trade ReviewWith increasing focus on the negative impacts of climate change, this book addresses a gap in the field of energy and climate change economics by providing a comprehensive overview of the state of research in this area. Dividing the contents into seven distinct sections allows for easy navigation of the material and encompasses wide ranging topics from the markets for fossil fuels, to governance, to energy policy and implications.'--The Energy Journal'. . .The volume is useful for legal and policy professionals, academics or practitioners alike, as it contains many interesting contributions on the state-of-the-art research in the economics of climate change mitigation in the energy sector. The parts of the book discussing carbon mitigation, energy efficiency and renewable energy policies, and low-carbon growth provide policy useful and novel knowledge. Advanced students might also find considerable material in this book useful for their studies on energy and climate issues.'--Y. Yamineva, Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence'The book represents a masterpiece in the energy and environmental economics literature and will certainly find an important place as a reference for academic debate and analysis.'--Edmar de Almeida, IAEE's Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy978 1 78347 463 9'Some of us have spent our professional lives on energy and climate change but any new researcher or policy maker must find it daunting to even approach the subject. If so, this encyclopedic Handbook provides a wonderful and necessary introduction. It is creative and up to date, yet also takes the reader by the hand and introduces one topic after another while providing much of the historical context that is so necessary to a deeper understanding.'--Thomas Sterner, Environmental Defense FundTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Roger Fouquet PART I: FOSSIL FUEL MARKETS 1. Oil Prices, Exhaustible Resources and Economic Growth James D. Hamilton 2. Gas Markets: Past, Present and Future Paul Stevens 3. The Likelihood and Potential Implications of a Natural Gas Cartel Steven A. Gabriel, Arild Moe, Knut Einar Rosendahl and Marina Tsygankova 4. Global Steam Coal Markets until 2030: Perspectives on Production, Trade and Consumption under Increasing Carbon Constraints Clemens Haftendorn, Franziska Holz, Claudia Kemfert and Christian von Hirschhausen PART II: ELECTRICITY MARKETS 5. The Future of the (US) Electric Grid Henry D. Jacoby, John G. Kassakian and Richard Schmalensee 6. Increasing the Penetration of Intermittent Renewable Energy: Innovation in Energy Storage and Grid Management Nick Johnstone and Ivan Haščič 7. Electric Vehicles: Will Consumers Purchase Them? Henry Lee and Grant Lovellette PART III: ENERGY POLICY 8. The Contribution of Energy Efficiency Towards Meeting CO2 Targets Joanne Evans, Massimo Filippini and Lester C. Hunt 9. Economic Analysis of Feed-in Tariffs for Generating Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources G. Cornelis van Kooten 10. A Renewable Energy Future? Michael Jefferson 11. Energy Policy: A Full Circle? Colin Robinson PART IV: CLIMATE AGREEMENTS 12. Anthropogenic Influences on Atmospheric CO2 David F. Hendry and Felix Pretis 13. International Cooperation on Climate Change: Why is there so Little Progress? Bjart Holtsmark 14. Long Live the Kyoto Protocol! Richard S.J. Tol 15. Designing a Bretton Woods Institution to Address Global Climate Change Joseph E. Aldy PART V: CARBON MITIGATION POLICIES 16. Fiscal Instruments for Climate Finance Ian Parry 17. How High Should Climate Change Taxes Be? Chris Hope 18. State-Contingent Pricing as a Response to Uncertainty in Climate Policy Ross McKitrick 19. Climate Change, Buildings and Energy Prices Alberto Gago, Michael Hanemann, Xavier Labandeira and Ana Ramos 20. Using Micro Data to Examine Causal Effects of Climate Policy Caterina Gennaioli, Ralf Martin and Mirabelle Muûls 21. Carbon Trading: Past, Present and Future Julien Chevallier 22. Moral Positions on Tradable Permit Markets Snorre Kverndokk 23. The European CO2 Allowances Market: Issues in the Transition to Phase III Christian de Perthuis and Raphaël Trotignon PART VI: LOW-CARBON BEHAVIOUR AND GOVERNANCE 24. The Role of Behavioural Economics in Energy and Climate Policy Michael G. Pollitt and Irina Shaorshadze 25. Valuing Nature for Climate Change Policy: From Discounting the Future to Truly Social Deliberation John M. Gowdy 26. Individual Consumers and Climate Change: Searching for a New Moral Compass Tanya O’Garra 27. Decentralization of Governance in the Low-Carbon Transition Nick Eyre 28. Is a Global Crisis Required to Prevent Climate Change? A Historical–Institutional Perspective Edward B. Barbier PART VII: LOW-CARBON GROWTH 29. Prosperity with Growth: Economic Growth, Climate Change and Environmental Limits Cameron Hepburn and Alex Bowen 30. Should we Sustain? And if so, Sustain What? Consumption or the Quality of Life? Humberto Llavador, John E. Roemer and Joaquim Silvestre 31. At the Crossroads: Can China Grow in a Low-Carbon Way? Julien Chevallier 32. Low-Carbon Economy: Dark Age or Golden Age? Roger Fouquet Index

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Book SynopsisPolicy-makers within international agencies and governments, academics and students in the fields of geography, economics, science policy, forestry, development studies as well as carbon market participants and forest developers in the private sector will find it especially useful.Trade Review'The importance of this book lies in being one of the first comprehensive attempts to summarise major findings in the field of carbon sinks and climate change. . . The book also deals comprehensively with the present and future role of forests in climate change policy and practice. . . This timely book is essential reading for policy decision-makers and foresters alike.' -- Wasantha Athukorala, Economic Analysis and PolicyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface Introduction 1. The Making of Markets for Carbon and the Potential of Forestry Offsets 2. Forestry in the Kyoto Protocol 3. Forestry in Voluntary Carbon Markets 4. Biodiversity Benefits of Reforestation and Avoiding Deforestation 5. Measuring the Carbon in Forest Sinks 6. Forests as a Source of Biofuels 7. Forestry in the Climate Change Policies of Selected Developed Countries 8. Policies for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Index

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Book SynopsisStudents, scholars and researchers from a wide variety of fields who are interested in climate change, energy policy, and the politics and policy of the environment will find this book illuminating, as will officials and policy makers in international organizations and governments.Trade Review'. . . the volume is a timely and informative text for students and academics, as well as for practitioners within international organizations and governments.' -- Rudra Kapila, Climate LawTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Politics and Policy of Carbon Capture and Storage James Meadowcroft and Oluf Langhelle 2. Technology Leader, Policy Laggard: CCS Development for Climate Mitigation in the US Political Context Jennie C. Stephens 3. CCS in Australia: From Political Posturing to Policy Potential Darren Sinclair and Neil Gunningham 4. CCS in Canada Mark Jaccard and Jacqueline Sharp 5. Technology as Political Glue: CCS in Norway Andreas Tjernshaugen and Oluf Langhelle 6. Electricity Gap versus Climate Change: Electricity Politics and the Potential Role of CCS in Germany Barbara Praetorius and Christoph von Stechow 7. CCS in the UK: Squaring Coal Use with Climate Change? Ivan Scrase and Jim Watson 8. CCS in the Netherlands: Glass Half Empty or Half Full? Philip J. Vergragt 9. CCS and the European Union: Magic Bullet or Pure Magic? Dag Harald Claes and Paal Frisvold 10. CCS in Comparative Perspective Oluf Langhelle and James Meadowcroft 11. The Politics and Policy of CCS: The Uncertain Road Ahead James Meadowcroft and Oluf Langhelle Index

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Book SynopsisJustice for Future Generations breaks new ground by discussing what ethical obligations current generations have towards future generations in addressing the threat of climate change and how such obligations should be embodied in international law.Trade Review‘This book is easy to read and follow, providing a solid foundation for understanding environmental law in an international law context. Justice for Future Generations: Climate Change an International Law is a must have for every law library's environmental law collection. I would also recommend this book to those who care deeply about the environment and sustainability issues for future generations.’ -- Sharon Wang, Canadian Law Library Review‘Human-induced climate change is the most fiendish legal and policy problem ever faced by humanity, and our very survival as a species hinges on whether we respond effectively to it. Those who will feel the most acute effects of climate change will be our future generations. In this groundbreaking work, Peter Lawrence sets out the case for addressing climate change today in order to safeguard the welfare of future generations. Lawrence explains that this is not just an imperative of morality, or of survival, but is in fact a mandate of justice. Drawing on a wide range of philosophical and jurisprudential thinking, Lawrence distils core principles of justice to animate our efforts to mitigate climate change. This is an immensely important work, that will have a significant influence on how societies and governments conceptualise and respond to the climate problem.’ -- Timothy Stephens, University of Sydney, Australia‘Peter Lawrence’s book is an original and intellectually stimulating publication which raises complex questions of intergenerational equity and climate change. Both issues have been discussed separately in several important works but this book brings them together with fascinating results. Unlike many purely philosophical approaches, this monograph offers practical solutions based on the conclusion of a global treaty. Lawrence suggests difficult but workable solutions, based on ethical, legal and economic considerations, such as how a treaty would reconcile the long-term interests of developed and developing countries. Effective international law rules addressing climate change are fundamental for both humanity and global ecology and as Lawrence argues in his important book ‘building agreement on what justice means in this context is an essential part of the task.’ -- Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Queen Mary University of London, UK‘This is an extraordinary book that tackles the requirement, as laid down in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, to save our climate for future generations. By approaching this requirement from various angles (international law, human rights, ethics, economics, etc.), Lawrence achieved a unique result: he succeeded in turning a vague aspirational norm into concrete actions that need to be taken by us today.’ -- Jonathan Verschuuren, Tilburg Sustainability Center and Tilburg Law School, the Netherlands‘Those interested in, or affected by environmental issues (and aren’t; we all?) should seek out this book. Researchers and policy makers in particular will be pleased, not to mention amazed, by the impressive bibliography of over twenty pages with its wealth of useful references.’ -- Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister Magazine‘Peter Lawrence’s Justice for Future Generations: Climate Change and International Law is a welcome and timely addition to the field.’ -- Carbon and Climate Law ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: The Climate Change Problem and Solutions Part 1: Theory 2. The Basis of an Obligation Towards Future Generations in Justice and Ethics in the Context of Climate Change 3. Content of Justice-based Obligations Towards Future Generations in the Context of Climate Change Part II: International Law and Politics 4. Current International Law, Intergenerational Justice and Climate Change 5. International Human Rights Law, Intergenerational Justice and Climate Change 6. Climate Change Discources and Intergenerational Justice Part III: The Way Forward and Conclusion 7. The Way Forward – Incorporating Intergenerational Justice Principles into International Climate Law 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis challenging book draws together legal, regulatory, geographic, industrial and professional perspectives and explores the role of technologies in addressing climate change through mitigation, adaptation and information gathering.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction 1. Low Carbon Futures for All? Strategic Options for Global Availability of Environmental Technologies Keith Culver 2. The Puzzling Persistence of the Intellectual Property Right/Climate Change Relationship Navraj Singh Ghaleigh 3. Failure is Not an Option: Enhancing the Use of Intellectual Property Tools to Secure Wider and More Equitable Access to Climate Change Technologies Jon P. Santamauro 4. Partnership and Sharing: Beyond Mainstream Mechanisms Anna Davies 5. Public–Private Partnerships for Wider and Equitable Access to Climate Technologies Elisa Morgera and Kati Kulovesi 6. Climate Change, Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Rights: A Modest Exercise in Thinking Outside the Box Krishna Ravi Srinivas 7. Access to Essential Environmental Technologies and Poor Communities: Why Human Rights Should be Prioritized Oche Onazi 8. Achieving Greater Access: A New Role for Established Legal Principles? Abbe E.L. Brown 9. The ‘New Normal’: Food, Climate Change and Intellectual Property Baskut Tuncak 10. Intellectual Property: Property Rights and the Public Interest James McLean 11. A View from Inside the Renewable Energy Industry Mervyn D. Jones 12. A Private Institutional Investment Perspective David A. McGrory Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique and up-to-date book analyses the functioning of the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and assesses the extent to which relevant legislation has affected its capacity to promote cost-effective reduction of European carbon emissions.Trade Review'Emission markets are crucial both to provide the right incentives to reduce GHG emissions and to fund investments necessary for a transition to a low carbon world. Emission markets however cannot achieve these objectives if inappropriately designed. This book is a novel and fresh attempt to look at the real functioning of the EU Emission Trading Scheme and to assess its effectiveness and inconsistencies, its positive and negative impacts on industrial and financial markets. With the overall objective to improve its design and performance.' - Carlo Carraro, University of Venice, Italy 'This important book has the great achievement of addressing a complicated and socially highly debated issue of how society could be given optimal incentives for emission reductions from a legal and economic perspective. Moreover, it not only addresses the various issues from a theoretical perspective, but provides important empirical evidence on the working of emissions trading as well. The book will undoubtedly have important lessons not only at the theoretical level, but also for policy makers interested in improving the effectiveness of emission trading schemes.' --- From the foreword by Michael FaureTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol: An Overview 3. Toward a Cap and Trade Scheme Solution: Economic and Legal Instruments to Address the Problem of Externality 4. Legal and Economic Aspects of the European Emissions Trading Scheme 5. Analysis of the Effectiveness of the EU ETS: Assessing the Stringency of the ETS Cap 6. Analysis of the Allocation Rules: Do Polluters Pay under Grandfathering? 7. ETS Reform and Carbon Leakage: Assessing the Inconsistencies of the New ETS Directive 8. Summary and Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisRobert N. Stavins has been one of the most influential voices inenvironmental economics and policy over the past two decades. The26 essays in this book, written by Professor Stavins and his co-authorsover the period 2000â2011, originally appeared in a diverse set ofleading, scholarly periodicals, and are collected here for the first time.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Robert N. Stavins PART I OVERVIEW 1. Robert N. Stavins (2011), ‘The Problem of the Commons: Still Unsettled after 100 Years’ 2. Robert W. Hahn, Sheila M. Olmstead and Robert N. Stavins (2003), ‘Environmental Regulation in the 1990s: A Retrospective Analysis’ 3. Forest L. Reinhardt, Robert N. Stavins and Richard H.K. Vietor (2008), ‘Corporate Social Responsibility through an Economic Lens’ PART II METHODS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ANALYSIS 4. Robert N. Stavins, Alexander F. Wagner and Gernot Wagner (2003), ‘Interpreting Sustainability in Economic Terms: Dynamic Efficiency Plus Intergenerational Equity’ 5. Lawrence H. Goulder and Robert N. Stavins (2002), ‘An Eye on the Future: How Economists’ Controversial Practice of Discounting Really Affects the Evaluation of Environmental Policies’ 6. Lori S. Bennear, Robert N. Stavins and Alexander F. Wagner (2005), ‘Using Revealed Preferences to Infer Environmental Benefits: Evidence from Recreational Fishing Licenses’ 7. Judson Jaffe and Robert N. Stavins (2007), ‘On the Value of Formal Assessment of Uncertainty in Regulatory Analysis’ PART III ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INSTRUMENTS 8. Robert N. Stavins (2006), ‘Vintage-Differentiated Environmental Regulation’ 9. Richard G. Newell and Robert N. Stavins (2003), ‘Cost Heterogeneity and the Potential Savings from Market-Based Policies’ 10. Robert W. Hahn and Robert N. Stavins (2011), ‘The Effect of Allowance Allocations on Cap-and-Trade System Performance’ 11. Lori Snyder Bennear and Robert N. Stavins (2007), ‘Second-Best Theory and the Use of Multiple Policy Instruments’ PART IV ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE 12. Adam B. Jaffe, Richard G. Newell and Robert N. Stavins (2002), ‘Environmental Policy and Technological Change’ 13. Adam B. Jaffe, Richard G. Newell and Robert N. Stavins (2005), ‘A Tale of Two Market Failures: Technology and Environmental Policy’ 14. Lori D. Snyder, Nolan H. Miller and Robert N. Stavins (2003), ‘The Effects of Environmental Regulation on Technology Diffusion: The Case of Chlorine Manufacturing’ 15. Richard G. Newell, Adam B. Jaffe and Robert N. Stavins (2006), ‘The Effects of Economic and Policy Incentives on Carbon Mitigation Technologies’ PART V NATURAL RESOURCE AND ECONOMICS: LAND AND WATER 16. Ruben N. Lubowski, Andrew J. Plantinga and Robert N. Stavins (2008), ‘What Drives Land-Use Change in the United States? A National Analysis of Landowner Decisions’ 17. Robin Cross, Andrew J. Plantinga and Robert N. Stavins (2011), ‘What is the Value of Terroir?’ 18. Sheila M. Olmstead, W. Michael Hanemann and Robert N. Stavins (2007), ‘Water Demand under Alternative Price Structures’ PART VI DOMESTIC CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY 19. Robert N. Stavins (2008), ‘Addressing Climate Change with a Comprehensive US Cap-and-Trade System’ 20. Lawrence H. Goulder and Robert N. Stavins (2011), ‘Challenges from State-Federal Interactions in US Climate Change Policy’ 21. Ruben N. Lubowski, Andrew J. Plantinga and Robert N. Stavins (2006), ‘Land-Use Change and Carbon Sinks: Econometric Estimation of the Carbon Sequestration Supply Function’ 22. Richard G. Newell and Robert N. Stavins (2000), ‘Climate Change and Forest Sinks: Factors Affecting the Costs of Carbon Sequestration’ PART VII INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY 23. Joseph E. Aldy, Scott Barrett and Robert N. Stavins (2003), ‘Thirteen Plus One: A Comparison of Global Climate Policy Architectures’ 24. Robert N. Stavins (2005), ‘Beyond Kyoto: Getting Serious about Climate Change’ 25. Sheila M. Olmstead and Robert N. Stavins (2006), ‘An International Policy Architecture for the Post-Kyoto Era’ 26. Judson Jaffe, Matthew Ranson and Robert N. Stavins (2009), ‘Linking Tradable Permit Systems: A Key Element of Emerging International Climate Policy Architecture’

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Book SynopsisLocal Climate Change Law examines the role of local government, especially within cities, in addressing climate change through legal, policy, planning and other tools.Trade ReviewOverall, Local Climate Change Law provides an in-depth analysis of the benefits and difficulties of local climate change regulation and is an important reference work for students, lawyers, policy practitioners, and government officials. --Catherine Foley, Climate LawTable of ContentsContents: Preface Willemien du Plessis and Melissa Powers PART I: FRAMEWORK FOR LOCAL CLIMATE CHANGE LAW 1. Local Climate Change Law Benjamin J. Richardson 2. Transnational Voluntary Climate Change Initiatives for Local Governments: Key Variables, Drivers and Likely Effects Stepan Wood and Kevin Thompson PART II: LOCAL CLIMATE ACTION IN NORTH AMERICA 3. Local Climate Change Law and Multi-level Governance in North America Scott Pasternack 4. Suburban Climate Change Efforts in Minnesota: Implications for Multi-level Mitigation Strategies Hari M. Osofsky 5. US Municipal Climate Plans: What Role Will Cities Play in Climate Change Mitigation? Melissa Powers 6. Local Solutions to a Global Problem? Climate Change Policy-making in Vancouver Elizabeth Schwartz 7. Climate Governance at the Municipal Level in Canada: A Case Study of Mitigation Efforts in Halifax Meinhard Doelle and Kaija Belfry Munroe 8. Measuring Climate Action in Vancouver: Comparing a City’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Protocol to the Inventory of Consumption Jennie Moore 9. Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change Policies: A Comparative Assessment of Indigenous Governance Models in Canada Sophie Thériault PART III: LOCAL CLIMATE ACTION IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 10. Local Climate Action in the European Union Marjan Peeters 11. Climate Governance in China: Using the ‘Iron Hand’ Jolene Lin 12. Legal Frameworks for Local Adaptation in Australia: The Role of Local Government in Water Governance in a Climate Change Era Lee Godden 13. Climate Governance in South African Municipalities: Opportunities and Obstacles for Local Government Anél du Plessis Index

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Book SynopsisContaining an authoritative set of original essays, Environmental Taxation and Climate Change provides fresh insights and analysis on how environmental sustainability can be achieved through fiscal policy.Trade Review'Whilst green taxes face new challenges, there is now an accumulated international experience on which to reflect. This new collection of papers, providing material for further vigorous argument, evinces a keen appreciation of these realities. I recommend this generally very readable book as a helpful reflection of some recent key concerns in the environmental policy area. It constitutes a welcome addition to the literature, inviting critical responses from the specialist, but also drawing in the newcomer to the subject.'- John Snape, University of Warwick, UK 'The level of public and political debate on carbon taxes is low. Politicians fear the impact of a carbon tax on businesses and low income groups, as well as on their popularity among voters. This valuable book studies carbon taxes from many angles with ample attention paid to practical examples and shows that a smartly designed carbon tax is an indispensable instrument in the transition to a less carbon dependent economy.' --- Jonathan Verschuuren, The University of Sydney, Australia and Tilburg University, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Nils Axel Braathen Preface PART I: ENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION OVERVIEW 1. Carbon-related Taxation in OECD Countries and Interactions between Policy Instruments Nils Axel Braathen 2. Implications of Environmental Tax Reforms: Revisited Stefan Speck and David Gee 3. Comparisons between the Cap and Trade System and Carbon Taxation: Is the USA Ready for a Carbon Tax? Paul J. Lee, Rahmat O. Tavallali, Hai Sook Kwon and John T. Geekie PART II: ENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION POLICY CONSIDERATIONS 4. Innovative Taxation Strategies Supporting Climate Change Resilience Rolf H. Weber 5. Why Should There Always be a Loser in Environmental Taxation? Sally-Ann Joseph 6. Behavioural Strategies to Support Climate Change Resilience Amanda Kennedy and Wanida Phromlah PART III: ENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION AND LAND MANAGEMENT 7. Taxing Land Rents for Urban Livability and Sustainability H. William Batt 8. Land Management and Local Taxation in Italy Giorgio Panella, Andrea Zatti and Fiorenza Carraro PART IV: ENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES 9. Coal Mining: The Neglected Environmental Threat Hans Sprohge and Julsuchada Sirisom 10. Great Lakes Water Quality and Restoration Programs Rahmat O. Tavallali and Paul J. Lee 11. The Use of Market based Mechanisms to Bolster Forest Carbon Celeste M. Black PART IV: OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION SCHEMES 12. Price Signal or Tax Signal? An International Panel Data Analysis on Gasoline Demand Reaction Seung-Joon Park 13. The CDM and the Built Environment Javier de Cendra de Larragán 14. CGE Analysis of Border Tax Adjustments Masato Yamazaki 15. Effectiveness of the Danish Packaging Tax Enian Cela and Shinji Kaneko Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook recognises the emergence of climate change as the defining topic of our time. With public climate discourse growing more urgent every year, this Handbook brings together international experts from different economic disciplines to answer critical climate policy questions.Trade Review'More fruitful interaction between economists and political scientists studying possible policy responses to climate change is long overdue. With this volume of 18 essays, co-editors Chichilnisky and Rezai, along with 32 other distinguished writers, do much to facilitate invaluable progress toward a virtuous circle of mutually reinforcing economic and political analyses.' --Peter J. Hammond, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Section I: The Political Economy of Climate Change and Climate Policy 1. Distributional Issues in Climate Policy: Air Quality Co-benefits and Carbon Rent James K. Boyce 2. Evaluating Policies to Implement the Paris Agreement: A Toolkit with Application to China Ian Parry, Baoping Shang, Nate Vernon, Philippe Windeger and Tarun Narasimhan 3. Bargaining to Lose: A Permeability Approach to Post-Transition Resource Extraction Natasha Chichilnisky-Heal 4. Host-MNC Relations in Resource-Rich Countries Natasha Chichilnisky-Heal and Geoffrey M. Heal 5. Bargaining to Lose the Global Commons Natasha Chichilnisky-Heal and Graciela Chichilnisky Section II: Integrated Assessment Modelling 6.Integrated Assessment Models of climate change Chris Hope 7. Climate Change Policy under Spatial Heat Transport and Polar Amplification William Brock and Anastasios Xepapadeas 8. Progressive adaptation strategies in European coastal cities: a response to flood-risk under uncertainty Luis M. Abadie, Elisa Sainz de Murieta, Ibon Galarraga and Anil Markandya 9. Economic Growth and the Social Cost of Carbon: Additive versus Multiplicative Damages Armon Rezai, Frederick van der Ploeg and Cees Withagen 10. Optimal Global Climate Policy and Regional Carbon Prices Mark Budolfson and Francis Dennig 11. Tipping and Reference Points in Climate Change Games Alessandro Tavoni and Doruk Iris Section III: Climate Change and Sustainability 12. Climate Change, Malthus and Collapse Norman Schofield 13. Greenhouse Gas and Cyclical Growth Lance Taylor and Duncan Foley 14. Growth and Sustainability Robin Hahnel 15. Intergenerational altruism: A solution to the climate problem? Frikk Nesje and Geir Asheim 16. On Intertemporal Equity and Efficiency in a Model of Global Warming John Hartwick and Tapan Mitra 17. Transformational change: Parallels for addressing climate and development goals Penny Mealy and Cameron Hepburn 18. Less precision, more truth: Uncertainty in climate economics and macroprudential policy Cameron Hepburn and J. Doyne Farmer Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook on Climate Change and Human Security is a landmark publication which links the complexities of climate change to the wellbeing and resilience of human populations.Trade Review‘This volume provides a useful overview of the debate on climate change and human security.’ -- Benoit Mayer, Climate LawTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Human Security in the Age of Carbon Michael R. Redclift and Marco Grasso PART I: FRAMING THE ISSUE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN SECURITY 1. Climate Change as an Issue of Human Security Simon Dalby 2. Elements and Value-added of a Human Security Approach in the Study of Climate Change Des Gasper 3. The IPCC, Human Security, and the Climate-conflict Nexus Ragnhild Nordås and Nils Petter Gleditsch 4. Space, Time and Scales of Human Security in Climate Change Richard Matthew PART II: THE DETERMINANTS OF HUMAN SECURITY IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE CONTEXT 5. The Environmental Determinants of Human Security in the Context of Climate Change David Simon 6. The Social Dimensions of Human Security under a Changing Climate Jürgen Scheffran and Elise Remling 7. Vulnerability Does Not Just Fall from the Sky: Toward Multi-scale Pro-poor Climate Policy Jesse Ribot 8. Disasters and Human Security: Natural Hazards and Political Instability in Haiti and the Dominican Republic Christian Webersik and Christian D. Klose PART III: A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN SECURITY 9. The Impact of Climate Change on Human Security in Latin America and the Caribbean Úrsula Oswald Spring, Hans Günter Brauch, Guy Edwards and J Timmons Roberts 10. Human Security and Climate Change in the Mediterranean Region Marco Grasso and Giuseppe Feola 11. Climate Change and Human Security in the Arctic Mark Nuttall 12. Climate Change and Human Security in Africa Sharath Srinivasan and Elizabeth E. Watson PART IV: RESPONSES TO THE THREATS POSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE TO HUMAN SECURITY 13. Climate Change and Human Security: The Individual and Community Response C. Michael Hall 14. Climate Change, Human Security and the Built Environment Karen Bickerstaff and Emma Hinton 15. Climate Change and Human Security: The International Governance Architectures, Policies and Instruments Michael Mason 16. A Human Rights-based Approach from Strengthening Human Security Against Climate Change Steve Vanderheiden Index

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Book SynopsisThe literature on Multi-level governance (MLG), an approach that explicitly looks at the system of the many interacting authority structures at work in the global political economy, has grown significantly over the last decade. The authors in this volume examine how multilevel governance (MLG) systems address climate change and water policy.Table of ContentsContents: PART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE 1. Introduction Inger Weibust 2. Too Many Levels or Just About Right? Multilevel Governance and Environmental Performance Daniel J. Fiorino PART II: MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE OF WATER RESOURCES 3. Subsidiarity as a ‘Scaling Device’ in Environmental Governance: The Case of the European Union David Benson and Andrew Jordan 4. Multilevel Governance and the Politics of Environmental Water Recoveries B. Timothy Heinmiller 5. Playing a Zero Sum Game: Sharing Water between Jurisdictions in Federations Inger Weibust PART III: MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION 6. Climate Governance in the European Union Multi-level System: The Role of the Cities Kristine Kern 7. Bottom-up versus Top-down: The Evolving American Climate Policy Odyssey Barry G. Rabe 8. Institutional Strength, Intergovernmental Relations, and National Climate Policy Coordination: Australia and Canada Compared David Gordon and Douglas Macdonald 9. Allocating Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Amongst Sectors and Jurisdictions in Federated Systems: The European Union, Germany and Canada Douglas Macdonald PART IV: FINDINGS ON EFFECTIVENESS AND GOVERNANCE PATTERNS 10. Ensuring the Effectiveness of European Union Environmental Law: From Supranational Lawmaking to Multilevel Enforcement Marc Pallemaerts 11. What is Multilevel Environmental Governance? When Does It Work? Inger Weibust Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘The world economy must transform fundamentally in the next three decades if we are to avoid the most dangerous impacts of climate change; we must go to net zero emissions. Radical change in the energy systems will be at the core. This book examines what is involved in, and required, for such unprecedented transformation. It brings great wisdom, knowledge, judgement and analytical strength to a complicated but vital problem. It is based on experience at the highest levels in government, business and finance. It marshals an understanding of systems, policies and markets, with all their imperfections and power, in a very effective and illuminating way. This is a deep, thoughtful and important book; an outstanding contribution.' -- Lord Nicholas Stern, London School of Economics, UK‘Reaching net zero requires transformational change, fast. Steven Fries, who has fought on the front line of climate and energy issues for decades, argues for a “heterodox policy mix”, with governments stepping up their industrial policy. This book offers valuable insight into the changes necessary to get to net zero.’ -- Cameron Hepburn, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction to Transforming Energy Systems PART I MODERNITY, THE CLIMATE AND NET ZERO EMISSIONS 1. Energy capture and modernity 2. Useful energy and the climate 3. Net zero emissions and low-carbon alternatives PART II ADVANCING AND GUIDING LOW-CARBON ALTERNATIVES 4. Supporting innovation and early deployment of low-carbon alternatives 5. Calibrating emissions pricing 6. Adapting energy-market designs and infrastructures 7. Making better use of energy and materials PART III ENERGY-REFORM INTERESTS AND STRATEGIES 8. Interests in low-carbon technologies and renewable resources 9. Accelerating change References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘In their introduction, the authors state that “[h]elping individuals [ ... ] to develop climate change law literacy is the raison d'être of this book,” a goal they accomplish admirably. This relatively slim reader opens doors to deeper discovery and inquiry by providing a solid foundation and understanding of the extremely complex sets of legal, political, and economic dynamics involved in any effort to address the transnational and existential problems associated with an anthropogenically warming planet. Climate Change Law: An Introduction would make a great choice for a textbook for a climate change or environmental law seminar, and would also serve as a compact but highly informative resource for practitioners, policymakers, students, and others who wish to obtain a thorough grounding in the current state of climate change laws and policies.’BR> -- Jennifer E. Sekula, International Journal of Legal Information‘It is a challenge to write a textbook on climate change law because the field changes so rapidly. These authors have masterfully pulled together principles that serve as the backbone of the field while integrating recent case law and international agreements. The authors present foundational elements of mitigation, adaptation, energy, and human rights, and then help us recall the importance of private actors and the ethical challenges lawyers must face in this changing world.’ -- Jessica Owley, University of Miami School of Law, US‘This book could not be more timely – it is a comprehensive yet concise and accessible analysis of the multifaceted and complex area of climate change law. It is a rare combination of an analysis of international and U.S. law, mitigation and adaptation, state and non-state responsibilities, climate litigation, human rights, as well as individual, ethical considerations, demonstrating, in all of these areas, where the law stands today, as well as providing a glimpse as to where it is likely to evolve. A fantastic resource on climate change law!’ -- Lisa Benjamin, Lewis & Clark Law School, US‘Both lawyers and non-lawyers often ask me what to read for a concise introduction to the U.S. and international laws that are relevant to climate change. Now I have something to enthusiastically recommend. This book is a terrific primer on a complex and rapidly evolving area of law. It shows how courts, legislatures, and executives are addressing (or not) one of humanity's greatest challenges. Even experts will find it a useful refresher.’ -- Michael B. Gerrard, Columbia Law School, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Climate Change Law 1. International Climate Change Treaty Regime 2. Climate Law Primer: Mitigation Approaches 3. Introduction to Energy Law 4. Adaption to Climate Change at the Subnational Level 5. Litigating Government (In)Action on Climate Change 6. Human Rights and Climate Change 7. Legal and Policy Levers to Prompt Action by Private Climate Change Actors 8. Introduction: Why the Individual Ethics of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Matters to Climate Law Index

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Book SynopsisIn this timely work, Ross Michael Pink and Luthfi Dhofier detail specific case studies across eight countries to provide a crucial overview of the impacts of climate change. They highlight the importance of the human security paradigm, prioritising the rights of citizens rather than those of nations, to accurately assess this existential issue.

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Book SynopsisTwo major challenges to continued global food security are the ever increasing demand for food products, and the unprecedented abiotic stresses that crops face due to climate change. Wild relatives of domesticated crops serve as a reservoir of genetic material, with the potential to be used to develop new, improved varieties of crops.Table of ContentsTribute in the Memory of Manav Yadav vii About the Editors ix List of Contributors xv Foreword by Prof. Geoffrey Hawtin xix Foreword by Dr. R S Paroda xxi Preface xxiii Acknowledgments xxv Chapter 1: Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture Production, Food, and Nutritional Security 1Shyam S. Yadav, Danny Hunter, Bob Redden, Mahboob Nang, D. K. Yadava, and Abdul Basir Habibi Chapter 2: Challenge for Future Agriculture 24Jerry L. Hatfield and John H. Prueger Chapter 3: Global Warming and Evolution of Wild Cereals 44Eviatar Nevo and Robert Henry Chapter 4: Wild Relatives for the Crop Improvement Challenges of Climate Change: The Adaptation Range of Crops 61Robert Redden Chapter 5: The Importance of Crop Wild Relatives, Diversity, and Genetic Potential for Adaptation to Abiotic Stress-Prone Environments 80Rodomiro Ortiz Chapter 6: Conservation Planning for Crop Wild Relative Diversity 88Nigel Maxted, Alvina Avagyan, Lothar Frese, José Iriondo, Shelagh Kell, Joana Magos Brehm, Alon Singer, and Ehsan Dulloo Chapter 7: Research on Conservation and Use of Crop Wild Relatives 108Mohammad Ehsan Dulloo, Elena Fiorino, and Imke Thormann Chapter 8: Research on Crop Wild Relatives in Major Food Crops 130Enrico Porceddu and Ardeshir Damania Chapter 9: Utilization of Wild Relatives in the Breeding of Tomato and Other Major Vegetables 141Andreas W. Ebert and Roland Schafleitner Chapter 10: Conservation Roles of the Millennium Seed Bank and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault 173Ruth J. Eastwood, Sarah Cody, Ola T. Westengen, and Roland von Bothmer Chapter 11: Seed Biology 187Sarah E. Ashmore, Amelia Martyn, Karen Sommerville, Graeme Errington, and Catherine A. Offord Chapter 12: Biotechnology and Genomics: Exploiting the Potential of CWR 212Peter G. Walley and Jonathan D. Moore Chapter 13: Unavailability of Wild Relatives 224Eve Emshwiller, Germán Calberto-Sánchez, Gezahegn Girma, Shelley Jansky, Julie Sardos, Charles Staver, Frederick L. Stoddard, and Nicolas Roux Chapter 14: Synthetic Engineered Genes, GMOs, and Hybridization with Wild Relatives 250Nelli A. Hovhannisyan and Aleksandr H. Yesayan Chapter 15: Using Genomic Approaches to Unlock the Potential of CWR for Crop Adaptation to Climate Change 268Gregory J. Baute, Hannes Dempewolf, and Losren H. Rieseberg Chapter 16: The Economics of Crop Wild Relatives under Climate Change 281Nicholas Tyack and Hannes Dempewolf Chapter 17: Potential of Minor Fruit Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) as New Crops in Breeding for Market Diversification 292Vojt¡ech Holubec, Tamara Smekalova, František Paprštein, Lenka Što¡cková, and Vojte¡ch R¡ezníc¡ek Chapter 18: The Australian Vigna Species: A Case Study in the Collection and Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives 318R. J. Lawn Chapter 19: Beyond Biodiversity: Ecosystem Services of Crop Wild Relatives 336Abdullah A. Jaradat Chapter 20: CWR and the Prebreeding in the Context of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 350Shakeel Bhatti, Mario Marino, Daniele Manzella, Jan Petter Borring, and Álvaro Toledo Index 357

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Book SynopsisThe planet is undergoing a global change in climate that has begun to negatively affect populations and is predicted to accelerate in the coming decades. The human beings now on Earth are the first to exist when the climatic dynamics of the planet are scientifically understood. That understanding makes patently clear that the aggregate effects of human activities have a distinct impact on planetary climate and the way humans will live, if they survive, in the future. This appears to be a tipping point time in human history when future climatic catastrophes that threaten generations of humans might be preventable if governments, institutions, and organizations now take mitigating actions. That suggests that the people currently alive on the planet bear a collective responsibility to address the negative human impact on climate.Table of ContentsThe Struggle for Climate Justice in a Non-Ideal World Simon Caney 9 Climate Justice Beyond International Burden Sharing Steve Vanderheiden 27 Equalizing the Intergenerational Burdens of Climate Change - An Alternative to Discounted Utilitarianism Darrel Moellendorf Axel Schaffer 43 High Stakes: Inertia or Transformation? Henry Shue 63 Climate Policy when Preference Are Endogenous: And Sometimes They Are Linus Mattauch Cameron Hepburn 76 Two Theories of Responsibility for Past Emissions of Carbon Dioxide Michelle Hayner David Weisbach 96 On Climate Matters: Offsetting, Population, and Justice Elizabeth Cripps 114 Climate Matters Pro Tanto, Does It Matter Alb Things-Considered? Holly Lawford-Smith 129 Climate Matters for Future People Paul Bou-Habib 143 A Reply To My Critics John Broome 158 No Justice in Climate Policy? Broome versus Posner, Weisbach, and Gardiner Alyssa R. Bernstein 172 Anthropocentrism in Climate Ethics and Policy Katie McShane 189 Should We Tolerate Climate Change Denial? Catriona McKinnon 205 A Global Right of Water Tim Hayward 217 Saving Species but Losing Wildness: Should We Genetically Adapt Wild Animal Species to Help Them Respond to Climate Change? Clare Palmer 234 Corporate Responsibility, Democracy, and Climate Change Denis G. Arnold 252 The Ethics of Dieselgate Luc Bovens 262 From the Anrhropocene to the Ecozoic: Philosophy and Global Climate Change Brian G. Henning 284 Flourishing in the Age of Climate Change: Finding the Heart of Sustainability William Throop 296

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Book SynopsisWATER, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND SUSTAINABILITY An in-depth review of sustainable concepts in water resources management under climate changeClimate change continues to intensify existing pressures in water resources management, such as rapid population growth, land use changes, pollution, damming of rivers, and many others. Securing a reliable water supplycritical for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)requires understanding of the relation between finite water resources, climate variability/change, and various elements of sustainability. Water, Climate Change, and Sustainability is a timely and in-depth examination of the concept of sustainability as it relates to water resources management in the context of climate changerisks. Featuring contributions by global authors, this edited volume is organized into three sections: Sustainability Concepts; Sustainability Approaches, Tools, and Techniques; and Sustainability in Practice. Detailed chapters describe the linkage between waTable of ContentsContributors vii Preface ix Section I: Sustainability Concepts 1. Localizing and Mainstreaming Global Initiatives on Water, Climate Change and Sustainable Development 3Vishnu Prasad Pandey, Binaya Raj Shivakoti, Sangam Shrestha, and David Wiberg 2. A River Basin Approach for the Coordinated Implementation of Water Related Targets in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 21Binaya Raj Shivakoti 3. Water‐Energy Nexus in Bio‐Based Systems 33Seyed Hashem Mousavi-Avval, Asmita Khanal, Juliana Vasco-Correa, Luis Huezo, and Ajay Shah 4. Safe‐Sanitation Adaptive‐Integrated Management Systems (SAIMS): A Conceptual Process Tool for Incorporating Resilience 47Peter Emmanuel Cookey and Mayowa Abiodun Peter-Cookey Section II: Sustainability Approaches, Tools, and Techniques 5. Approaches and Tools to Assess Water‐Climate‐Sustainability Nexus: A Systematic Review 73lusola O. Ololade, Enoch Bessah, and Marinda Avenant 6. Rejuvenation of Springs in the Himalayan Region 97Himanshu Kulkarni, Jayesh Desai, and Mohammad Imran Siddique 7. Enhancing Water Productivity Through On‐Farm Water Management 109Mohammad Faiz Alam, Vidya Mandave, Alok Sikka, and Navneet Sharma 8. Climate Actions and Challenges for Sustainable Ecosystem Services: Approaches and Application in California Case Studies 125Qinqin Liu 9. Monitoring and Accountability Frameworks for SDG 6: The Role of Civil Society Organisations 141Catarina Fonseca and Laura van de Lande 10. Research to Policy and Practice: Challenges and Opportunities 151Ashim Das Gupta Section III: Sustainability in Practice 11. Resilient Water Infrastructure for Poverty Reduction: Cases from Asia and Middle East 171Victor R. Shinde and Lovlesh Sharma 12. High Efficiency Irrigation Technology As a Single Solution for Multi‑Challenge: A Case of Pakistan 185Hafiz Qaisar Yasin, Malik Muhammad Akram, and Muhammad Naveed Tahir 13. Irrigation Scheduling and Management for Improved Water Productivity 197Birendra KC, Henry Wai Chau, Magdy Mohssen, Keith Cameron, Ian McIndoe, Helen Rutter, Channa Rajanayaka, Patricia Anthony, Bart Schultz, and Krishna Prasad 14. Urban Water Security for Sustainable Cities in the Context of Climate Change 213Soni M. Pradhanang and Khurshid Jahan 15. Approach Towards Building Climate‐Resilient Irrigation Systems for Food Security in Nepal 225Ram Chandra Khanal and Prachanda Pradhan 16. A Stakeholder‐Centric Tool for Implementing Water Management Strategies and Enhancing Water Cooperation (SDG 6.5) in the Lower Mekong Region 239Manish Shrestha, Karthikeyan Matheswaran, Orn-Uma Polapanich, Thanapon Piman, and Chayanis Krittasudthacheewa Index 257

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Book SynopsisARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE Written and edited by a global team of experts in the field, this groundbreaking new volume presents the concepts and fundamentals of using artificial intelligence in renewable energy and climate change, while also covering the practical applications that can be utilized across multiple disciplines and industries, for the engineer, the student, and other professionals and scientists. Renewable energy and climate change are two of the most important and difficult issues facing the world today. The state of the art in these areas is changing rapidly, with new techniques and theories coming online seemingly every day. It is important for scientists, engineers, and other professionals working in these areas to stay abreast of developments, advances, and practical applications, and this volume is an outstanding reference and tool for this purpose. The paradigm in renewable energy and climatTable of ContentsPreface xv Section I: Renewable Energy 1 1 Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges 3Amany Alshawi 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 History of AI for Sustainability and Smart Energy Practices 4 1.3 Energy and Resources Scenarios on the Global Scale 5 1.4 Statistical Basis of AI in Sustainability Practices 6 1.4.1 General Statistics 6 1.4.2 Environmental Stress–Based Statistics 8 1.4.2.1 Climate Change 9 1.4.2.2 Biodiversity 10 1.4.2.3 Deforestation 10 1.4.2.4 Changes in Chemistry of Oceans 10 1.4.2.5 Nitrogen Cycle 10 1.4.2.6 Water Crisis 11 1.4.2.7 Air Pollution 11 1.5 Major Challenges Faced by AI in Sustainability 11 1.5.1 Concentration of Wealth 11 1.5.2 Talent-Related and Business-Related Challenges of AI 12 1.5.3 Dependence on Machine Learning 14 1.5.4 Cybersecurity Risks 15 1.5.5 Carbon Footprint of AI 16 1.5.6 Issues in Performance Measurement 16 1.6 Major Opportunities of AI in Sustainability 17 1.6.1 AI and Water-Related Hazards Management 17 1.6.2 AI and Smart Cities 18 1.6.3 AI and Climate Change 21 1.6.4 AI and Environmental Sustainability 23 1.6.5 Impacts of AI in Transportation 24 1.6.6 Opportunities in Disaster Forecasting and Deforestation Forecasting 25 1.6.7 Opportunities in the Energy Sector 26 1.7 Conclusion and Future Direction 26 References 27 2 Recent Applications of Machine Learning in Solar Energy Prediction 33N. Kapilan, R.P. Reddy and Vidhya P. 2.1 Introduction 34 2.2 Solar Energy 34 2.3 AI, ML and DL 36 2.4 Data Preprocessing Techniques 38 2.5 Solar Radiation Estimation 38 2.6 Solar Power Prediction 43 2.7 Challenges and Opportunities 45 2.8 Future Research Directions 46 2.9 Conclusion 46 Acknowledgement 47 References 47 3 Mathematical Analysis on Power Generation – Part I 53G. Udhaya Sankar, C. Ganesa Moorthy and C.T. Ramasamy 3.1 Introduction 54 3.2 Methodology for Derivations 55 3.3 Energy Discussions 59 3.4 Data Analysis 63 Acknowledgement 67 References 67 Supplementary 69 4 Mathematical Analysis on Power Generation – Part II 87G. Udhaya Sankar, C. Ganesa Moorthy and C.T. Ramasamy 4.1 Energy Analysis 88 4.2 Power Efficiency Method 89 4.3 Data Analysis 91 Acknowledgement 96 References 97 Supplementary - II 100 5 Sustainable Energy Materials 117G. Udhaya Sankar 5.1 Introduction 117 5.2 Different Methods 119 5.2.1 Co-Precipitation Method 119 5.2.2 Microwave-Assisted Solvothermal Method 120 5.2.3 Sol-Gel Method 120 5.3 X-R ay Diffraction Analysis 120 5.4 FTIR Analysis 122 5.5 Raman Analysis 124 5.6 UV Analysis 125 5.7 SEM Analysis 127 5.8 Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis 127 5.9 Thermoelectric Application 129 5.9.1 Thermal Conductivity 129 5.9.2 Electrical Conductivity 131 5.9.3 Seebeck Coefficient 131 5.9.4 Power Factor 132 5.9.5 Figure of Merit 133 5.10 Limitations and Future Direction 133 5.11 Conclusion 133 Acknowledgement 134 References 134 6 Soft Computing Techniques for Maximum Power Point Tracking in Wind Energy Harvesting System: A Survey 137TigiluMitikuDinku, Mukhdeep Singh Manshahia and Karanvir Singh Chahal 6.1 Introduction 137 6.1.1 Conventional MPPT Control Techniques 138 6.2 Other MPPT Control Methods 142 6.2.1 Proportional Integral Derivative Controllers 142 6.2.2 Fuzzy Logic Controller 144 6.2.2.1 Fuzzy Inference System 150 6.2.2.2 Advantage and Disadvantages of Fuzzy Logic Controller 151 6.2.3 Artificial Neural Network 151 6.2.3.1 Biological Neural Networks 152 6.2.3.2 Architectures of Artificial Neural Networks 155 6.2.3.3 Training of Artificial Neural Networks 157 6.2.3.4 Radial Basis Function 158 6.2.4 Neuro-Fuzzy Inference Approach 158 6.2.4.1 Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Approach 161 6.2.4.2 Hybrid Training Algorithm 161 6.3 Conclusion 167 References 167 Section II: Climate Change 171 7 The Contribution of AI-Based Approaches in the Determination of CO2 Emission Gas Amounts of Vehicles, Determination of CO2 Emission Rates Yearly of Countries, Air Quality Measurement and Determination of Smart Electric Grids’ Stability 173Mesut Toğaçar 7.1 Introduction 174 7.2 Materials 177 7.2.1 Classification of Air Quality Condition in Gas Concentration Measurement 177 7.2.2 CO2 Emission of Vehicles 178 7.2.3 Countries’ CO2 Emission Amount 179 7.2.4 Stability Level in Electric Grids 179 7.3 Artificial Intelligence Approaches 181 7.3.1 Machine Learning Methods 182 7.3.1.1 Support Vector Machine 183 7.3.1.2 eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XG Boost) 184 7.3.1.3 Gradient Boost 185 7.3.1.4 Decision Tree 186 7.3.1.5 Random Forest 186 7.3.2 Deep Learning Methods 188 7.3.2.1 Convolutional Neural Networks 189 7.3.2.2 Long Short-Term Memory 191 7.3.2.3 Bi-Directional LSTM and CNN 192 7.3.2.4 Recurrent Neural Network 193 7.3.3 Activation Functions 195 7.3.3.1 Rectified Linear Unit 195 7.3.3.2 Softmax Function 196 7.4 Experimental Analysis 196 7.5 Discussion 210 7.6 Conclusion 211 Funding 212 Ethical Approval 212 Conflicts of Interest 212 References 212 8 Performance Analysis and Effects of Dust & Temperature on Solar PV Module System by Using Multivariate Linear Regression Model 217Sumit Sharma, J. Joshua Thomas and Pandian Vasant 8.1 Introduction 218 8.1.1 Indian Scenario of Renewable Energy 218 8.1.2 Solar Radiation at Earth 220 8.1.3 Solar Photovoltaic Technologies 220 8.1.3.1 Types of SPV Systems 221 8.1.3.2 Types of Solar Photovoltaic Cells 222 8.1.3.3 Effects of Temperature 223 8.1.3.4 Conversion Efficiency 223 8.1.4 Losses in PV Systems 224 8.1.5 Performance of Solar Power Plants 224 8.2 Literature Review 225 8.3 Experimental Setup 228 8.3.1 Selection of Site and Development of Experimental Facilities 229 8.3.2 Methodology 229 8.3.3 Experimental Instrumentation 230 8.3.3.1 Solar Photovoltaic Modules 230 8.3.3.2 PV Grid-Connected Inverter 232 8.3.3.3 Pyranometer 232 8.3.3.4 Digital Thermometer 234 8.3.3.5 Lightning Arrester 235 8.3.3.6 Data Acquisition System 236 8.3.4 Formula Used and Sample Calculations 236 8.3.5 Assumptions and Limitations 237 8.4 Results Discussion 238 8.4.1 Phases of Data Collection 238 8.4.2 Variation in Responses Evaluated During Phase I (From 1 Jan. to 27 Feb.) of Study 238 8.4.2.1 Effect of Dust and Ambient Temperature on Conversion Efficiency 238 8.4.2.2 Capacity Utilization Factor and Performance Ratio 241 8.4.2.3 Evaluation of MLR Model 242 8.4.3 Variation in Responses Evaluated During Phase II (From 1 March to 5 April) 246 8.4.3.1 Influence of Dust and Ambient Temperature on Conversion Efficiency 246 8.4.3.2 Capacity Utilization Factor and Performance Ratio 246 8.4.3.3 Evaluation of MLR Model 246 8.4.4 Variation in Responses Evaluated During Phase III (18 May to 25 June) 252 8.4.4.1 Effect of Dust and Ambient Temperature on Conversion Efficiency 252 8.4.4.2 Capacity Utilization Factor and Performance Ratio 255 8.4.4.3 Evaluation of MLR Model 256 8.4.5 Regression Analysis for the Whole Period 258 8.4.6 Best Subsets Regression: Conversion Efficiency v/s Exposure Day, Ambient Temperature 267 8.4.7 Regression Outputs Summary 268 8.4.8 Comparison Between Measured Efficiency and Predicted Efficiency 268 8.4.9 Losses Due to Dust Accumulation 270 8.4.10 Economic Analysis 270 8.5 Future Research Directions 271 8.6 Conclusion 271 References 272 9 Evaluation of In-House Compact Biogas Plant Thereby Testing Four-Stroke Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine 277Pradeep Kumar Meena, Sumit Sharma, Amit Pal and Samsher 9.1 Introduction 278 9.1.1 Benefits of the Use of Biogas as a Fuel in India 278 9.1.2 Biogas Generators in India 279 9.1.3 Biogas 279 9.1.3.1 Process of Biogas Production 280 9.2 Literature Review 281 9.2.1 Wastes and Environment 281 9.2.2 Economic and Environmental Considerations 283 9.2.3 Factor Affecting Yield and Production of Biogas 285 9.2.3.1 The Temperature 285 9.2.3.2 PH and Buffering Systems 287 9.2.3.3 C/N Ratio 287 9.2.3.4 Substrate Type 289 9.2.3.5 Retention Time 289 9.2.3.6 Total Solids 289 9.2.4 Advantages of Anaerobic Digestion to Society 290 9.2.4.1 Electricity Generation 290 9.2.4.2 Fertilizer Production 290 9.2.4.3 Pathogen Reduction 290 9.3 Methodology 290 9.3.1 Set Up of Compact Biogas Plant and Equipments 290 9.3.2 Assembling and Fabrication of Biogas Plant 292 9.3.3 Design and Technology of Compact Biogas Plant 294 9.3.4 Gas Quantity and Quality 295 9.3.5 Calculation of Gas Quantity in Gas Holder 295 9.4 Analysis of Compact Biogas Plant 299 9.4.1 Experiment Result 299 9.4.1.1 Testing on 50 Kg Animal Dung Along With 500 Ltrs Water 299 9.4.1.2 Testing on Kitchen Waste 300 9.4.1.3 Testing on Fruits Waste 302 9.4.2 Comparison of Biogas by Different Substrate 304 9.4.3 Production of Biogas Per Day at Different Waste 304 9.4.4 Variation of PH Value 307 9.4.5 Variation of Average pH Value 307 9.4.6 Variation of Temperature 308 9.4.7 Variation of Average Temperature With Respect to No. of Days for Animal Dung, Kitchen Waste, Fruits Waste and Sugar 309 9.4.8 Variation of Biogas Production W.R.T. Quantity of Kitchen Waste and Fruits Waste 311 9.5 Analysis of Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine on Dual Fuel 313 9.5.1 Testing on 4-Stroke Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine 313 9.5.2 Calculation 316 9.5.3 Heat Balance Sheet 322 9.5.4 Testing Result With Dual Fuel (Biogas and Diesel) on 4-Stroke Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine 326 9.5.5 Calculation 330 9.5.6 Heat Balance Sheet 335 9.6 General Comments 336 9.7 Conclusion 339 9.8 Future Scope 340 References 340 10 Low-Temperature Combustion Technologies for Emission Reduction in Diesel Engines 345Amit Jhalani, Sumit Sharma, Pushpendra Kumar Sharma and Digambar Singh Abbreviations 346 10.1 Introduction 346 10.1.1 Global Scenario of Energy and Emissions 347 10.1.2 Diesel Engine Emissions 348 10.1.3 Mitigation of NOx and Particulate Matter 350 10.1.4 Low-Temperature Combustion Engine Fuels 350 10.2 Scope of the Current Article 351 10.3 HCCI Technology 352 10.3.1 Principle of HCCI 353 10.3.2 Performance and Emissions with HCCI 354 10.4 Partially Premixed Compression Ignition (PPCI) 354 10.5 Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) 355 10.6 Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI) 356 10.7 LTC Through Fuel Additives 357 10.8 Emulsified Fuels (Water-in-Diesel Emulsion Fuel) 358 10.8.1 Brake Thermal Efficiency (BTE) 359 10.8.2 Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) 359 10.8.3 Soot and Particulate Matter (PM) 360 10.9 Conclusion and Future Scope 361 Acknowledgement 361 References 361 11 Efficiency Optimization of Indoor Air Disinfection by Radiation Exposure for Poultry Breeding Rational for Microclimate Systems Modernization for Livestock Premises 371Dovlatov Igor Mamedjarevich and Yurochka Sergey Sergeevich 11.1 Introduction 372 11.2 Materials and Methods 374 11.3 Results 379 11.4 Discussion 382 11.5 Conclusions 385 References 386 12 Improving the Efficiency of Photovoltaic Installations for Sustainable Development of the Urban Environment 389Pavel Kuznetsov, Leonid Yuferev and Dmitry Voronin 12.1 Introduction 390 12.2 Background 392 12.3 Main Focus of the Chapter 402 12.4 Solutions and Recommendations 417 Acknowledgements 417 References 418 13 Monitoring System Based Micro-Controller for Biogas Digester 423Ahmed Abdelouareth and Mohamed Tamali 13.1 Introduction 423 13.2 Related Work 424 13.3 Methods and Material 425 13.3.1 Identification of Needs 425 13.3.2 ADOLMS Software Setup 425 13.3.3 ADOLMS Sensors 426 13.3.4 ADOLMS Hardware Architecture 428 13.4 Results 430 13.5 Conclusion 432 Acknowledgements 433 References 433 14 Greenhouse Gas Statistics and Methods of Combating Climate Change 435Tatyana G. Krotova Introduction 435 Methodology 436 Findings 436 Conclusion 454 References 455 About the Editors 457 Index 459

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Book SynopsisUrban Ecology and Global Climate Change Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change contains the latest practical and theoretical concepts of the emerging issues in urban ecological studies. The authors highlight some of the major challenges currently impeding ecological restoration goals in urbanized regions across the globe. It is sobering that the majority of sustainable development projects are being defeated by the increasing pace of two particular phenomena namely climate change and urbanization. This book includes coverage of the major threats to biodiversity conservation and the most significant contributors to the deterioration of urban ecosystems. In addition, various case studies that reflect the anthropogenic interventions on ecological restoration are included. The book looks at evolving growth and urbanization concepts, monitoring of urbanization trends, land-use land cover (LULC) changes in urban and non-urban cities based on the use of open access data, urbanization affecTable of ContentsList of Contributors viii Foreword xiiiR.K. Kohli Foreword xvP K Joshi Section 1 Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change: Introduction 1 1 Urban Ecology and Climate Change: Challenges and Mitigation Strategies 3Rishikesh Singh, Pramit Verma, Vipin Kumar Singh, Pratap Srivastava, and Arun Kumar 2 Climate Change, Urbanisation, and Their Impact on Increased Occurrence of Cardiometabolic Syndrome 30Saptamita P. Choudhury, Arisha Arora, Nishi Jain, and Sanjay K. Dey Section 2 Urban Landscape Design Using Emerging Techniques 57 3 An Alternative Sustainable City Framework to Tackle Climate Change Issues in India 59Sunny Bansal, Jayprakash Chadchan, and Joy Sen 4 Integrated Water Resource Management for Future Water Security 73Musarrat Parween 5 Water Urbanism and Multifunctional Landscapes: Case of Adyar River, Chennai and Ganga River, Varanasi, India 85Vidhu Bansal, Sharmila Jagadisan, and Joy Sen 6 Urban Landscape Change Detection Using GIS and RS: Chattogram City Corporation, Bangladesh 104Mohammad Ali and Gul-e-Noor T. Hasnat 7 Emerging Techniques for Urban Resource Restoration of Various Ecosystem: Bioremediation, Phytoremediation, Habitat Enhancement 121Riddhi Shrivastava, Jabbar Khan, Govind Gupta, and Naveen K. Singh 8 Phytoremediation of Urban Air Pollutants: Current Status and Challenges 140Anina James Section 3 Biodiversity and Natural Resource Exploitation 163 9 Tree Benefits in Urban Environment and Incidences of Tree Vandalism: A Review for Potential Solutions 165Krishna K. Chandra, Rajesh Kumar, and Gunja Baretha 10 Environmental Status of Green Spaces in Bhaktapur District of Nepal – 2019 182Samin Poudel, Shahnawaz Shahnawaz, and Him L. Shrestha 11 Challenges and Opportunities of Establishing Jungle Flora Nursery in Urban Settlements 204Deepti Sharma and Sujata Sinha 12 Effect of the Changing Climate and Urban Ecology on Spreading of Infectious Diseases Including SARS-CoV-2 223Joy K. Dey, Saiema Ahmedi, Nishi Jain, Sarika Bano, Nikhat Manzoor, and Sanjay Kumar Dey 13 Human–Wildlife Conflict in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region – An Empirical Study 250Deepti Sharma and Prachi Sinha Section 4 Urbanization, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Climate Change 273 14 Building Knowledge on Urban Sustainability in the Czech Republic: A Self-assessment Approach 275Svatava Janoušková and Tomáš Hák 15 A Sustainable Approach to Combat Climate Change: Case Studies from Some Urban Systems 297Meenakshi Chaurasia, Kajal Patel, Ranjana Singh, and Kottapalli S. Rao Section 5 Climate Change and Threats to Ecological Conservation 321 16 Threats from Sea Level Rise and Erosion: A Case Study of An Estuarine Inhabited Island Ghoramara, Hooghly Estuary 323Niloy Pramanick, Eyadul Islam, Subhasree Banerjee, Rohit Mukherjee, Arunashish Maity, Rituparna Acharyya, Abhra Chanda, Indrajit Pal, and Anirban Mukhopadhyay Index

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Book SynopsisThe Warming Papers is a compendium of the classic scientific papers that constitute the foundation of the global warming forecast. The paper trail spans over 175 years, ranging from Fourier and Arrhenius in the 19 th Century to Manabe and Hansen in modern times.Trade Review"Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; general audiences." (Choice, 1 August 2011) "A hefty new volume published by Wiley-Blackwell and edited by the climate scientists David Archer and Raymond Pierrehumbert at the University of Chicago, it's a rich feast for anyone who wants to trace the history of climate science from its earliest origins to the present." (The New York Times, February 2011)Table of ContentsPreface. Part 1 Climate Physics. The Greenhouse Effect. On the Temperatures of the Terrestrial Sphere and Interplanetary Space Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1824). Wagging the Dog. On the Absorption and radiation of Heat by Gases and Vapours, and on the Physical Connexion of Radiation, Absorption, and Conduction John Tyndall (1861). By the Light of the Silvery Moon. On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature on the Ground Svante Arrhenius (1896). Radiative Transfer. The Influence of the 15μ Carban-Dioxide Band on the Atmospheric Infra-red Cooling Rate G. N. Plaas (1956). The Balance of Energy. Thermal Equilibrium of the Atmosphere with a Given Distribution of Relative Humidity Syukuro Manabe and Richard T. Wetherald (1967). The Effect of Solar Radiation Variations on the Climate of the Earth M. I. Budyko (1968). A Global Climatic Model Based on the Energy Balance of the Earth-Atmosphere System William D. Sellers (1968). The Birth of the General Circulation Model. The Effects of Doubling the CO2 Concentration on the Climate of a General Circulation Model Syukuro Manabe and Richard T. Wetherald (1975). Climate Sensitivity: Analysis of Feedback Mechanisms J. Hansen, I. Fung, A. Lacis, J. Lerner, D. Rind, R. Ruedy, G. Russell and P. Stone, (1984). Aerosols. Climate Responnse to Increasing Levels of Greenhouse Gases and Sulphate Aerosols J. F. B. Mitchell, T. C. Johns, J. M. Gregory and S. F. B. Tett (1995). Ocean Heat and Committed Warming. Earth’s Energy Imbalance: Confirmation and Implications James Hansen, Larissa Nazarenko, Reto Ruedy, Makiko Sato, Josh Willis, Anthony Del Genio, Dorothy Koch, Andrew Lacis, Ken Lo, Surabi Menon, Tica Novakov, Judith Periwitz, Gary Russell, Gavin A. Schmidt and Nicholas Tausnev (2005). Taking Earth's Temperature. Global Temperature Variations Between 1861 and 1984 P. D. Jones, T. M. L. Wigley and P. B. Wright (1986). Contribution to Stratospheric Cooling to Satellite-Inferred Troposphoric Temperature Trends Qiang Fu, Celeste M. Johanson, Stephen G. Warren and Dian J. Seidel (2004). Northern Hemisphere Temperatures During the Past Millennium: Inferences, Uncertanties, and Limitations Michael E. Mann, Raymond Bradley and Malcolm K. Hughes (1999). Ice Sheets and Sea Level. Surface Melt-Induced Acceleration of Greenland Ice-Sheet Flow H. Jay Zwally, Waleed Abdalati, Tom Herring, Kristine Larson, Jack Saba and Konrad Steffen (2002). The Public Statement. Man-Made Carbon Dioxide and the ‘Greenhouse’ Effect J. S. Sawyer (1972). Carbon Dioxide and Climate: A Scientific Assessment Jule G. Charney, Akio Arakawa, D. James Baker, Bert Bolin, Robert E. Dickinson, Richard M. Goody, Cecil E. Leith, Henry M. Stommel and Carl I. Wunsch (1979). PART 2 Carbon Cycle. The Sky is Rising. The Artificial Production of Carbon Dioxide and its Influence on Temperature G. S. Callendar (1938). Denial and Acceptance. Carbon Dioxide Exchange Between Atmosphere and Ocean and the Question of an Increase of Atmospheric CO2 During the Past Decades Roger Revelle and Hans E. Suess (1957). Distribution of Matter in the Sea and Atmosphere: Changes in the Carbon Dioxide Content of the Atmoshere and Sea due to Fossil Fuel Combustion Bert Bolin and Erik Eriksson (1958). Bookends. The Concentration and Isotopic Abundances of Carbon Dioxide in the Atmoshpere C. D. Keeling (1960). Is Carbon Dioxide from Fossil Fuel Changing Man’s Environment? Charles D. Keeling (1970). One if by Land. Changes of Land Biota and Their Importance for the Carbon Cycle Bert Bolin (1977). Observational Constraints on the Global Atmospheric CO2 Budget Pieter P. Tans, Inez Y. Fung and Taro Takahashi (1990). Acceleration of Global Warming due to Carbon-Cycle Feedbacks in a Coupled Climate Model Peter M. Cox, Richard A. Betts, Chris D. Jones, Steven A. Spall and Ian J. Totterdell (2000). Two if by Sea. Neutralization of Fossil Fuel CO2 by Marine Calcium Carbonate W. S. Broecker and T. Takahashi (1977). Effects of Fuel and Forest Conservation on Future Levels of atmospheric Carbon Dioxide James C. G. Walker and James F. Kasting (1992). Abrupt Deep-Seas Warming, Palaeoceanographic Changes and Benthic Extinctions at the End of the Palaeocene J. P. Kennett and L. D. Stott (1991). Ocean pH. Anthropogenic Carbon and Ocean pH Ken Caldeira and Michael E. Wickett (2003). Reduced Calcification of Marine Plankton in Response to Increased Atmospheric CO2Ulf Riebesell, Ingrid Zondervan, Bjorn Rost, Phillippe D. Tortell, Richard E. Zeebe and Francois M. M. Morel (2000). Tiny Bubbles. Evidence From Polar Ice Cores for the Increase in Atmospheric CO2 in the Past Two Centuries A Neftel, E. Moor, H. Oeschger and B. Stauffer (1985). Vostok Ice Core Provides 160,000-Year record of Atmospheric CO2J. M. Barnola, D. Raynaud, Y. S. Korotkevich and C. Lorius (1987). Index.

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Book SynopsisThe housing bomb is ticking, and our choice is clear-change our approach or feel the blast.Trade ReviewThe Housing Bomb: Why Our Addiction to Houses Is Destroying the Environment and Threatening Our Society explores common fallacies in thinking about housing and offers many alternatives, and is a pick for any social issues collection, especially those strong in urban research. Midwest Book Review The Housing Bomb is an eloquent expose of the social and environmental ills associated with western housing trends. -- Martin Brueckner Pacific Conservation Biology Any reader with an interest in economics, sustainable business, and ecology will find this book well worth reading and debating. -- Rick Docksai World Future SocietyTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Household Dynamics and Their Contribution to the Housing Bomb2. How Home Ownership Both Emancipates and Enslaves Us3. "Housaholism" in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem4. Household Dynamics and Giant Panda Conservation5. Defusing the Housing Bomb with Your House6. Individual and Local Strategies for Defusing the Housing Bomb7. Large-Scale Strategies for Defusing the Housing BombConclusionNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding the complex history of US fossil fuel use can help us build a sustainable future. In Hydrocarbon Nation, Thor Hogan looks at how four technological revolutionsindustrial, agricultural, transportation, and electrificationdrew upon the enormous hydrocarbon wealth of the United States, transforming the young country into a nation with unparalleled economic and military potential. Each of these advances engendered new government policies aimed at strengthening national and economic security. The result was unprecedented energy security and the creation of a nation nearly impervious to outside threats. However, when this position weakened in the decades after the peaking of domestic conventional oil supplies in 1970, the American political and economic systems were severely debilitated. At the same time, climate change was becoming a major concern. Fossil fuels created the modern world, yet burning them created a climate crisis. Hogan argues that everyday Americans and policTrade Review"Hogan... writes passionately of weaning ourselves off fossil fuels to solve the looming climate crisis... By not implicitly demonizing hydrocarbons, Hydrocarbon Nation is much more persuasive... Bracing and opinionated, Hydrocarbon Nation is a worthwhile exploration backward and forward.—Ray Bert, Civil EngineeringHogan gives us plenty to think about. His work knitting together political cycles with energy revolutions (that span industry, agriculture, transportation, and electrification, or what he calls the innate revolutions) is thought provoking. It produces a creative narrative that ties energy history to banking policy, wealth and income inequality, international diplomacy, environmental health, and other topics over two centuries . . . Hydrocarbon Nation provides a useful reflection on how political developments from Hamiltonianism to Trumpism have something elemental to do with energy infrastructure.—Bob Johnson, National University, Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrologueIntroductionPart I1. Steam, National Security, and the First Political Age2. Coal, Macroeconomic Security, and the Second Political Age3. Oil, Microeconomic Security, and the Third Political AgePart II4. Energy Insecurity and the American Decline5. Gas and National Renewal in the Fourth Political Age6. Climate Security and a Sustainability RevolutionEpilogueNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisWhat if the stories of trees and people are more closely linked than we ever imagined?Winner of the World Wildlife Fund's 2020 Jan Wolkers PrizeOne of Science News's Favorite Books of 2020 A New York Times New and Noteworthy BookA 2020 Woodland Book of the YearGold Winner of the 2020 Foreword INDIES Award in Ecology & EnvironmentBronze Winner of the 2021 Independent Publisher Book Award in Environment/EcologyPeople across the world know that to tell how old a tree is, you count its rings. Few people, however, know that research into tree rings has also made amazing contributions to our understanding of Earth's climate history and its influences on human civilization over the past 2,000 years. In her captivating book Tree Story, Valerie Trouet reveals how the seemingly simple and relatively familiar concept of counting tree rings has inspired far-reaching scientific breakthroughs that illuminate the complex interactions between nature and people. Trouet, a leading tree-ring scientist,Trade ReviewTrouet writes that the purpose of this book is to excite people about science, and she succeeds by creating an engaging, credible work sprinkled with anecdotes . . . With this brief, accessible look at the wisdom of tree rings, Trouet draws readers into a narrative that clearly displays her joy for her work and offers some fun with word play.—Library JournalAn accomplished and globally recognized dendroclimatologist, Trouet is knowledgeable across diverse fields of science and is a talented writer and engaging storyteller. Drawing from a diversity of tree-ring research and interdisciplinary collaborations, Trouet chronicles fascinating examples of how dendrochronology helps to answer questions about past environments and human history.—ScienceIf you enjoy great science reads, add this one to your list. Now.—Nature's Cool Green ScienceTree Story is a sublime example of what booksellers have lately started calling smart non-fiction: sophisticated academic books for a broad audience (often published by American university presses) that are just a few notches above the yuck- or wow-factor of more generic popular science. The excellent clarity and pacing that Trouet brings to this fascinating topic meant I that tore through Tree Story in a day. If I added ratings to my reviews, this book would be a ten out of ten. Already, this is a very strong contender for my book of the year—Inquisitive BiologistA persuasive, entertaining explanation of how the codes contained in tree rings reveal the wide-ranging effects of climate change.—Shelf AwarenessTree Story gives readers a lively, sometimes visceral feel for Trouet's work.—Science NewsTree Story is everything I had hoped it would be: intelligent, accessible, witty, and captivating—a global adventure spanning millennia and embracing a bevy of unexpected topics, all resulting from the study of tree rings.—Washington Independent Review of BooksIn her delightful Tree Story, dendrochronologist Valerie Trouet obliterates the layman's notion that tree rings provide little more information than a tree's age. What trees can teach seems limited only by science's ability to extract the information.—Foreword ReviewsPart memoir, part field diary, part lucid and engaging science communication, Tree Story moves from the finest micron-level of individual tree rings to the deep geological time of the planet and the world-wrapping forces of its climate. Trouet's account of her career, far from what we might imagine to be the dull work of counting tree rings, reads like an exciting adventure story, complete with far-flung locales, the ridiculous macho pretensions of male coworkers, and the ever present thrum of the ancient magic that seems to emanate from the trees themselves.—Lady ScienceThe chapters spill over with information and would be overwhelming were it not for the book's organization, the images and digital illustrations, and the author's ability to share her scholarly adventures with such evident enjoyment.—Seattle Book ReviewEnjoyable and accessible. Drawing on a rich array of examples from around the world, the lively book is full of thought-provoking discussion of our relationships with trees and the climate.—Current World ArchaeologyTree Story is a work of science, of graphs and statistics. But Trouet recounts too the personal thrill of discovery, the camaraderie and competitiveness of academic science, and the arduous nature of her research.—The SpectatorTree Story offers a passionate yet clear-eyed introduction into the field of dendrochronology.—Cincinnati Public Radio NewsTree Story is well-written, often with great phrasing and much humour, and gives a welcome insight into the people and personalities behind the science . . . [It's] another example of great science communication, often dealing with quite technical matters, but in an accessible way for both the non-specialist scientist and the intelligent lay person. But it's not just about great story-telling, Tree Story has much of pedagogic value as well, and would make a great text for a plants-and-people course.—Botany OneHere, we are taken on a fascinating journey through history, as remembered by the trees of the world. Trouet weaves together stories from the field and the lab to demonstrate that there is far more to studying tree rings than counting them.—BBC Wildlife MagazineIt's all in the tree rings—and trees don't lie.—The Daily ExpressThe book has already been reviewed and recommended in many places, and highlighted as an excellent work of popular science. Here I would like to recommend the book to be used as a textbook for students being exposed to scientific ideas and methods, to arouse their curiosity and show them how diverse fields like natural science and human history interact.—Tree-Ring ResearchValerie Trouet's book is an excellent starting point to explore the relationships between trees and people and to look at the expectations and disappointments on the way to developing a way to communicate not only about but also with trees.—Edge EffectsIf tree rings are the scribes of history, Valerie Trouet is their chief scrivener. Highly recommended.—Plant Science Bulletin[Tree Story's] geeky enthusiasm . . . makes the entire book such a pleasure to read.—Rain Taxi Review of BooksTree Story should be well-received by a variety of readers, professional and non-professional alike . . . The book is well-written and designed, with good pacing that intermixes entertaining and informative narrative in focused chapters that are not overlong.—Maritime Archaeological and Historical SocietyIn this primer, a dendrochronologist explains how tree rings reveal the past via a science that exists 'at the nexus of ecology, climatology and human history.'—New York Times (New & Noteworthy)Table of Contents1. Prologue2. Trees in the desert3. I count the rings down in Africa4. Adonis, Methuselah, and Prometheus5. And the tree was happy6. The Messiah, The Plague, and Shipwrecks Under the City7. The Hockey Stick Posterchild8. Wind of Change9. Winter is coming10. Three tree-ring scientists walk into a bar11. Ghosts, Orphans, and Extra terrestrials12. Disintegration or The Fall of Rome13. It's the end of the world as we know it14. Once upon a time in the West15. Will the wind ever remember?16. After the Gold Rush17. The Forest for the TreesPlaylistList of Tree SpeciesRecommended ReadingsGlossaryBibliography

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Book SynopsisDeftly demonstrates how the rise and fall of social movements throughout history is closely linked to economic and political developments. In the early decades of the twenty-first century, an international movement to slow the pace of climate change mushroomed across the globe. The self-proclaimed Climate Justice movement urges immediate action to reduce carbon emissions and calls for the adoption of bold new policies to address global warming before irreversible and catastrophic damage threatens the habitability of the planet. On another front, since the 1980s, multiple waves of resistance have occurred around the world against the uneven transition from state-led development to the neoliberal globalization project. Both Climate Justice and Anti-Austerity movements represent the urgency of understanding how global change affects the ability of citizens around the world to mobilize and protect themselves from planetary warming and the loss of social protections granted in earlier eraTable of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresPrefaceIntroduction Chapter 1. Social Movements and Collective Behavior in History and PrehistoryChapter 2. Resistance to Neoliberalism in the Global North and South: National and Local Dynamics Chapter 3. Transnational Movements: Climate Justice Chapter 4. The New Global Left and the World Revolution of 20xx: Movements, Culture, Fronts, and OrganizationChapter 5. Evolution of the Global Right in the GeocultureChapter 6. The Future of Global Change and Social Movements NotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisHow can we all work together to eliminate the avoidable injustices that plague our health care system and society?Health is determined by far more than a person's choices and behaviors. Social and political conditions, economic forces, physical environments, institutional policies, health care system features, social relationships, risk behaviors, and genetic predispositions all contribute to physical and mental well-being. In America and around the world, many of these factors are derived from a lingering history of unequal opportunities and unjust treatment for people of color and other vulnerable communities. But they aren't the only ones who suffer because of these disparitieseveryone is impacted by the factors that degrade health for the least advantaged among us. In Why Are Health Disparities Everyone's Problem? Dr. Lisa Cooper shows how we can work together to eliminate the injustices that plague our health care system and society. The book follows Cooper's journey from her ch

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction. The Politics and Poetics of the Weather WorldChapter 1. Weather Is EverythingChapter 2. Ways of KnowingChapter 3. Land and WaterChapter 4. Shifting GroundsChapter 5. Broken BodiesChapter 6. The Taste of Things and Comic ReliefChapter 7. The Art of Creative FuturesEpilogue. Ethnographic PoeticsAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe laborclimate movement in the U.S. laid the groundwork for the Green New Deal by building a base within labor for supporting climate protection as a vehicle for good jobs. But as we confront the climate crisis and seek environmental justice, a jobs vs. environment discourse often pits workers against climate activists. How can we make a just transition moving away from fossil fuels, while also compensating for the human cost when jobs are lost or displaced? In his timely book,Clean Air and Good Jobs,Todd Vachon examines the laborclimate movement anddemonstrates what can be envisioned and accomplished when climate justice is on labor's agenda and unions work together with other social movements to formulate bold solutions to the climate crisis.Vachonprofiles the workers and union leaders who have been waging a slow, but steadily growing revolution within their unions to make labor as a whole an active and progressive champion for both workers and the environment. Clean Air and Good JTrade Review"A call to scrap the notion that a healthy environment and a healthy economy cannot coexist.... Vachon advocates the so-called Green New Deal, which would remake the economy to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and replace them with renewable energy.... Vachon argues for a brand of activism that pushes beyond the bounds of 'Jobs vs. the Environment,' and instead holds out for the 'clean air and good jobs' premise of his title, which, by transforming the energy economy, will necessarily demand workers skilled in growing fields.... [T]he overall argument is worth hearing out.... [T]his book will appeal to climate and clean-energy activists."— Kirkus Reviews“Vachon’s deeply-researched look at the history and present of labor–climate relations makes the case that a truly just transition can only be achieved with radical solidarity, building a unified labor and climate justice movement that moves us past failed neoliberal policies. Clean Air and Good Jobs is an important read for anyone hoping to create a future where we all thrive.”—Sara Nelson, International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA"Vachon discusses the emerging labor-climate movement, in which workers and US labor organizations seek to replace fossil fuels to reduce the harmful effects of climate change.... A unique idea in this book is a labor-climate spectrum that shows the attitudes and activities of unions from different industries.... Summing Up: Recommended."—Choice

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A call to scrap the notion that a healthy environment and a healthy economy cannot coexist.... Vachon advocates the so-called Green New Deal, which would remake the economy to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and replace them with renewable energy.... Vachon argues for a brand of activism that pushes beyond the bounds of 'Jobs vs. the Environment,' and instead holds out for the 'clean air and good jobs' premise of his title, which, by transforming the energy economy, will necessarily demand workers skilled in growing fields.... [T]he overall argument is worth hearing out.... [T]his book will appeal to climate and clean-energy activists."— Kirkus Reviews“Vachon’s deeply-researched look at the history and present of labor–climate relations makes the case that a truly just transition can only be achieved with radical solidarity, building a unified labor and climate justice movement that moves us past failed neoliberal policies. Clean Air and Good Jobs is an important read for anyone hoping to create a future where we all thrive.”—Sara Nelson, International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA"Vachon discusses the emerging labor-climate movement, in which workers and US labor organizations seek to replace fossil fuels to reduce the harmful effects of climate change.... A unique idea in this book is a labor-climate spectrum that shows the attitudes and activities of unions from different industries.... Summing Up: Recommended."—Choice"The book is timely.... Vachon has boldly begun the project of recentering labor in sociological discussions of climate change. This should be instructive for environmental sociologists and social movements’ scholars alike, but also for cognate fields.... Readers will therefore find much to like in Vachon’s monograph, from its arguments and analysis, to the model of scholarship it represents."—Social Forces"On the whole, Vachon’s book offers a well-researched and timely look at the intersection of climate and labor, helping to make sense of a wide array of perspectives within the labor movement and offering a tempered but hopeful outlook on U.S. labor’s capacity to take up the cause of climate justice in the coming years."—Journal of Labor and Society"Vachon's book provides valuable information for anyone interested in accelerating the massive sociotechnical challenge of transitioning from a fossil fuel economy to a renewable energy economy over the next 30 years.... Those coming from an economic perspective that see themselves as allies with the interests of labor can learn much regarding labor's implicit disillusionment with the discipline."—Economic Development Quarterly"Vachon gives us an eminently accessible and useful account of the sociopolitical context, composition, and goals of the labor–climate movement (LCM).... Clean Air and Good Jobs delivers an essential read for those interested in the US labor movement’s relationship with environmental issues and contemporary LCM efforts."—ILR Review

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Book SynopsisThis book provides the reader a broad grounding in the science of Earth Observation (EO) of our changing planet. It contains a comprehensive sequenced discussion covering the significant themes of global change, their cause, and how they can be monitored through time.Trade Review"...the book provides a useful text and reference source for information on remote sensing of the Earth's surface for the study of global environmental change...the book's strengths include the comprehensive material presented in the chapters on remote sensing of the land, oceans and coastal regions, which are areas of expertise for the authors. For this reason alone it is a valuable addition to the bookshelf of any student of remote sensing." (Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, June 2013) “An exciting and informative book to read and a pleasure to review, this work constitutes a generalist’s dream. . . By that virtue, this book should also appeal to the informed public at large.” (Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 1 October 2012) "A comprehensive and accessible introduction to remote-sensing applications within the area of global environmental monitoring and should represent a welcome addition to the bookshelves of many university libraries, for undergraduate and postgraduate students, and non-specialists with an interest in applying remotely sensed data." (Rachel Gaulton, January 2013, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 34:2, 751-752) "This is an extremely valuable bock for educators and students alike, serving as a quick, high level, and accurate reference source for the basics, while offering current and solid examples of applications and results." (Demetrio Zourarakis, Photogrammatic Engineering & Remote Sensing, October 2012) “I would recommend this book to those unfamiliar with remote-sensing methods and applications and to others who want to see how these techniques can be applied to global environmental change.” (The Leading Edge, 1 May 2012) "I highly recommend the well explained and invaluable reference book Remote Sensing and Global Environmental Change by Samuel J. Purkis and Victor V. Klemas, to any students, professionals, and policy makers who are seeking a comprehensive and well presented approach to the application of remote sensing technology to global environmental change. This book will enhance and enrich your understanding of remote sensing, and of its accompanying technologies and environmental applications." (Blog Business World, 22 October 2011)Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. 1 Introduction. 1.1 Key concepts. 2 Remote sensing basics. 2.1 Electromagnetic waves. 2.2 The electromagnetic spectrum. 2.3 Reflectance and radiance. 2.4 Atmospheric effects. 2.5 Multispectral feature recognition. 2.6 Resolution requirements. 2.7 Key concepts. 3 Remote sensors and systems. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Remote sensors. 3.2.1 Multispectral satellite sensors. 3.2.2 Digital aerial cameras. 3.2.3 Thermal infrared sensors. 3.2.4 Radar and microwave radiometers. 3.2.5 Laser profilers. 3.3 Remote sensing platforms. 3.3.1 Airborne platforms. 3.3.2 Medium-resolution satellites. 3.3.3 High-resolution satellites. 3.3.4 Global observation satellites. 3.4 The NASA Earth observing system. 3.5 Global Earth observation systems. 3.5.1 Global Climate Observing System. 3.5.2 Global Earth Observation System of Systems. 3.5.3 Integrated Ocean Observing System. 3.6 Existing image archives. 3.7 Key concepts. 4 Digital image analysis. 4.1 Image data format. 4.2 Image pre-processing. 4.3 Image enhancement and interpretation. 4.4 Image classification. 4.5 Image band selection. 4.6 Error assessment. 4.7 Time-series analysis and change detection. 4.8 Field sampling using GPS. 4.9 Use of Geographic Information Systems. 4.10 Key concepts. 5 Monitoring changes in global vegetation cover. 5.1 EM spectrum of vegetation. 5.2 Vegetation indices. 5.3 Biophysical properties and processes of vegetation. 5.4 Classification systems. 5.5 Global vegetation and land cover mapping programmes. 5.5.1 NASA Pathfinder global monitoring project. 5.5.2 International geosphere-biosphere program. 5.5.3 Application of new satellites and radar. 5.6 Remote sensing of vegetation as a monitor for global change. CASE STUDY: Desertification in the African Sahel. CASE STUDY: Deforestation of Amazonia. 5.7 Remote sensing of wetlands change. 5.8 Fire detection. 5.9 Key concepts. 6 Remote sensing of urban environments. 6.1 Urbanization. 6.2 Urban remote sensing. 6.2.1 Three-dimensional urban model generation. 6.2.2 Stereo imaging. 6.2.3 LiDAR. 6.2.4 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). 6.3 Microwave sensing of subsidence. 6.4 Textural metrics. 6.5 Monitoring city growth. 6.6 Assessing the ecology of cities. 6.7 Urban climatology. 6.8 Air quality and air pollution. 6.9 Climate change as a threat to urbanization. 6.10 Key concepts. 7 Surface and ground water resources. 7.1 Remote sensing of inland water quality. 7.2 Remote sensing sediment load and pollution of inland waters. 7.3 Remote sensing non-coastal flooding. 7.4 Bathymetry of inland waters. 7.5 Mapping watersheds at the regional scale. 7.6 Remote sensing of land surface moisture. 7.7 Remote sensing of groundwater. 7.8 Key concepts. 8 Coral reefs, carbon and climate. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 The status of the world's reefs. 8.3 Remote sensing of coral reefs. 8.4 Light, corals and water. 8.4.1 Light and the water surface. 8.4.2 Light and the water body. 8.4.3 Reflectance models for optically shallow waters. 8.4.4 Reflectance signatures of reef substrata. 8.5 Passive optical sensing. 8.6 Sensor-down versus reef-up sensing. 8.7 Spectral unmixing. 8.8 Image-derived bathymetry. 8.9 LiDAR. 8.10 Sonar. 8.11 Sub-bottom acoustic profiling. 8.12 Radar applications. 8.13 Class assemblages and the minimum mapping unit. 8.14 Change detection. 8.15 Key concepts. 9 Coastal impact of storm surges and sea level rise. 9.1 Predicting and monitoring coastal flooding. 9.2 Coastal currents and waves. 9.3 Mapping beach topography. 9.4 LiDAR bathymetry. CASE STUDY: LiDAR application to modelling sea level rise at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. 9.5 Key concepts. 10 Observing the oceans. 10.1 Introduction. 10.2 Ocean colour, chlorophyll and productivity. 10.3 Hazardous algal blooms and other pollutants. 10.4 Sea surface temperature. CASE STUDY: Upwelling and El Niño. 10.5 Ocean salinity. 10.6 Physical ocean features. 10.6.1 Sea surface elevation and ocean currents. 10.6.2 Sea surface winds. 10.6.3 Ocean waves. 10.6.4 Oil slicks and other surface features. 10.7 Ocean observing systems. 10.8 Marine GIS. 10.9 Key concepts. 11 Monitoring Earth's atmosphere. 11.1 The status of Earth's atmosphere. 11.2 Atmospheric remote sensing. 11.3 The 'A- Train' satellite constellation. 11.3.1 Dancing on the A- Train. 11.4 Remote sensing atmospheric temperature. 11.5 Atmospheric remote sensing of ozone. 11.6 Atmospheric remote sensing of carbon dioxide. 11.7 Remote sensing atmospheric dust. CASE STUDY: Spaceborne monitoring of African dust events. 11.8 Clouds. 11.9 Forecasting Earth's atmosphere. 11.10 Atmospheric models and reality. 11.11 Hurricanes. CASE STUDY: Hurricane Katrina. 11.12 Key concepts. 12 Observing the cryosphere. 12.1 Introduction. 12.2 The history and status of the polar ice sheets. 12.3 Ice and sea level. 12.4 Ice and climate. 12.5 Present ice loss in context. 12.6 Remote sensing of the Earth's ice sheets. 12.6.1 Passive optical and thermal remote sensing. 12.6.2 Passive microwave remote sensing. 12.6.3 Active microwave remote sensing. 12.6.4 Active optical remote sensing – ICESat. 12.7 Ice sheet mass balance. 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