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Book SynopsisSucculents have become some of the most popular houseplants, and with good reason: they’re easy to grow…most of the time. But what happens when a plant outgrows its pot? Did you know succulents can get sunburned? How do you turn one plant into more plants? In Succulents at Home, expert gardener John Tullock addresses these questions and many more. Here, readers will learn to make the most of their plants from the how and why of soil and container choice to step-by-step instructions for repotting, propagating new succulents, and creating arrangements like terrariums and wreaths. The book is complete with a catalog of 75 species—flower-shaped echeverias, pointy haworthias, flowering kalanchoes, round mammillaria cacti, and more—which explains special care instructions for each variety. Tullock’s friendly voice and years of experience, and more than 100 color photographs, make this a must-have guide for fool-proof succulent gardening. And with a focus on growing succulents to enjoy indoors, this is a book for plant lovers in all regions and climates.

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Book SynopsisIn Writing the New World, Mauro Caraccioli examines the natural history writings of early Spanish missionaries, using these texts to argue that colonial Latin America was fundamental in the development of modern political thought. Revealing their narrative context, religious ideals, and political implications, Caraccioli shows how these sixteenth-century works promoted a distinct genre of philosophical wonder in service of an emerging colonial social order.Caraccioli discusses narrative techniques employed by well-known figures such as Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo and Bartolomé de Las Casas as well as less-studied authors including Bernardino de Sahagún, Francisco Hernández, and José de Acosta. More than mere catalogues of the natural wonders of the New World, these writings advocate mining and molding untapped landscapes, detailing the possibilities for extracting not just resources from the land but also new moral values from indigenous communities. Analyzing the intersections between politics, science, and faith that surface in these accounts, Caraccioli shows how the portrayal of nature served the ends of imperial domination.Integrating the fields of political theory, environmental history, Latin American literature, and religious studies, this book showcases Spain's role in the intellectual formation of modernity and Latin America's place as the crucible for the Scientific Revolution. Its insights are also relevant to debates about the interplay between politics and environmental studies in the Global South today.This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)—a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries—and the generous support of Virginia Tech.

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Book SynopsisIn Writing the New World, Mauro Caraccioli examines the natural history writings of early Spanish missionaries, using these texts to argue that colonial Latin America was fundamental in the development of modern political thought. Revealing their narrative context, religious ideals, and political implications, Caraccioli shows how these sixteenth-century works promoted a distinct genre of philosophical wonder in service of an emerging colonial social order.Caraccioli discusses narrative techniques employed by well-known figures such as Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo and Bartolomé de Las Casas as well as less-studied authors including Bernardino de Sahagún, Francisco Hernández, and José de Acosta. More than mere catalogues of the natural wonders of the New World, these writings advocate mining and molding untapped landscapes, detailing the possibilities for extracting not just resources from the land but also new moral values from indigenous communities. Analyzing the intersections between politics, science, and faith that surface in these accounts, Caraccioli shows how the portrayal of nature served the ends of imperial domination.Integrating the fields of political theory, environmental history, Latin American literature, and religious studies, this book showcases Spain's role in the intellectual formation of modernity and Latin America's place as the crucible for the Scientific Revolution. Its insights are also relevant to debates about the interplay between politics and environmental studies in the Global South today.This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)—a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries—and the generous support of Virginia Tech.

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Book SynopsisWoven Shades of Green is an annotated selection of literature by authors who focus on the natural world and the beauty of Ireland. It begins with the Irish monks and their largely anonymous nature poetry, written at a time when Ireland was heavily forested. A section follows devoted to the changing Irish landscape, through both deforestation and famine, including the nature poetry of William Allingham, and James Clarence Mangan, essays from Thomas Gainford and William Thackerary, and novel excerpts from William Carleton and Emily Lawless. The anthology then turns to the nature literature of the Irish Literary Revival, including Yeats and Synge, and an excerpt from George Moore’s novel The Lake. Part four shifts to modern Irish nature poetry, beginning with Patrick Kavanaugh, and continuing with the poetry of Seamus Heaney, Eavan Boland, and others. Finally, the anthology concludes with a section on various Irish naturalist writers, and the unique prose and philosophical nature writing of John Moriarty, followed by a comprehensive list of environmental organizations in Ireland, which seek to preserve the natural beauty of this unique country. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.Trade Review"Irish literature’s ubiquitous relationship to the environment offers a vast reservoir of meditations on humanity’s relationship with non-human natures. This can often prove daunting to both established scholars and novice readers. For all those who are interested in the intersectional concerns that arise from Irish literature’s evocations of the environment, Tim Wenzell’s timely anthology will prove to be especially invaluable. The book brings into sharp focus the unique ways in which Irish history merges with national and geopolitical ecologies, and how geographical questions are always conflated with geological ones.” -- Dr. Malcolm Sen, University of Massachusetts, Amherst"Time has shaped a distinctive history of Irish nature literature in a deeply gathered, insightful anthology....Itself a generous treasury of Irish nature poetry and prose, the book is ordered by historical responses to religion, romanticism, colonisation, catastrophe, nationalism and material success." * Irish Times *"Wenzell's annotated selection is timely, looking as it does at a genre that doesn't seem to have bitten in Ireland quite as hard as it has in other publishing territories, a symptom perhaps of a more complicated - and at times harrowing - relationship with the natural world." * Sunday Independent *"This anthology emphasizes the importance of the natural world of Ireland and the breadth of writing that has embraced it during many centuries." * Gale Literature Book Review Index *"Readers familiar with Irish literature and ecocriticism will find this volume filled with familiar faces and materials, as well as a few more obscure and exciting ones. This anthology offers scholars a series of substantial pieces from which to expand and further consider Irish nature writing and Irish approaches to the natural world." * Irish Studies Review *"The Best of the University Presses: 100 Books to Escape the News As Recommended by the UP Community" https://lithub.com/the-best-of-the-university-presses-a-reading-list/ * LitHub *"Woven Shades of Green...shows the great variety and depth of editor Tim Wenzell’s knowledge and insight on the topic across history. He possesses a keen sense for choosing not only the key authors and texts, but also often underappreciated writers or lesser known works by famous ones." * James Joyce Literary Supplement *"A generous and inclusive anthology, focusing mainly on poetry but open also to significant pieces of prose....The engagement by these writers shows a valuable addition to the literature of the natural world." * New Hibernia Review *"Irish literature’s ubiquitous relationship to the environment offers a vast reservoir of meditations on humanity’s relationship with non-human natures. This can often prove daunting to both established scholars and novice readers. For all those who are interested in the intersectional concerns that arise from Irish literature’s evocations of the environment, Tim Wenzell’s timely anthology will prove to be especially invaluable. The book brings into sharp focus the unique ways in which Irish history merges with national and geopolitical ecologies, and how geographical questions are always conflated with geological ones.” -- Dr. Malcolm Sen, University of Massachusetts, Amherst"Time has shaped a distinctive history of Irish nature literature in a deeply gathered, insightful anthology....Itself a generous treasury of Irish nature poetry and prose, the book is ordered by historical responses to religion, romanticism, colonisation, catastrophe, nationalism and material success." * Irish Times *"Wenzell's annotated selection is timely, looking as it does at a genre that doesn't seem to have bitten in Ireland quite as hard as it has in other publishing territories, a symptom perhaps of a more complicated - and at times harrowing - relationship with the natural world." * Sunday Independent *"This anthology emphasizes the importance of the natural world of Ireland and the breadth of writing that has embraced it during many centuries." * Gale Literature Book Review Index *"Readers familiar with Irish literature and ecocriticism will find this volume filled with familiar faces and materials, as well as a few more obscure and exciting ones. This anthology offers scholars a series of substantial pieces from which to expand and further consider Irish nature writing and Irish approaches to the natural world." * Irish Studies Review *"The Best of the University Presses: 100 Books to Escape the News As Recommended by the UP Community" https://lithub.com/the-best-of-the-university-presses-a-reading-list/ * LitHub *"Woven Shades of Green...shows the great variety and depth of editor Tim Wenzell’s knowledge and insight on the topic across history. He possesses a keen sense for choosing not only the key authors and texts, but also often underappreciated writers or lesser known works by famous ones." * James Joyce Literary Supplement *"A generous and inclusive anthology, focusing mainly on poetry but open also to significant pieces of prose....The engagement by these writers shows a valuable addition to the literature of the natural world." * New Hibernia Review *Table of Contents Foreword by John Wilson Foster Preface Part I Early Irish Nature Poetry IntroductionThe MysteryDeer’s Cry St. Columcille of IonaColumcille Fecit Caelius SeduliusInvocation Anonymous Early Irish Nature PoetryThe Blackbird by Belfast LoughThe ScribeThe White LakeThe LarkThe Hermit’s SongKing and HermitSong of the SeaSummer Has ComeSong of SummerSummer is GoneA Song of WinterArranBuile Suibhne Part II Nature Writing and the Changing Irish Landscape Introduction Thomas Gainsford A Description of Ireland William AllinghamWishingThe FairiesThe Lover and BirdsAmong the HeatherIn a Spring GroveThe Ruined Chapel William Hamilton DrummondThe Giant’s Causeway, Book First James Clarence ManganThe Dawning of the DayThe Fair Hills of Eire, O!The Lovely Land: On a Landscape Painted by Maclise William Makepeace Thackeray From Irish Sketchbook William Carleton From The Black Prophet Emily Lawless From Hurrish: A Study Part III Nature and the Irish Literary Revival Introduction Katharine TynanThe Children of LirHigh SummerIndian SummerNymphsSt. Francis to the BirdsThe Birds’ BargainThe GardenThe Wind that Shakes the Barley AE (George Russell)By the Margin of the Great DeepOversoulThe Great BreathThe Voice of the WatersA New WorldA Vision of BeautyCarrowmoreCreationThe Winds of AngusThe Nuts of KnowledgeChildren of LirConnla’s Well From The Candle of Vision William Butler YeatsCoole Park, 1929Coole Park and Ballylee, 1931Who Goes with Fergus?Down by the Salley GardensIn the Seven WoodsThe Shadowy Waters (Introductory Lines)The Cat and the MoonThe Fairy PedantThe Lake Isle of InnisfreeThe Madness of King GollThe Song of Wandering Aengus ...The Stolen Child ...The Two Trees ...The White Birds ...The Wild Swans at Coole ... Eva Gore-BoothThe Dreamer ...Re-Incarnation ...Secret Waters ...The Little Waves of BreffnyThe Weaver John Millington SyngeIn KerryTo the Oaks of GlencreePreludeIn GlencullenOn an Island From The Aran Islands Riders to the Sea George Moore Preface and Chapter 1 from The Lake Padraic ColumA DroverA Cradle SongAcross the DoorThe Crane ...Dublin Roads ..River Mates ... Part IV Modern Irish Nature Poetry Introduction ... Patrick Kavanaugh ..PoplarsLilacs in the CityOctober Canal Bank WalkHaving to Live in the CountryInniskeen Road: July Evening On an Apple-Ripe September MorningPrimroseWet Evening in April Louis MacNeiceThe Sunlight on the Garden ..Wolves ...Tree Party Seamus Heaney ..Death of a NaturalistThe Salmon Fisher to the Fisherman LimboSt. Kevin and the Blackbird . Eavan BolandThe Lost LandThe RiverMountain TimeThis MomentOde to SuburbiaEscape ...A Sparrow Hawk in the Suburbs Moya CannonBees under SnowEavesdroppingTwo Ivory SwansWinter View from Binn BriocainPrimaveraThe Tube-Case MakersCrannogHazelnuts John MontagueAll Legendary ObstaclesThe Wild Dog RoseThe Trout Michael LongleyThe OspreyBadgerHedgehogKingfisherRobinOut of the SeaHer Mime of the Lame SeagullCarrigskeewaunSaint Francis to the Birds Derek MahonThe SeasonsAchillAphrodite’s PoolThe Mayo TaoPenhurst PlaceThe WoodsThe Dream Play “A Hermit”Leaves Sean LysaghtGolden EagleThe Clare Island SurveyGoldcrest From Bird Sweeney Desmond EganThe Great BlasketSunday EveningMeadowsweetSnow Snow Snow SnowA Pigeon DeadEnvoi Mary O’MalleyAbsentThe Man of AranPorpoisesThe Price of Silk is Paid in GoldThe StormLiaden with a Mortgage Briefly Tastes the Stars Rosemarie RowleyOsborn O h - Aimbirgin; A Cry from the Heart of a Poet—Morning in BearaThe Blackbird of Derry of the CairnIn Praise of the Hill Between of HowthBlind Seamus McCourt: Welcome to the Bird’Kitty Dwyer Part V The Literature of Irish Naturalists Introduction John Tyndall Belfast Address Robert Lloyd Praeger From The Way That I Went Michael Viney From A Year’s Turning From The Irish Times, “Another Life” Tim Robinson From Connemara: Listening to the Wind, “Preface” From Connemara: Listening to the Wind, “The Boneyard” John Moriarty From Invoking Ireland Appendix: Environmental Organizations in Ireland Acknowledgments Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Memory of a Banyan Tree is a collection of poems relating to nature, ecology, and ecopoetics, selected from the expanse of Rothenberg's writings over the past thirty-five years. Rothenberg's many years as a horticulturist and his engagement in the environmental movement inform his work. These poems are a watershed account of an intimate relationship with the outside world.

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding the relationships between humans and animals is essential to a full understanding of both our present and our shared past. Across the humanities and social sciences, researchers have embraced the 'animal turn,' a multispecies approach to scholarship, with historians at the forefront of new research in human-animal studies that blends traditional research methods with interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks that decenter humans in historical narratives. These exciting approaches come with core methodological challenges for scholars seeking to better understand the past from non-anthropocentric perspectives.Whether in a large public archive, a small private collection, or the oral histories of living memories, stories of animals are mediated by the humans who have inscribed the records and organized archival collections. In oral histories, the place of animals in the past are further refracted by the frailty of human memory and recollection. Only traces remain for researchers to read and interpret.Bringing together seventeen original essays by a leading group of international scholars, Traces of the Animal Past showcases the innovative methods historians use to unearth and explain how animals fit into our collective histories. Situating the historian within the narrative, bringing transparency to methodological processes, and reflecting on the processes and procedures of current research, this book presents new approaches and new directions for a maturing field of historical inquiry.

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding the relationships between humans and animals is essential to a full understanding of both our present and our shared past. Across the humanities and social sciences, researchers have embraced the 'animal turn,' a multispecies approach to scholarship, with historians at the forefront of new research in human-animal studies that blends traditional research methods with interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks that decenter humans in historical narratives. These exciting approaches come with core methodological challenges for scholars seeking to better understand the past from non-anthropocentric perspectives.Whether in a large public archive, a small private collection, or the oral histories of living memories, stories of animals are mediated by the humans who have inscribed the records and organized archival collections. In oral histories, the place of animals in the past are further refracted by the frailty of human memory and recollection. Only traces remain for researchers to read and interpret.Bringing together seventeen original essays by a leading group of international scholars, Traces of the Animal Past showcases the innovative methods historians use to unearth and explain how animals fit into our collective histories. Situating the historian within the narrative, bringing transparency to methodological processes, and reflecting on the processes and procedures of current research, this book presents new approaches and new directions for a maturing field of historical inquiry.

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Book SynopsisIn this sweeping history of more than 3 000 years, beginning with Ancient Egypt, scientist Marcus Byrne and writer, Helen Lunn capture the diversity of dung beetles and their unique behaviour patterns. Dung beetles’ fortunes have followed the shifts from a world dominated by a religion that symbolically incorporated them into some of its key concepts of rebirth, to a world in which science has largely separated itself from religion and alchemy. With over 6 000 species found throughout the world, these unassuming but remarkable creatures are fundamental to some of humanity’s most cherished beliefs and have been ever present in religion, art, literature, science and the environment. They are at the centre of current gene research, play an important role in keeping our planet healthy, and some nocturnal dung beetles have been found to navigate by the starry skies. Outlining the development of science from the point of view of the humble dung beetle is what makes this charming story of immense interest to general readers and entomologists alike.Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One When the dung beetle wore golden shoes Chapter Two Crawling out of the darkness Chapter Three Joining the dots Chapter Four Colonising insects Chapter Five Of elephants and dung beetles Chapter Six Tribes with human attributes Chapter Seven Design construction first Conclusion: ‘What a wonderful world’ Appendices Select bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCountry Writer s Craft: Writing for country, regional and rural publications, covers one of the widest marketplaces for writers in the English-speaking world especially in the UK, Australia and the USA. Here we have examples of previously published materials, together with writers exercises to help build up an impressive portfolio from Suzanne Ruthven, who has written on country topics for over 30 years, as well as being author of A Treasury of the Countryside, Hearth & Garden, Life-Writes and Signposts For Country Living.

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Book SynopsisClimate change has been a central concern over recent years, with visible and highly publicized consequences such as melting Arctic ice and mountain glaciers, rising sea levels, and the submersion of low-lying coastal areas during mid-latitude and tropical cyclones. This book presents a review of the spatial impacts of contemporary climate change, with a focus on a systematic, multi-scalar approach. Beyond the facts – rises in temperature, changes in the spatial distribution of precipitation, melting of the marine and terrestrial cryosphere, changes in hydrological regimes at high and medium latitudes, etc. – it also analyzes the geopolitical consequences in the Arctic and Central Asia, changes to Mediterranean culture and to viticulture on a global scale, as well as impacts on the distribution of life, for example, in the Amazon rainforest, in large biomes on a global scale, and for birds.Table of ContentsIntroduction xiiiDenis MERCIER Chapter 1. Climate Change at Different Temporal and Spatial Scales 1Denis MERCIER 1.1. Contemporary global climate change 1 1.2. Contemporary Arctic-wide climate change 6 1.3. Future global climate change 9 1.4. Future Arctic-wide climate change 11 1.5. The causes of climate change 13 1.5.1. Solar radiation 13 1.5.2. Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions 14 1.5.3. Volcanism 16 1.5.4. Albedo and the radiation balance 17 1.6. Conclusion 19 1.7. References 19 Chapter 2. Climate Change and the Melting Cryosphere 21Denis MERCIER 2.1. Introduction 21 2.2. The sensitivity of the cryosphere to climate change 22 2.3. Melting of the marine cryosphere 24 2.3.1. The melting of the Arctic sea ice 24 2.3.2. Antarctic sea ice 27 2.4. Melting of the Earth’s cryosphere 28 2.4.1. Melting ice sheets 28 2.4.2. The melting of mountain glaciers 32 2.4.3. Decreasing permafrost 35 2.4.4. Melting snow 35 2.5. Consequences of the melting cryosphere 36 2.5.1. On a global scale: rising sea levels 36 2.5.2. Regionally: paraglacial risks 38 2.6. Conclusion 40 2.7. References 40 Chapter 3. Between Warming and Globalization: Rethinking the Arctic at the Heart of a Stakes System 43Éric CANOBBIO 3.1. Spatial impacts of climate change in the Arctic 43 3.1.1. Clarifying the terms of the subject in their polar contexts 44 3.2. The manufacture of polar issues, between global warming and globalization 52 3.2.1. Warming and space production, a decade of confusion off the Arctic coasts 53 3.2.2. Three interacting contexts 57 3.3. The production of polar doctrines: rhetoric and frameworks for action 59 3.3.1. Factors of convergence and consensus 60 3.3.2. Differentiation factors 61 3.3.3. The strategic dimensions of Arctic policies, the complex issue of polar militarization 62 3.4. Geography of a new system of stakeholder relations in the Arctic 65 3.5. Conclusion: polar metamorphisms 67 3.6. References 68 Chapter 4. Coastlines with Increased Vulnerability to Sea-level Rise 71Axel CREACH 4.1. Introduction 71 4.2. Coastlines under the influence of sea-level rise 72 4.2.1. The pressures of climate change on coastlines 72 4.2.2. Consequences of sea-level rise on coastlines 76 4.3. Increasingly attractive coastlines for societies 78 4.3.1. The coastalization process 78 4.3.2. A densification of activities on the coastlines 79 4.3.3. A closer approach to the sea 81 4.4. Towards the necessary adaptation of coastal areas 83 4.4.1. The coastline, an area at risk 83 4.4.2. Possible coping strategies 84 4.4.3. The example of the Netherlands 86 4.5. Which coastline for tomorrow? 87 4.6. References 89 Chapter 5. The Consequences of Climate Change on the Paraglacial Sedimentary Cascade 93Denis MERCIER and Étienne COSSART 5.1. The paraglacial sedimentary cascade: elements of definition 93 5.1.1. General principles of the concept of a paraglacial sedimentary cascade 93 5.1.2. Paraglacial spatial boundaries 98 5.1.3. The temporal limits of the paraglacial sedimentary cascade 99 5.2. Sediment inputs to the paraglacial sedimentary cascade 102 5.2.1. Landslides 102 5.2.2. Remobilization of slope deposits 105 5.3. Sediment fluxes within the paraglacial sedimentary cascade 108 5.3.1. The evolution of ice margins on a decadal scale 108 5.3.2. Paraglacial fluvial metamorphoses on a secular scale 109 5.4. Sedimentary stocks or the end of the paraglacial sedimentary cascade 110 5.4.1. Temporary storage areas on a secular scale 110 5.4.2. Interglacial-scale temporary storage areas 112 5.4.3. Final storage areas 115 5.5. Conclusion 115 5.6. References 116 Chapter 6. Spatial Impacts of Climate Change on Periglacial Environments 119Denis MERCIER and Étienne COSSART 6.1. Introduction 119 6.1.1. Definition of periglacial 120 6.1.2. Present and past spatial extent of periglacial environments 121 6.2. Melting permafrost and paraperiglacial geomorphological crises 125 6.2.1. Definition of paraperiglacial 125 6.2.2. Paraperiglacial processes and forms 127 6.3. Periglacial coastal environments in high latitudes in the face of climate change 129 6.4. Periglacial environments at high altitudes in the face of climate change 131 6.4.1. Gravity dynamics and permafrost wall degradation 132 6.4.2. Gravity dynamics and permafrost degradation in loose formations 134 6.4.3. The impact of global warming on high-mountain practices 136 6.5. Conclusion 137 6.6. References 138 Chapter 7. The Impacts of Climate Change on the Hydrological Dynamics of High Latitude Periglacial Environments 143Emmanuèle GAUTIER 7.1. Periglacial regions strongly affected by recent climate change 143 7.1.1. Much warmer winters 143 7.1.2. Permafrost and its sensitivity to air temperatures 144 7.2. The influence of permafrost on hydrological functioning 146 7.2.1. Numerous wetlands in periglacial environments 147 7.2.2. The knock-on effects of climate change on slope hydrology 148 7.3. The response of Arctic fluvial hydrosystems to ongoing climate change 150 7.3.1. River ice 153 7.3.2. Increasing winter low water levels 155 7.3.3. Spring flooding and breakup 157 7.3.4. The rapid evolution of water discharge 159 7.4. Conclusion 163 7.5. References 163 Chapter 8. The Impacts of Climate Change on Watercourses in Temperate Environments 167Gilles DROGUE 8.1. What is at stake? 167 8.1.1. Spatial dynamics of climate zoning and river regimes 167 8.1.2. Watercourses: resource, vector and living environment 169 8.1.3. The (dis)equilibrium between precipitation, evapotranspiration and flow in temperate environments 171 8.1.4. The study of past climate impacts 173 8.1.5. The study of future climate impacts 173 8.1.6. Summary 174 8.2. Hydrological changes already “observable” 176 8.2.1. The case of metropolitan France 176 8.2.2. Continental trends: Western Europe 179 8.3. Hydrological projections 180 8.3.1. For French rivers 180 8.3.2. For continental Europe 181 8.4. Conclusion 184 8.5. References 184 Chapter 9. Spatial Impacts of Melting Central Asian Glaciers: towards a “Water War”? 187Alain CARIOU 9.1. Societies and economies dependent on the cryosphere 187 9.1.1. The possibility of water scarcity and “water war”? 187 9.1.2. “Water tower” mountains for arid depressions 188 9.1.3. Tensions between riparian and rival states 194 9.2. The impact of climate change on water resources 198 9.2.1. Recession of the cryosphere 198 9.2.2. The consequences of cryosphere retreat on hydrology 200 9.2.3. Human societies facing the challenge of climate change 202 9.3. Conclusion 205 9.4. References 206 Chapter 10. Spatial Impact of Climate Change on Winter Droughts in the Mediterranean and Consequences on Agriculture 209Florian RAYMOND and Albin ULLMANN 10.1. Climate variability and change in the Mediterranean basin 209 10.2. Droughts during rainy seasons 211 10.2.1. Rainfall drought: the absence of rain in time and space 211 10.2.2. Detection of very long dry events in the Mediterranean Sea 212 10.2.3. Spatial and temporal characteristics of the main event patterns of very long dry spells 213 10.3. Rainfall droughts in the Mediterranean: impacts on Spanish agrosystems 216 10.4. Rainfall droughts in the Mediterranean: projections for the future 218 10.5. Conclusion 221 10.6. References 222 Chapter 11. The Spatial Impacts of Climate Change on Viticulture Around the World 225Hervé QUÉNOL and Renan LE ROUX 11.1. Introduction 225 11.2. Recent climatic trends in the world’s wine-growing regions 226 11.3. Climate zoning in viticulture 227 11.4. Impact of climate change: anticipating changes in the spatial distribution of vines 230 11.4.1. Towards climate change modeling in wine-growing regions 231 11.4.2. The need to take into account local factors 236 11.5. Conclusion 238 11.6. References 239 Chapter 12. Climate Change in the Amazon: A Multi-scalar Approach 243Vincent DUBREUIL, Damien ARVOR, Beatriz FUNATSU, Vincent NÉDÉLEC and Neli DE MELLO-THÉRY 12.1. Introduction 243 12.2. The Amazonian climate system 244 12.2.1. Heat, humidity and regional diversity 244 12.2.2. Radiation balance and general circulation 247 12.2.3. The forest-climate interaction issue 248 12.3. A changing system: deforestation, warming and drying? 250 12.3.1. Pioneering dynamics: rise and (provisory?) decline 250 12.3.2. Increase in temperature and decrease in rainfall 252 12.3.3. The dynamics of the start and end dates of the rainy season 252 12.3.4. Local effects of land-use changes 254 12.4. Uncertainties of future changes, perceptions and adaptations 257 12.4.1. Savanization and tipping points 257 12.4.2. An overall impact which is certain, but which remains to be specified 258 12.4.3. Perceptions and adaptations by local populations 259 12.5. Conclusion: a stake in the global negotiations 261 12.6. References 263 Chapter 13. The Impacts of Climate Change on the Distribution of Biomes 267Delphine GRAMOND 13.1. Biomes, a representation of life on a global scale 268 13.1.1. The biome, an indicator of climatic context: what are the realities? 269 13.1.2. From the roots of a globalizing concept to the emergence of an operational scale 270 13.2. Structural and functional impacts of climate change on terrestrial biomes 274 13.2.1. From bioclimatic bathing to modification of ecological processes 274 13.2.2. Identifying changes: from global diagnosis to biological responses 275 13.3. Spatializing change: biome modeling 279 13.3.1. Observed and projected global impacts 279 13.3.2. Observed and projected impacts for the Arctic region 282 13.4. Conclusion 284 13.5. References 286 Chapter 14. Spatial Impacts of Climate Change on Birds 289Laurent GODET 14.1. Introduction 289 14.2. Contemporary distributional changes 291 14.2.1. Latitudinal shifts 292 14.2.2. Altitudinal shifts 293 14.2.3. Spatial manifestations of range changes 295 14.3. Different responses for different species 297 14.3.1. Dispersion capabilities 297 14.3.2. Reproductive capacity 298 14.3.3. Generalist nature 299 14.4. Conservation implications 299 14.4.1. Ecological consequences 299 14.4.2. Conservation measures 300 14.5. Conclusion 302 14.6. References 303 List of Authors 311 Index 313

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Book SynopsisThe Nile, Congo, Niger, Chad and Zambezi are names that evoke watershed periods in Africa's history. Yet, until now, scholars have paid little attention to Africa's riverine environment or how it has shaped the continent's civilizations.African rivers are not only part of the ecosystem but also hold immense ecological, political, economic, and sociocultural significance. At the same time, there are numerous challenges to their exploitation and sustainability due to human activities, transboundary conflicts, and climate change. This book explores major thematic preoccupations with the study of African rivers. The first section discusses the epistemology of rivers in Africa, reviewing historical perspectives and identifying associations of rivers with identity and spirituality in Africa. The second section turns to the economy of African rivers, namely their commercial and economic benefits, political perspectives and dimensions, ecological and hydrological impacts, as well as their impacts on agricultural management and food security in the continent. In the third section, challenges associated with the exploitation, management, and sustainability of African rivers are discussed including geopolitics, dam construction, eco-tourism, transboundary disputes, and water scarcity. Beyond merely pointing out these challenges, however, the authors also propose solutions for the future of sustainable river resources in Africa. Ultimately, the book aims to promote knowledge of African rivers to help governments, corporations, and communities define and address their future needs

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Book SynopsisFor centuries, volcanic eruptions have captured our imaginations. Whether as signposts to an underworld, beacons to ancient mariners, or as an extraordinary manifestation of the natural world, volcanoes have intrigued many people, who have left records of their encounters in letters, reports and diaries and through sketches and illustrations. This book tells the stories of volcanic eruptions around the world, using original illustrations and first-hand accounts to explore how our understanding of volcanoes has evolved through time. Written accounts include Pliny’s description of the 79 CE eruption of Vesuvius, stories recounted by seventeenth-century sea-farers, and reports of expeditions made by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century natural historians, including Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin. Illustrations range from fragments of scrolls, buried in the great eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii, to Athanasius Kircher’s extraordinarily detailed sketches, made in the seventeenth century, to the spectacular London sunsets caused by Krakatoa’s eruption in 1883. They also include the first photograph of a volcanic eruption and twenty-first-century imaging of Santorini. These varied and compelling accounts enrich our perspective on current studies of volcanoes and challenge us to think about how we might use our contemporary understanding of volcanology to prepare for the next big eruption.Trade Review'A beautifully illustrated historical tour of Earth’s most fascinating volcanoes. Pyle’s scientific expertise combines with the Bodleian Library’s collection of volcanic art to produce an engaging narrative of our fiery planet.' -- Alexandra Witze * co-author, Island on Fire: The extraordinary story of Laki (Profile Books, 2014) *'A journey into the volcanic sublime.' -- Barbara Kiser * Nature *'The highlight of this book are the numerous historical illustrations that were included in the exhibition and that are collected in this book. From woodcuts and paintings to old maps and the first photographs, this is a remarkable and beautiful collection. ... a must for anyone interested in volcanoes.' -- Leon Vlieger * NHBS *Table of ContentsContents Foreword Introduction Volcanoes and the heat of the Earth Plate tectonics Oceanic Ridges and Continental Rifts A Volcanic Arc: Chile Measuring Volcanoes Chapter 1 – Volcanoes in Early Manuscripts Hades Volcanoes of the Atlantic Ocean The Mediterranean The Sixteenth Century Athanasius Kircher Chapter 2 – Vesuvius awakes December 1631 Etna 1669 William Hamilton 1817 eruption 1834 eruption 1906 eruption Vesuvius and Popular Culture The first volcanic photograph Chapter 3 – The origins of lava Polygonal rocks. Melting Rocks Field Examples Chapter 4 – Europeans explore the world’s volcanoes Pirates and Burning Islands Eighteenth-century Explorers Nineteenth-century Natural Historians Hawaii Chapter 5 – World-changing eruptions Appearing and Disappearing Islands Jorullo and Parícutin Laki 1783 Tambora, 1815 Krakatoa, 1883 Chapter 6 – Living with Volcanoes Montserrat St Vincent May 1902 The destruction of St Pierre, Martinique Chapter 7 – Detecting the next volcanic eruption Santorini, Greece Why can’t we predict volcanic eruptions? What if.. there was a supervolcanic eruption? Gazetteer of eruptions Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSince its foundation in 1860, the Oxford University Museum of Natural History’s world-renowned collections have become a key centre for scientific study and its much-loved building an important icon for visitors from around the world. The museum now holds over seven million scientific specimens including five million insects, half a million fossil specimens and half a million zoological specimens. It also holds an extensive collection of archival material relating to important naturalists such as Charles Darwin, William Smith, William Jones and James Charles Dale. This lavishly illustrated book features highlights from the collections ranging from the iconic Dodo (the only soft tissue specimen of the species in existence) and the giant tuna (brought back from Madeira on a perilous sea crossing in 1846) to crabs collected by Darwin during his voyage on the Beagle, David Livingstone’s tsetse fly specimens and Mary Anning’s ichthyosaur. Also featured are the first described dinosaur bones, found in a small Oxfordshire village, the Red Lady of Paviland (who was in fact a man who lived 29,000 years ago) and a meteorite from the planet Mars. Each item tells a unique story about natural history, about the history of science, about collecting, or about the museum itself. They give a unique insight into the extraordinary wealth of information and the fascinating tales that can be gleaned from these collections, both from the past and for the future.

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Book SynopsisFrom the first cave paintings to Britta Jaschinski's provocative animal photography, it seems we have been describing and portraying animals for as long as we have been human. This book provides a historical overview of our representations of animals, from prehistory to postmodernity.

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Book SynopsisTrail of Story, Traveller’s Path examines the meaning of landscape, drawn from Leslie Main Johnson’s rich experience with diverse environments and peoples, including the Gitksan and Witsuwit’en of northwestern British Columbia, the Kaska Dene of the southern Yukon, and the Gwich’in of the Mackenzie Delta.With passion and conviction, Johnson maintains that our response to our environment shapes our culture, determines our lifestyle, defines our identity, and sets the tone for our relationships and economies. She documents the landscape and contrasts the ecological relationships with land of First Nations peoples to those of non-indigenous scientists. The result is an absorbing study of local knowledge of place and a broad exploration of the meaning of landscape.Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1: Trails and Visions: Reflections on Ethnoecology,Landscape, and Knowing CHAPTER 2: Landscape Ethnoecology: Nexus of People, Land, andLifeways CHAPTER 3: Trail of Story: Gitksan Understanding of Land andPlace CHAPTER 4: Traveller’s Path: Witsuwit’en Knowledge ofthe Land CHAPTER 5: Of Berry Patches: What Makes a Kind of Place? CHAPTER 6: Lookouts, Moose Licks, and Fish Lakes: Considering KaskaUnderstanding of the Land CHAPTER 7: Envisioning Ethnoecology: Movement through Place andSeason CHAPTER 8: A Gwich’in Year on the Land CHAPTER 9: Of Nets and Nodes: Reflections on Dene Ethnoecology andLandscape CHAPTER 10: Of Named Places CHAPTER 11: Trails versus Polygons: Contrasting Visions of theLand CHAPTER 12: Implications: GIS and the Storied Landscape CHAPTER 13: The Ecology of Knowing the Land

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Book SynopsisWhen English naturalist Joseph Banks (1743–1820) accompanied Captain James Cook (1728–1779) on his historic mission into the Pacific, the Endeavour voyage of 1768–71, he took with him a team of collectors and illustrators. Banks and his team returned from the voyage with unprecedented collections of artefacts and specimens of stunning birds, fish and other animals as well as thousands of plants, most seen for the first time in Europe. They produced, too, remarkable landscape and figure drawings of the peoples encountered on the voyage along with detailed journals and descriptions of the places visited, which, with the first detailed maps of these lands (Tahiti, New Zealand and the East Coast of Australia), were afterwards used to create lavishly illustrated accounts of the mission. These caused a storm of interest in Europe where plays, poems and satirical caricatures were also produced to celebrate and examine the voyage, its personnel and many ‘new’ discoveries. Along with contemporary portraits of key personalities aboard the ship, scale models and plans of the ship itself, scientific instruments taken on the voyage, commemorative medals and sketches, the objects (over 140) featured in this new book will tell the story of the Endeavour voyage and its impact ahead of the 250th anniversary in 2018 of the launch of this seminal mission. Artwork made both during and after the voyage will be seen alongside actual specimens. And by comparing the voyage originals with the often stylized engravings later produced in London for the official account, the book will investigate how knowledge gained on the mission was gathered, revised and later received in Europe. Items separated in some cases for more than two centuries will be brought together to reveal their fascinating history not only during but since that mission. Original voyage specimens will feature together with illustrations and descriptions of them, showing a rich diversity of newly discovered species and how Banks organized this material, planning but ultimately failing to publish it. In fact, many of the objects in the book have never been published before. The book will focus on the contribution of Banks’s often neglected artists Sydney Parkinson, Herman Diedrich Spöring, Alexander Buchan as well as the priest and Pacific voyager Tupaia, who joined Endeavour in the Society Islands, none of whom survived the mission. These men illustrated island scenes of bays, dwellings, canoes as well as the dress, faces and possessions of Pacific peoples. Burial ceremonies, important religious sites and historic encounters were all depicted. Of particular interest, and only recently recognised as by him, are the original artworks of Tupaia, who produced as part of this mission the first charts and illustrations on paper by any Polynesian. The surviving Endeavour voyage illustrations are the most important body of images produced since Europeans entered this region, matching the truly historic value of the plant specimens and artefacts that will be seen alongside them.Trade Review“Handsome volume … a work of fine scholarship.” * International Journal of Maritime History *Beautifully presented and detailed … an authoritative and high-quality book which will be enjoyed by many readers. * Journal of Historical Geography *Endeavouring Banks is beautifully illustrated: 143 objects heavy with the weight of provenance. More powerful perhaps are the underlying resonances … it was a different world that the Endeavour had sailed into, in more than the physical sense." * World of Interiors *A lavishly illustrated account of the expedition." * Australian Geographic *In this fascinating publication, specimens collected by naturalist Joseph Banks on his HMS Endeavour voyage, along with scientific drawings, maps of the ship, and profiles of his travelling companions, including James Cook, give insight into what it might have been like to explore the uncharted South Pacific. * Gardening Australia *

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Book SynopsisIn this often-surprising book of essays, Krista Eastman explores the myths we make about who we are and where we’re from. The Painted Forest uncovers strange and little-known "home places" —not only the picturesque hills and valleys of the author's childhood in rural Wisconsin, but also tourist towns, the "under-imagined and overly caricatured" Midwest, and a far-flung station in Antarctica where the filmmaker Werner Herzog makes an unexpected appearance.The Painted Forest upends easy narratives of place, embracing tentativeness and erasing boundaries. But it is Eastman's willingness to play—to follow her curiosity down every odd path, to exude a skeptical wonder—that gives this book depth and distinction. An unlikely array of people, places, and texts meet for close conversation, and tension is diffused with art, imagination, and a strong sense of there being some other way forward. Eastman offers a smart and contemporary take on how we wander and how we belong.Trade ReviewThe Painted Forest is a surprising and tender book in which a reader might be reminded of the considered natural observations of Annie Dillard, the unrelenting gaze of Lia Purpura, or the masterful storytelling of Jo Ann Beard. Eastman is interested in interrogating the history and ethos of several specific places, including her own home state of Wisconsin, as well as elegantly demonstrating the ways in which landscapes shift and morph through generations and recall.”- Caryl Pagel, author of Twice Told “In this shimmering collection, Krista Eastman blends imagined scene with researched fact to bring us fresh visions of places we thought we knew. From examinations of home to 'laughter from nowhere,' from the Wisconsin Dells to Antarctica’s McMurdo Station, from an itinerant painter’s elliptical masterwork to gestation’s feral undertow, Eastman casts a spell that renders us 'still captive to the mystery in distance, still loyal to the pledge found in story.”- Joni Tevis, author of The World Is On Fire: Scrap, Treasure, and Songs of ApocalypseTable of Contents Scrap Metal (A Prologue) Insider’s Almanac Wonder Spot Middle West The Painted Forest Everybody Comes Round Here Animals My Youth Layers of Ice Notes Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisThema des vorliegenden Buches ist der Umgang mit dem Wasser an der niedersächsischen Küste (hier: die Entwässerung der niedrig liegenden Landschaft), eine fundamentale Angelegenheit für die Menschen, die hier leben und arbeiten. Für ein junges Zielpublikum wird unterhaltsam erläutert, wohin das Wasser fließt und welche Anstrengungen unsere Vorfahren unternommen hatten, damit wir in dieser Landschaft (über)leben können. Darüber hinaus werden Veränderungen, die z. B. über den Klimawandel auf diese Landschaft einwirken, in die Entdeckungsreise der vier Protagonisten eingebunden.Table of ContentsDie Markierung an der Brücke.- Der Wasserverband.- Höhen und Tiefen.- Erkundungstour in der Leke.- Der kleine Canyon in der Südender Leke.- Wanderung im Tal der Nordender Leke.- Die Kanoutour von der Jade zum Schweiburger Siel.

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Book SynopsisCui bono? – Wem nutzt die Entwicklung humanoider Maschinen oder Automaten? Dieses Buch erörtert die Details dieses Spannungsfelds und die Herausforderung gesellschaftlicher Weiterentwicklung. Als technisch-elektronische Handhabungsgeräte können sie den Menschen zuträglich sein, sie von körperlich belastenden Arbeiten oder sogenannten Routinearbeiten befreien. Der Autor versucht die Fragen zu beleuchten: Was erwartet die Menschheit durch die Entwicklung einer künstlichen Intelligenz in einer menschähnlichen Maschine? Was aber, wenn der selbstbestimmende Mensch an der Schwelle steht, sich selbst durch intelligente selbstorganisierte Produkte und Prozesse eine humanoide Konkurrenz zu schaffen, die er möglicherweise nicht mehr kontrollieren kann?Table of ContentsDie Optimierung und die Gesellschaft.- Macht des kurzfristigen Genusses - Ohnmacht der nachhaltigen Veränderung.- Arbeiten und Arbeiten lassen - Arbeitskampf um die "Semantische Lücke".- Freizeitaktivität und/oder konditionierte Ertüchtigung.- Muße und Entschleunigung.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch beleuchtet die unterschiedlichen Facetten einer Mobilität mit selbstfahrenden (autonomen) Fahrzeugen. Angefangen bei der Elektromobilität, werden die Parkplatzproblematik, Carsharing und Haftungsfragen unter dem Aspekt einer zunehmenden Verbreitung autonomer Fahrzeuge betrachtet. Auch ökonomische und umweltpolitische Fragen sind aufgeworfen (Ressourcenknappheit, Klimawandel, automatisierte Logistik) und versucht zu beantworten. Können Maschinen moralisch handeln, wie steht es um die Cybersicherheit und den Technikmissbrauch, sind weitere Fragen, die in diesem Buch thematisiert werden.Trade Review“… Für einen allgemeinverständlichen Überblick ist das Buch sehr zu empfehlen, Technikinteressierte müssen sich anderweitig zusätzlich informieren.” (Gerhard Grosch, in: Technik in Bayern, Januar - Februar 2019)Table of ContentsDieses Buch ergründet, was es für unseren Alltag, unsere Arbeit und unsere Gesellschaft bedeutet, wenn Programm das Steuer übernehmen. Wenn wir uns der Konsequenzen des autonomen Verkehrs bewusst sind, können wir uns auf diese Zukunft einstellen und sie mitgestalten. Anschaulich illustriert und verständlich geschrieben sind Techniken und Hintergründe zu neuen Arten der Mobilität erklärt. Sie werden interdisziplinär mit den Themen einer fahrerlosen Gesellschaft, automatisierter Logistik und möglichen Folgeinnovationen verknüpft. Die Einflusssphären zu einigen sogenannten Megatrends sind angesprochen und regen zum Weiterdenken an. Dieses Buch schärft den Blick für selbstfahrende Fahrzeuge und deren mögliche Folgen. Dabei stellt Nachhaltigkeit für den Themenkomplex Elektromobilität und autonomes Fahren den roten Faden dar und beleuchtet die Technikfolgen für individuelle Mobilität, Logistik, Umwelt und Gesellschaft. Aus dem Inhalt · Sterben unsere Autos aus? · Was bremst den Erfolg elektrischer Fahrzeuge? · Autonome Fahrzeuge und Folgeinnovationen · Autonomes Carsharing – Das Ende vom Privatauto? · Die fahrerlose Gesellschaft · Ökonomische und Rechtliche Überlegungen · Megatrends und Mobilitätswende Die Zielgruppen · Technisch, politisch und wirtschaftlich interessierte Personen · Entscheider und Gestalter im Verkehrssektor · Im Verkehrswesen Beschäftigte Der Autor Johannes Ritz ist Softwareentwickler für eingebettete Systeme und hat Erfahrung als Entwicklungsingenieur für Elektronik.

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Book SynopsisIn diesem Buch berichten 95 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler über ihre Forschung im Ozean und an den Küsten. Sie führen den Leser von den eisbedeckten Polarmeeren über die Nord- und Ostsee bis zu den Seegraswiesen, tropischen Mangroven und Korallenriffen. Die Beiträge veranschaulichen die Vielfalt der Lebensgemeinschaften zwischen Strand und Tiefsee. Das Größenspektrum der Organismen reicht von Walen und Fischen über Planktonkrebse und Muscheln bis zu Kieselalgen und Bakterien. Die globalen – vom Leben im Meer bestimmten – Stoffkreisläufe werden ebenso behandelt wie die molekularbiologischen Anpassungen der Mikroorganismen, und hier sind auch die größten methodischen Fortschritte zu verzeichnen.Zu den spannenden Themen der angewandten Meeresforschung gehören die Überfischung und die nachhaltige Nutzung der Meere, die Gefährdung durch Schad- und Nährstoffeinträge, das Einschleppen fremder Organismen und die Zerstörung von Lebensräumen. Vielfältig und bereits deutlich nachweisbar sind die Einflüsse des globalen Klimawandels auf das Leben im Meer. Forschungsschiffe, Unterwasser-Roboter, Gensonden und Datenbanken, aber auch mathematische Modelle und naturnahe Experimente sind wichtige Werkzeuge der Meeresbiologen. Exkurse über die Geschichte und Struktur der meeresbiologischen Forschung in Deutschland runden die Übersicht ab.In 48 selbständigen Beiträgen fügt sich die Vielfalt moderner, meeresökologischer Forschung zu einem faszinierenden Gesamtbild zusammen. Das Buch richtet sich an Lehrende und Lernende und an alle, die sich für das Meer und seine Bewohner, für modernes Ressourcenmanagement und marinen Naturschutz interessieren.vbiehivjoeTrade Review“... Die Autoren nehmen den Leser mit auf eine virtuelle Reise um den halben Erdball, nur diesmal unter Wasser. ... überall ist die Forschung präsent und zeigt die große Formenvielfalt des Lebensraumes im freien Wasser als dem größten »Biovolumen« auf der Erde ...” (Eva Opitz, in: Freiburger Universitätsblätter, September 2017)“... steht jeder Artikel auch für sich, so dass man an fast beliebiger Stelle in das Buch einsteigen kann.Alle Beiträge sind ansprechend illustriert und geben dem interessierten Leser am Ende Tipps für Informationen im Internet sowie für weiterführende Literatur ...” (Dr. Doris Fischer-Henningsen, in: Treffpunkt Buch plus, 2017)“... Für interessierte Laien hingegen stellt das Buch genau die richtige Mischung aus detaillierten Informationen und dem großen Überblick dar. ... Für jeden, der sich für den größten und am wenigsten erforschten Lebensraum unserer Erde interessiert, ist „Faszination Meeresforschung“ genau das Richtige. Und jungen Menschen, die das Studium der Meeresbiologie anstreben, kann man es ganz besonders ans Herz zu legen, da es perfekt zusammenfasst, was sie im Studium erwartet.” (Peter Diehl, in: Mitteilungen der POLLICHIA, Jg. 98, 2017)“… Zu erstaunlich vielen Themen findet der interessierte Leser tiefgründige Beiträge, die auch für Laien verständlich geschrieben sind. Vermutlich wird das Angebot sogar den Wissensdurst vieler Meeresaquarianer übersteigen, aber zahlreiche Kapitel helfen, die mannigfaltige Unterwasserwelt besser zu durchschauen.” (Werner Fiedler, in: Aquaristik Fachmagazin, Jg. 49, Heft 256, August-September 2017)“… Das vorliegende Buch gibt einen wahrlich faszinierenden Einblick in die vielen Facetten eines geradezu unendlichen Lebensraumes. Für Lehrende, Studierende und Laien ist das Buch eine immense Fundgrube an Wissen, das man in solch kompakter und wie im Titel versprochen lesbarer Form nicht wieder findet.” (Prof Dr. Helmut Schuhmacher, in: Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau, Jg. 70, Heft 828, Juni 2017)“... Allen, die sich für Meere und Ozeane interessieren, ist dieses Buch zu empfehlen- und allen, die meinen, andere für eine Beschäftigung mit Meeren und Ozeanen “erwärmen” zu wollen, ist anzuraten, dieses Buch bei nächster Gelegenheit auf deren Geschenktisch zu legen. ... Dieses Werk taugt gleichermaßen zum lehrreichen Schmökern wie zum schnellen informativen Nachschlagen; insofern ist die Empfehlung "für alle" mehr als gerechtfertigt ...” (Waterkant, Jg. 32, Heft 2, Juni 2017)Table of ContentsProlog.- 1 Die physikalische Umwelt „Meer“.- 2 Der marine Kohlenstoffkreislauf.- 3 Das Pelagial.- 4 Eine virtuelle Reise durch den Atlantik – Energieflüsse, Nahrungswege und Anpassungspfade.- 5 Das Leben im Eispalast: Flora und Fauna des arktischen Meereises.- 6. Wechselwirkungen zwischen Meeresboden und Ozean: Die pelago-benthische Kopplung im Südpolarmeer.- 7 Auftriebsgebiete und El Niño.- 8 Das Bakterioplankton – Riese und Regulator im marinen Stoffumsatz.- 9 Das Phytoplankton im Überblick.- 10 Die wichtigsten Gruppen des Zooplanktons.- 11 Krill und Salpen prägen das antarktische Ökosystem.- 12 Mikroplastikmüll im Meer.- 13 Tintenfische – die Spitzenathleten der Weltmeere,- 14 Meeresschildkröten haben es schwer.- 15 Fischbrut im Nahrungsnetz.- 16 Der arktische Polardorsch und der Antarktische Silberfisch: Erfolgsgeschichten im Eismeer.- 17 Seevögel und ihre Ernährungsweisen als Spiegel der Meeresumwelt.- 18. Schweinswale in der Ostsee – Forschung für den Artenschutz.- 19 Leben am Meeresboden.- 20 Mikroorganismen des Tiefseebodens: Vielfalt, Verteilung, Funktion.- 21 Stabilität, Störungen oder Zufall: Was steuert marine Biodiversität?.- 22 Dunkle Energie: Symbiosen zwischen Tieren und chemosynthetischen Bakterien.- 23 Meeresküsten – ein Überblick.- 24 Leben auf festem Grund – Hartbodengemeinschaften.- 25 Muschelbänke, Seegraswiesen und Watten an Sand- und Schlickküsten.- 26 Mikroalgen in der Grenzschicht zwischen Sediment und Wasser.- 27 Wälder unter Wasser – Großalgengemeinschaften.- 28 Mangroven – Wälder zwischen Land und Meer.- 29 Ökosystem Korallenriff – Schatzkammer der Meere.- 30 Die Ostsee.- 31. Belastungen unserer Meere durch den Menschen.- 32 Wie wirkt der Klimawandel auf das Leben im Meer?.- 33 Ozeanversauerung: Gewinner und Verlierer im Plankton.- 34 CO2-Wirkung auf Meerestiere.- 35 Helgoland, Krill und Klimawandel.- 36 Klimaflüchtlinge, Migranten und Invasoren.- 37 Die Weltfischerei – mit weniger Aufwand fängt man mehr.- 38 Nachhaltiges Fischereimanagement – kann es das geben?.- 39 Zum Beispiel Kabeljau und Hering: Fischerei, Überfischung und Fischereimanagement im Nordatlantik.- 40 Der tote Leviathan – ein Streifzug durch die Geschichte des antarktischen Walfangs.- 41 Sushi und die Algenfarmen.- 42 Kultur von Meerestieren– mehr Eiweißnahrung aus dem Meer.- 43 Über Forschungsschiffe.- 44 Der Hausgarten in der Framstraße: Von der Momentaufnahme zur Langzeituntersuchung.- 45 Neue Methoden der Artbestimmung.- 46 Zeitmaschine DNA – die verschlüsselte Evolutionsgeschichte im Erbgut.- 47 Computermodelle als Werkzeuge der Meeresökologen.- 48 Meeresbiologische Forschungsinstitute in Deutschland.- Epilog.

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Book SynopsisVorwort -Sehnsucht nach dem Anfang (Raoul Schrott).- Die Erde: Geologische Basisinformationen.- Raymond Siever: Sandstein - ein Archiv der Erdgeschichte.- "Forschen mit dem Bärentöter (Urs Willmann).- Frank Press, Raymond Siever, John Grotzinger, Thomas H. Jordan: System Erde".- Nach der großen Flut (H. Albrecht et al.).- Wilfried Endlicher: Atmosphärische Gefahren.- Warme Welt (Tobias Hürter).- Christian-Dietrich Schönwiese: "Klimaänderungen  -- ein kompliziertes Erscheinungsbild".- Hans von Storch: "Klimaszenarien -- storyboards der Zukunft".- "Einsackende Altbauten" (Johannes Voswinkel).- Richard Fortey: Die großen Störungslinien.- Die Enden sind nah (Axel Bojanowski).- Hans und Thomas Pichler: Vulkanismus".- "Unruhe vor der Eruption (Klaus Jacob).- Bruce A. Bolt: Die Entstehung von Erdbeben.- Gleich kracht`s! (Axel Bojanowski).- Michael F. Jischa: Endliche Ressourcen oder Plündern wir unseren Planeten?.- Wer das Wasser hat, hat die Macht (Christiane Grefe).- Edwar O. Wilson: Die verschwenderische Artenvielfalt der Natur.- Die Gifthölle von Villa Luz (Thomas Häusler).- Paul Gans "Trends der Bevölkerungsentwicklung".- Die Welt ist noch zu retten (Fritz Vorholz).- Nachwort (Reinhard Hüttl)

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch lädt Sie ein, draußen im Gelände die Geologie hinter Landschaften und Gesteinen aufzuspüren – ein idealer Zugang, um die vielseitigen und komplexen geologischen Prozesse zu verstehen, die im Wechselspiel von Magmatismus, Tektonik, Metamorphose, Klima und Sedimentation die heutige Erdoberfläche geformt haben. Gesteine und geologische Strukturen an der Erdoberfläche liefern die Schlüsselinformationen, die uns ermöglichen, die Abläufe im Bereich der Erdkruste und des oberen Mantels über die langen Zeiträume ihrer Entstehung nachzuvollziehen. Tom McCann und Mario Valdivia-Manchego bieten einen anschaulichen Zugang zur geländeorientierten Analyse und Interpretation geologischer Prozesse . Ihr Ausgangspunkt ist dabei die genaue Geländebeobachtung. Die zahlreichen farbigen Grafiken und Aufschlussbildern erlauben, Strukturen anzusprechen und helfen, die geologischen Gegebenheiten zu erkennen und zu unterscheiden. Der Inhalt geht dabei weit über ein Mineral- und Gesteinsbestimmungsbuch hinaus, denn jeder Geländebeobachtung lassen sich ein oder auch mehrere Bildungsprozesse zuordnen, die letztlich zu einem raumzeitlichen Entstehungsmodell zusammengeführt werden. An diesen spannenden Schritt möchten die Autoren den Leser heranführen. Das Buch ist für den Einsatz im Gelände gedacht und wendet sich einerseits an Studierende der geowissenschaftlichen Bachelor- und Master-Studiengänge, etwa als Hilfsmittel für die geowissenschaftliche Geländeaufnahme, andererseits an die geologisch interessierten Leser denen das Werk als Begleiter bei Ausflügen durch die Natur gute Dienste leisten wird.Trade Review“... Die Illustrationen, bestehend aus Grafiken und Geländefotos, sind durchwegs anschaulich ... Selbst komplexe Prozesse und Strukturen werden dadurch verständlich erklärt ...” (Günter Schweigert, in: Fossilien, Heft 6, 2016)“... Der aufwändig gestaltete, vierfarbig reich illustrierte Band erweist sich rasch als unverzichtbarer Begleiter bei Exkursionen, leistet aber auch als Nachschlagewerk mit seinen präzisen Informationen äußerst wertvolle Dienste für alle, die sich für Geologie interessieren und geologische Erscheinungen in Landschaft und Natur besser verstehen und diese interpretieren wollen!” (in: Bücherrundschau, Dezember 2015, S. 115)Table of Contents1 Minerale.- 2 Gesteine und Prozesse.- 3 Fossilien.- 4 Die geologische Karte - ein 3D-Modell.- 5 Wissen wo - Orientierung im Gelände mit Karte und GPS.- 6 Geologisch kartieren - von der Geländebeobachtung zur geologischen Karte.- 7 Gesteinsabfolgen und Krustendeformation - Tools und Aufnahmetechniken im Gelände.

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Book SynopsisAttraverso foto spettacolari e un testo di facile comprensione Il ronzio delle api racconta la storia di questo insetto partendo da una prospettiva diversa. Jürgen Tautz, attraverso le scoperte più recenti, molto delle quali frutto del suo gruppo di lavoro, ci offre la possibilità di venire a contatto con lo straordinario mondo delle api. L’intera gamma delle sorprendenti attività che le api sono in grado di svolgere trova in questo testo una affascinante rappresentazione. Pregevoli fotografie, mai viste prima, ritraggono le api impegnate nei compiti più diversi: pulizia delle cellette, cura della prole, accudimento della regina, visite ai fiori, raccolta del nettare, produzione del miele, costruzione dei favi, protezione dell’alveare, termoregolazione, ecc. Il libro contiene anche immagini di api che si accoppiano, sciamano, combattono, dormono e soprattutto comunicano mediante suoni, profumi e danze.Table of ContentsPrologo La colonia di api — Un mammifero composto da tanti corpi.- L’animale domestico piú piccolo al mondo — Una guida illustrata.- Le api erano inevitabili.- L’immortalitá si propaga.- Le api — Un modello di successo.- Cosa ne sanno le api dei fiori.- La vita sessuale delle api e le spose vergini.- La pappa reale — Una dieta personalizzata.- L’organo piú grande della colonia — Costruzione e funzionamento del favo.- Un’intelligenza raffinata.- L’importanza della famiglia: il miele conta piú del sangue?.- Il cerchio si chiude.- Epilogo Il futuro per le api e il genere umano.

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Book SynopsisThe environmental turn in the humanities and social sciences has meant a new focus on the history of animals. This is one of the first books to look across species at animals in a colonial, urban society. If imperialism is a series of power relationships, it involves not only the subjugation of human communities but also animals. What was the relationship between these two processes in colonial Singapore? How did various interactions with animals enable changes in interactions between people, and the expression of power in human terms.The imposition of imperial power relationships was a process that was often complex and messy, and it led to the creation of new communities throughout the world, including the colonial port city of Singapore. Through a multi-disciplinary consideration of fauna, this book weaves together a series of tales to document how animals were cherished, slaughtered, monitored, and employed in a colonial society, to provide insight into how imperial rule was imposed on an island in Southeast Asia. Fauna and their histories of interacting with humans, thus, become useful tools for understanding our past, revealing the effects of establishing a colony on the biodiversity of a region, and the institutions that quickly transformed it. All animals, including humans, have been creatures of imperialism in Singapore. Their stories teach us lessons about the structures that upheld such a society and how it developed over time.Trade Review“[D]eeply researched, well annotated... the information Prof. Barnard presents in this book is widely applicable to subjects as varied as the history of natural history, psychology, sociology, political science, cross-cultural communications, and urban planning. It is therefore strongly recommended it to all those with an interest in any of these subjects, as well as to those who are merely curious to discover a slice of the history of a time and place with which few today can be said to familiar, but from whence so significant a modern global city-state has emerged”. — The Well-Read Naturalist

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