Pollution and threats to the environment Books

Book Synopsis"Everything looked perfect. Sand - unique Baltic sand, the best in the world - and the calm sea. But wait. Something was amiss. Something was wrong"It starts with a day at the beach. A single white sock that somehow spoils everything. It's enough to send writer and ornithologist Stanislaw Lubienski on a quest to understand what we throw away, where it goes and whether it will be our legacy. By analysing items he unearths on his trips into nature - a plastic bottle, a tube of Russian penis-enlargement cream, a cigarette butt, an empty aerosol can - tracing their origins and explaining the harm they can do, he shows how consumer society has developed out of control, to the point of environmental catastrophe.He also looks with a birdwatcher's eye at how various animals have come to adapt to and even rely on our rubbish, and interrogates the cultural significance of waste and the origins of our throw-away lifestyles. Finally, he adds a personal touch by examining his own "environmental neurosis" and by going out with refuse crews to watch them work.While Lubienski never hectors his readers, nor shames them, his clear-eyed, persuasive and humble polemic reminds us what we, as individuals, can and cannot do to address an apocalyptic issue while there's still something worth saving.Translated from the Polish by Zosia Krasodomska-JonesTrade ReviewBeautifully written and impeccably researched, this profoundly significant book digs deep into the world of waste and is a stark reminder of human impact on our planet. Fascinating, eye-opening and deeply thought-provoking - a hugely important and utterly compelling work -- TRACEY WILLIAMS * author of Adrift: The Curious Tale of a Lego Lost at Sea *This is only outwardly a book about trash. In fact, it is a sad and bitter report on the current state of the world * Gazeta Wyborcza *There's no hiding the fact that for most of us reading this book will be a lesson in preparing for the apocalypse, and a brutal stripping away of our illusions . . . But if we then sink into 'ecological neurosis', it's a sign that we're on the right path to liberating the Earth from the tyranny of trash * Polityka *Although the picture Lubienski paints is alarming, his engaging style and avoidance of histrionics make this a surprisingly enjoyable read * Literary Review *Compelling and hard-hitting, a bold dive into the rubbish heap piling up around us. Lubienski forces us to ask ourselves, how can we live better -- LEE SCHOFIELD, author of Wild Fell

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Book Synopsis"Everything looked perfect. Sand - unique Baltic sand, the best in the world - and the calm sea. But wait. Something was amiss. Something was wrong"It starts with a day at the beach. A single white sock that somehow spoils everything. It's enough to send writer and ornithologist Stanislaw Lubienski on a quest to understand what we throw away, where it goes and whether it will be our legacy. By analysing items he unearths on his trips into nature - a plastic bottle, a tube of Russian penis-enlargement cream, a cigarette butt, an empty aerosol can - tracing their origins and explaining the harm they can do, he shows how consumer society has developed out of control, to the point of environmental catastrophe.He also looks with a birdwatcher's eye at how various animals have come to adapt to and even rely on our rubbish, and interrogates the cultural significance of waste and the origins of our throw-away lifestyles. Finally, he adds a personal touch by examining his own "environmental neurosis" and by going out with refuse crews to watch them work.While Lubienski never hectors his readers, nor shames them, his clear-eyed, persuasive and humble polemic reminds us what we, as individuals, can and cannot do to address an apocalyptic issue while there's still something worth saving.Translated from the Polish by Zosia Krasodomska-JonesTrade ReviewBeautifully written and impeccably researched, this profoundly significant book digs deep into the world of waste and is a stark reminder of human impact on our planet. Fascinating, eye-opening and deeply thought-provoking - a hugely important and utterly compelling work -- TRACEY WILLIAMS * author of Adrift: The Curious Tale of a Lego Lost at Sea *This is only outwardly a book about trash. In fact, it is a sad and bitter report on the current state of the world * Gazeta Wyborcza *There's no hiding the fact that for most of us reading this book will be a lesson in preparing for the apocalypse, and a brutal stripping away of our illusions . . . But if we then sink into 'ecological neurosis', it's a sign that we're on the right path to liberating the Earth from the tyranny of trash * Polityka *Although the picture Lubienski paints is alarming, his engaging style and avoidance of histrionics make this a surprisingly enjoyable read * Literary Review *Compelling and hard-hitting, a bold dive into the rubbish heap piling up around us. Lubienski forces us to ask ourselves, how can we live better -- LEE SCHOFIELD, author of Wild Fell

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Book SynopsisFinalist for the 2020 PEN / E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardAcclaimed on its hardcover publication, a global journey that reminds us of how magical the planet we''re about to lose really is (Bill McKibben)With a new epilogue by the authorAfter nearly a decade overseas as a war reporter, the acclaimed journalist Dahr Jamail returned to America to renew his passion for mountaineering, only to find that the slopes he had once climbed have been irrevocably changed by climate disruption. In response, Jamail embarks on a journey to the geographical front lines of this crisisfrom Alaska to Australia''s Great Barrier Reef, via the Amazon rainforestin order to discover the consequences to nature and to humans of the loss of ice.In The End of Ice, we follow Jamail as he scales Denali, the highest peak in North America, dives in the warm crystal waters of the Pacific only to find ghostly coral ree

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Book Synopsis'Honest yet inspiring, Go Toxic Free empowers us to take positive action today.' Lucy Siegle__________________________________________________________________________Practical everyday tips and ideas to help make ourselves and our planet a little less toxic.Plastic pollution is headline news. But plastics are only part of the story, and the invisible world of chemical pollutants – in the soil, the air, our water systems and our own bodies – is just as worrying. There’s been a huge rise in chemical-related health issues in recent years, and when we delve into what’s hiding in the clothes we wear, the food and water we consume, as well as the numerous household cleaners and cosmetics we use every day, it’s easy to see why. In this uplifting and practical book, environmental journalist Anna Turns makes this invisible world visible, looking at the wider issue of toxic chemicals – what they are, where they’re hidden and the extent of their environmental impact. Taking you on an in-depth tour of your house and garden, Go Toxic Free reveals the harmful substances that lurk inside your home, and shares essential swaps and tips to avoid them wherever you can.Trade ReviewHonest yet inspiring, Go Toxic Free empowers us to take positive action today. -- Lucy SiegleGo Toxic Free is a book that brings you up against something hard: just how much our world, our homes, our bodies have been poisoned by global industrialization. By the creams and cleaning products and flame retardants and bright plastic toys and packaging and non-stick coatings that promised to make life easier and more convenient – and did. But now the costs are being counted in all the ways we know so horribly well – which leads many of us to despair. Well, if like me you’re despairing, this is the book for you – full of empowering facts and the new science and research, as well as simple practical advice, to lead us out of the mess we’ve made. -- Sheila Dillon, presenter of R4’s 'The Food Programme'Chemical pollution is an insidious problem. It impacts everyone, every day. Of the 100,000 chemicals on the EU market, there is only robust information on a mere 500 of them. Harmful chemicals don’t belong in our bodies, products and ecosystems. Go Toxic Free is a fabulously helpful and informative resource that empowers the reader to start getting toxics out of their life. -- James K. Thornton, Founder and CEO of ClientEarthThis is a scientifically robust and informative book which is also accessible for general readers. The environmental and health impact of toxic chemicals needs a higher profile and people need practical ideas on how to minimize their exposure. This book does an excellent job at both. -- Mike Childs, Head of Policy and Insight at Friends of the EarthA hugely important and informative book, this is essential reading for anyone who wants to reduce their toxic burden on the planet and protect their own health. -- Natalie Fee, author of How to Save the World for FreeCracks open the scam of greenwashing and shines a light on half-truths. While we can easily crumble under the burden of responsibility and flounder awash with marketing cliches, this book has offered up honest, workable solutions. Everyone’s guide to taking steps to clean up how we live so nature can have a chance to recover. -- Susie Hewson, founder of Natracare'This book is a breath of fresh air. Anna explains exactly what chemicals are, and how toxics in everyday products affect us. I love the way she guides us room by room and shows us how to make sustainable swaps. It’s the 'small change, big difference' approach. -- Janey Lee Grace, author of Happy Healthy SoberI’ve learnt more about toxins in the first chapter of this book than I’ve probably known in all my life. And it’s making me think very differently about everything I use / buy / dispose of. It’s quite startling. -- Sophie Marple, 'Impatience Earth'

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Book SynopsisImagining Air tackles air as a cultural, medical, and environmental phenomenon. Its major aim is to explore air’s visibility and invisibility within the environment through the investigation of such phenomena as pollution and pandemics. The book provides environmental and medical perspectives on air, in particular how it has historically been envisioned in U.S., Canadian and British cultural and literary narratives. The authors explore how these representations and the constructed meanings of air can help us understand the complex nature of air as it pertains to the COVID-19 pandemic, air pollution and broader environmental degradation. Chapter authors: Siobhan Carroll, Jeff Diamanti, Corey Dzenko, Clare Hickman, Tatiana Konrad, Jayne Lewis, Chantelle Mitchell, Christian Riegel, Arthur Rose, Gordon M. Sayre, Savannah Schaufler.Table of ContentsInformation on Contributors Introduction: Toward a Cultural Axiology of Air TATIANA KONRAD, CHANTELLE MITCHELL, and SAVANNAH SCHAUFLER Part I: Aerial Politics—Pollution, Consumerism, and Catastrophe 1. Fordism in Detroit, Consumerism in Los Angeles: A Brief History of Automobile Emissions Regulation and Lessons for Greenhouse Gas Pollution GORDON M. SAYRE 2. Dirty Air: Literary Tropes of the Canadian Nation CHRISTIAN RIEGEL 3. Witnessing Challenger: Viewing Aerial Space through the Reverberations of Disaster CHANTELLE MITCHELL Part II: Air and Art in Times of Crisis 4. Speculative Fiction, Atmotechnic Ecology, and the Afterlife of Romantic Air SIOBHAN CARROLL 5. Respiratory Realism: Elemental Intimacies Between “Carbon Black” and Red Desert JEFF DIAMANTI 6. Rumpled Bedsheets and Online Mourning: Social Photography and the COVID-19 Pandemic—Haruka Sakaguchi’s Quarantine Diary and Marvin Heiferman’s Instagram account @whywelook COREY DZENKO Part III: Trans-Sensory Air: Bodies and Environments 7. Envisioning Experiments on Air and the Nonhuman ARTHUR ROSE 8. The Importance of Open Air for Health: Environmental and Medical Intersections CLARE HICKMAN 9. “The Endless Space of Air”: Helen Keller’s Auratic Worldbuilding JAYNE LEWIS 10. Questions of Visibility: Aerial Relations across Society and the Environment, as Revealed by COVID-19 SAVANNAH SCHAUFLER Index

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Book SynopsisOur beautiful planet is in danger: the warning signs are there, year after year – from vast forest fires across Australia to coral bleaching in the Pacific and the rapid break up of polar ice and the consequent rise in sea levels, threatening low-lying coastal communities everywhere. Arranged by continent, Endangered Places introduces the reader to many of the most stunning natural locations from the around the world that are currently under threat. Learn about the magnificent Bornean rainforest, home to threatened species such as orangutans, probiscis monkeys and the Sumatran rhinoceros; marvel at the beauty of the Great Barrier Reef, stretching 2,300 kilometres along Australia’s east coast and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps; explore the Aral Sea, formerly the fourth largest lake in the world and today less than 10 per cent of it’s original size after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects; and understand the process of desertification, which has led to the huge expansion of the Sahara Desert and the dramatic shrinkage of Lake Chad. Illustrated with more than 180 photographs of more than 100 threatened locations, Endangered Places celebrates the beauty of our planet while reminding us of how easily this can be lost through human behaviour and climate change.Trade Review"the book's 180 vibrant photographs feel at once like a call to travel and a call to action, inspiring readers to seek out these astonishing destinations and take steps to help conserve them before it's too late." * Frommers *Table of ContentsContents: Introduction EUROPE: Bittern, Reedbed, Suffolk Hurst Castle, Hampshire, England Thornham Marshes, Norfolk, England Bennerley Viaduct, Derbyshire– Nottinghamshire, England Canning and Salthouse Docks, Liverpool, England St-Émilion Vineyards, Nouvelle- Aquitaine, France St-Jorioz Reedbed, Lake Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France Gironde Estuary, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France Couvent de Récollets, Nivelles, Wallonia, Belgium De Duivelskuil Nature, Limburg, Netherlands Wadden Sea Salt Marsh, Netherlands Simbach-am-Inn, Bavaria, Germany Sylt Island, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Historic Centre of Vienna, Austria Venice, Italy Civita di Bagnoregio, Lazio, Italy Lake Balaton, Veszprém, Hungary Zahara de la Sierra, Cádiz, Spain Orleans-Bourbon Palace, Sanlucar de Barrameda, Cádiz, Spain Neptune Baths, Baile Herculane, Romania Danube Delta, Tulcea, Romania Black Sea, Ukraine–Russia St Stephen, Nesebar, Bulgaria Patriarchate of Pec Monastery, Peja, Kosovo Big Kemeri Bog, Latvia Yelnya Reserve, Belarus AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST: Municipal Hall, Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya Atiq Mosque, Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya Ghadamès, Tripolitania, Libya Tadrart Acacus, Ghat, Libya Leptis Magna, Tripolitania, Libya Telouet, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco Lake Burullus, Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt Osireion, Abydos, Sohag, Egypt Temple of Ramesses II, Abydos, Sohag, Egypt Pyramids of Giza, Greater Cairo, Egypt Nuri, Northern State, Sudan Kasubi Tombs, Kampala, Uganda Timbuktu, Mali Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali Nabiyotum Crater, Lake Turkana, Kenya Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha, Tanzania Great Mosque of Kilwa Kisiwani, Lindi, Tanzania Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Cape of Caotinha, Benguela, Angola Table Mountain National Park, Western Cape, South Africa Etosha National Park, Kunene, Namibia Congo Basin Rainforest, Democratic Republic of the Congo Garamba National Park, Haut-Uélé, Democratic Republic of the Congo Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo Batammariba Home, Koutammakou, Togo Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire Ashanti Shrine, Ashanti, Ghana Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Arlit, Niger Adrar Plateau, Mauritania Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal Hebron Old Town, West Bank Petra, Ma’an, Jordan Dead Sea, Jordan–Israel–West Bank Beirut Central District, Lebanon Damascus, Syria Citadel of Aleppo, Syria Zabid, Al Hudaydah, Yemen ASIA, PACIFIC & the POLES Sea Ice, Svalbard, Arctic Ocean Aral Sea, Kazakhstan–Uzbekistan Minaret of Jam, Ghor, Afghanistan Bamyan Valley, Afghanistan Shakhrisabz, Qashqadaryo, Uzbekistan Shahdara Bagh, Lahore, Pakistan Taj Mahal, Agra, India Chand Baori, Abhaneri, India Western Ghats, Karnataka, India Hawksbill Turtle, Maldives, Indian Ocean Panam Nagar, Narayanganj, Bangladesh Horton Plains National Park, Central Province, Sri Lanka Yongtai Fortress, Gansu, China Zhuangzhai, Fujian, China Choijin Lama Temple, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Kaathe Swayambhu Shree Gha Chaitya, Kathmandu, Nepal Bunong Village, Mondulkiri, Cambodia Preah Khan, Siem Reap, Cambodia Sea Pong Lai Waterfall, Bolaven Plateau, Laos Inle Lake, Myanmar Huai Mae Khamin Waterfall, Khuean Srinagarindra National Park, Thailand Rainforest of Borneo, Indonesia– Malaysia–Brunei Mt Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Barrington Tops National Park, New South Wales, Australia Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia Yarra Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia Cassowary Falls, Daintree, Queensland, Australia Stirling Range National Park, Western Australia Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia Nan Madol, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia Coastal Dunes, New Zealand Cape Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica Juhyo, Mt Zao, Yamagata, Japan NORTH AMERICA North Shore Alvar Preserve, Kelleys Island, Lake Erie, USA Herschel Island–Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park, Yukon, Canada Athabasca Glacier, Canada Bull Kelp, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, USA Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, USA Boston Harbor, Massachussetts, USA Cachuma Lake, California, USA Everglades, Florida, USA Logan Pass, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA North Sixshooter Peak, Bear Ears Monument, Utah, USA Fallen Roof Ruin, Bears Ears Monument, Utah, USA SOUTH AMERICA Hotel Oloffson, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Gulf of California, Baja California, Mexico Old Town, Ponce, Puerto Rico Barrier Reef, San Pedro, Belize Temple I, Tikal, Guatemala Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica La Mosquitia, Honduras Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Riviera Maya, Mexico Fortifications of Portobelo and San Lorenzo, Colón, Panama Tepuis, Venezuela Madidi National Park, Beni, Bolivia Salar de Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia Potosí, Tomás Frías, Bolivia Machu Picchu, Cusco, Peru Chan Chan, La Libertad, Peru Huaquis, Nor Yauyos Cochas Reserve, Lima, Peru Monte Alegre State Park, Pará, Brazil Amazon Rain Forest, South America Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works, Iquique, Chile Grey Glacier, Southern Patagonian Ice Field, Chile Floreana Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Moai, Easter Island, Chile

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Book SynopsisDismissed by contemporaries as the ravings of a deluded enemy of modernity, The Storm Cloud of the Nineteenth Century is an eerily prescient denunciation of capitalism's assault on the atmosphere and the profound danger for the earth but also the spiritual well-being of humanity. It is one of Ruskin's final writings, conducted with both rigorous scientific observation and a sense of Biblical prophecy.Ruskin's call to action is even more urgently needed today. His rallying cry, There is no Wealth but Life, is implicit throughout the Storm Cloud. How his thought developed through a conflicted relationship with the professional science of his day, and what we can take from his writings, are examined by Peter Brimblecombe, Professor of Atmospheric Pollution at the University of Essex, in his Introduction. A foreword by the Master of the Guild of St George, Ruskin's association for social and spiritual reform, sets out what Rus

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Book Synopsisideas and inspiration for those looking to reduce their household waste Is recycling really the answer to household waste? How do we eliminate microplastics from our wastewater? How do we avoid consumer goods that are designed to break? How do we stop the oceans being trashed? Towards Zero Waste offers practical tools for change in your own kitchen, on your weekly shop and around your home, as well as in the wider world. Feidhlim Harty explores how and why we need to go zero waste, firstly looking at where waste currently goes, and revealing the hidden world of food and product miles and embodied energy. He shares how to reduce waste room by room, at events, parties, during our travels, and at work. Having minimised waste for over two decades, Feidhlim and his family share their clever ideas to eliminate junk, buy wisely, free yourself from useless packaging, reduce not only your eco footprint but your household bills, compost all biodegradables, and reuse, repair and reroute. They share five simple steps to zero waste and inspire us to be active and push for change. There is a hunger now within society to address the root causes of plastic waste, right back to the point of oil and gas extraction. People want no part in adding to plastics in the oceans or spreading microplastics into our water, soils and food. Nor do they want to be subjected to the cynical betrayal of consumer built-in obsolescence. Patience with government policy and corporate greenwashing is wearing thin. Towards Zero Waste offers clear guidance for anyone wanting to actively be part of the solutions and not the problems.

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Book SynopsisPlucked from her life on the streets of post-apocalyptic Santo Domingo, young maid Acilde Figueroa finds herself at the heart of a voodoo prophecy: only she can travel back in time and save the ocean - and humanity - from disaster. But first she must become the man she always was - with the help of a sacred anemone.Tentacle is an electric novel with a big appetite and a brave vision, plunging headfirst into questions of climate change, technology, Yoruba ritual, queer politics, poverty, sex, colonialism and contemporary art. Bursting with punk energy and lyricism, it's a restless, addictive trip: The Tempest meets the telenovela.Trade Review`Rita Indiana is fearless and brilliant and Tentacle is her finest novel, an unforgettable experience.' Junot Diaz'Indiana is truly a renaissance woman. Not only is she one of the most exciting Dominican authors in recent years, she is also a musical force to be reckoned with. [...] She's one of those rare artists whose music you can either dance to or sit down and listen to as if it were a great novel.' Alt.Latino, NPR.org`Reads like an extended song. . . . So fast-paced that it must be swallowed whole, for setting it aside is as dangerous as jumping from a speeding motorcycle.' El Pais on Papi ---- `Rita Indiana is unclassifiable. Tentacle is a kind of pulp fiction for educated classes, a wild but carefully conceived combination of sci-fi adventure, art-world-cum-hipster-satire, eco- and socially-aware thriller, with a work of Caribbean studies breaking in from the side. It works. The tone is cool and nonchalant. The characters achieve that; the author never intrudes between them and us ... When the denouement comes it is brutal and irresistibly attractive.'Judith von Sternburg, Frankfurter Rundschau ----`Merengue star Indiana knows how to get things dancing. Her literary tricks come from the oral traditions of voodoo and Santeria. Many of Tentacle's characters are reincarnations of earlier lives and linked to those lives. In this way she infects the visible world with the invisible world.' Ralph Hammerthaler, Suddeutsche Zeitung ----- `Rita Indiana is comfortable with the language of modern technology, but her joy in storytelling, the effervescence of her imagination and the way she wraps stories within stories are all firmly part of a Latin American tradition: Tentacle recalls important works from the sixties like Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude.' Eva Karnofsky, Deutschlandfunk Radio ---- `A great novel. There's so much in it: the history of the Dominican Republic, politics and of course religion. Music is referenced, and biology, conservationism too, and it's full of wit, thanks to the way Rita Indiana tells it.' SWR2 Radio ---- 'A fasten-your-seat-belt, strap-on-your-crash-helmet novel of magic, time travel, art, buccaneers, ecological disaster, and more. Unlike any dystopian novel you've read, Indiana pushes and stretches the form like an octopus working its way through a maze to pose fundamental questions about gender, identity, and society. This book should make Rita Indiana a literary superstar.' Josh Cook, Porter Square Books, Boston, MA, and author of An Exaggerated Murder ---- `Tentacle reaches back and forward through the ages, harnessing the fluidity of time, gender, and the natural world to reflect on colonial history and imagine a deeply disturbing future. [...] Obejas's English version certainly captures some of that vernacular feel, mobilizing US slang as well as Spanish syntax and vocabulary, reminding readers that while this is a story with a global vision, it has a Caribbean setting.' - Ellen Jones, Los Angeles Review of Books ---- `An electric novel with a big appetite and a brave vision.' - Tor.com ---- `Tentacle shapeshifts dizzyingly around three time spans and a loosely connected group of characters, and takes on huge themes, including race and gender, the impact of tourism, apocalyptic events and ecological disaster. [...] Whether we would really want to change the past, given the opportunity, is one question posed in this blast of a novel; what it is to act beyond self-interest is another. Tentacle reads like Kathy Acker with a tighter narrative grip.' - Suzy Feay, The Guardian ---- 'Where to begin? Rita Indiana's Tentacle has the settings, themes, and expansiveness of a much larger book, but it blends that ambition with a host of irreverence (along with some nods to the music of Giorgio Moroder, which is never a bad thing). It's a time-travel story, a meditation on gender and sexuality, and an art-world satire-as well as, arguably, a satire of `chosen one' narrative tropes. To say that this is unlike anything else you'll read this year is probably stating the obvious.' - Tobias Carroll, Words Without Borders ---- 'From beginning to end, Tentacle is a strange, unnerving, and at times beautiful book that critiques global inequality and the politicization of climate change.' - Amy Brady, Chicago Review of Books ---- 'Tentacle is not a book that produces catharsis. It is the opposite. It is a book that demands reflection from its reader and then, hopefully, action. [...] The cruelty of the past is also that of the present - a reality ensured by those who cling to power and its many cloaks: white supremacy, misogyny, and transphobia. If the future is to be different, it will be up to the marginalized and to those who are willing to disinvest in privilege. Our planet's future rests quite literally, the novel suggests, with the fate of the oppressed.' - Kristie Soares, Los Angeles Review of Books ---- 'Tentacle is as strange and beautiful a sea-change as its epigraph from The Tempest suggests ... Achy Obejas brings the volume to English language readers with a social burja-cyborg flare - at once witchy, almost shamanisitically intuitive about the nature of language, and yet precise.' - Alexandra Marracini, Times Literary Supplement

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Book SynopsisEsta publicación apoya los procesos de restauración de tierras, como parte del Programa Gran Muralla Verde. Tiene un doble propósito de consolidar las operaciones biofísicas, así como las evaluaciones socioeconómicas, y se basa en intervenciones y experiencias prácticas reunidas a través del Programa Acción Contra la Desertificación. La primera parte de la publicación es un manual práctico que describe cómo implementar un enfoque innovador para la restauración a gran escala de tierras degradadas para la agricultura a pequeña escala. Esto consiste en combinar la plantación de enriquecimiento de especies nativas de gramíneas leñosas y forrajeras con la preparación de áreas terrestres a gran escala para la recolección de agua de lluvia y la permeabilidad del suelo. La segunda parte presenta una metodología para las evaluaciones socioeconómicas. El enfoque propuesto se basa en encuestas de hogares y puede utilizarse para monitorear, evaluar y evaluar los impactos socioeconómicos de las intervenciones de restauración a gran escala. Las encuestas de hogares no solo se utilizan para la evaluación de impacto, sino que también pueden servir para recopilar datos útiles necesarios para planificar una intervención de restauración.

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Book SynopsisSmoke on the Water traces the rise and fall of ocean incineration, showing how a transnational environmental movement tested the limits of U.S. political and economic power.Trade ReviewIn this brilliant book, Fazzi reveals how the incineration of hazardous materials at sea became an engine of empire and environmental politics. Smoke on the Water offers a beacon of hope, showing how in the churn of local and global politics, new standards of environmental justice have issued forth. -- Megan Black, author of The Global Interior: Mineral Frontiers and American PowerSmoke on the Water weaves a compelling narrative from a dizzying array of strands, laying out the complexities of local and global actions taken to rein in the environmentally disastrous practice of ocean incineration. Fazzi’s wide-ranging research combines with his accessible writing to make for a story that will appeal to scholars across many areas of interest. -- Anne Foster, author of Projections of Power: The United States and Europe in Colonial Southeast Asia, 1919–1941A welcome addition to the growing field of international environmental history and a pointed indictment of the late twentieth-century global neoliberal economic order. Drawing on extensive sources from governmental agencies as well as social and environmental movements, Fazzi offers an insightful analysis of the U.S. practice of ocean incineration. -- Petra Goedde, author of The Politics of Peace: A Global Cold War HistorySmoke on the Water combines impressive transnational research and insightful analysis of global ecopolitics in an engaging narrative account of the multiple strategies that ultimately blocked the burning of hazardous wastes at sea. A compelling read for all who seek to protect the planet. -- Ellen Griffith Spears, author of Baptized in PCBs: Race, Pollution, and Justice in an All-American TownIn a tight, concise narrative history, Smoke on the Water makes a convincing case for the power of translocal pressure groups to restrain U.S. power and influence globally and to shape environmental policy making at home and abroad. It also offers an optimistic lesson in how engaged citizens can advance the cause of environmental democracy through collective action—both historically and in our present moment. -- Julia F. Irwin, author of Catastrophic Diplomacy: U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance in the American CenturySmoke on the Water is a fascinating book about “weird ships doing bad stuff in the oceans.” Dario Fazzi unpacks the complex history of at-sea incineration, revealing the ecological consequences of disposing waste in the oceans as well as the limits and inconsistency of human technologies and environmental governance. -- David Kinkela, author of DDT and the American Century: Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide That Changed the WorldTable of ContentsIntroduction1. The Disposable Frontier2. The Military-Chemical-Industrial Complex3. Translocal Activism4. Relentless Commitment5. Ban the Burn6. Quitting SmokingConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisRejecting the assumption that housing and cities are separate from nature, David Clapham advances a new research framework that integrates housing with the rest of the natural world. Demonstrating the impact of housing on the non-human environment, the book considers the future direction of inhabitation policies on climate change and biodiversity.Table of Contents1. Inhabitation in Nature 2. New materialism in housing studies: opportunities and obstacles 3. Inhabitation practices 4. Analysing inhabitation practices 5. Consumption practices 6. Production practices 7. Out of home inhabitation practices 8. Conclusion: inhabitation research and policy

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Book SynopsisThis is the first environmental history of Russia''s steppes. From the early-eighteenth century, settlers moved to the semi-arid but fertile grasslands from wetter, forested regions in central and northern Russia and Ukraine, and from central Europe. By the late-nineteenth century, they had turned the steppes into the bread basket of the Russian Empire and parts of Europe. But there was another side to this story. The steppe region was hit by recurring droughts, winds from the east whipped up dust storms, the fertile black earth suffered severe erosion, crops failed, and in the worst years there was famine. David Moon analyses how naturalists and scientists came to understand the steppe environment, including the origins of the fertile black earth. He also analyses how scientists tried to understand environmental change, including climate change. Farmers, and the scientists who advised them, tried different ways to deal with the recurring droughts: planting trees, irrigation, and cultivating the soil. More sustainable, however, were techniques of cultivation to retain scarce moisture in the soil. Among the pioneers were Mennonite settlers. Such approaches aimed to work with the environment, rather than trying to change it by planting trees or supplying more water artificially. The story is similar to the Dust Bowl on the Great Plains of the USA, which share a similar environment and environmental history. David Moon places the story of the steppes in the wider context of the environmental history of European colonialism around the globe.Trade ReviewRare is the book that casts Russian history in an almost wholly new light. * Financial Times 2013 Books of the Year *Moon's book is an extremely important contribution to Russian and environmental histories, and can be used in advanced undergraduate as well as graduate courses. * Mark Bernard Tauger, American Historical Review *With this book, David Moon contributes significantly to the environmental history of the Russian and Soviet empires ... The book is thoroughly supported by extensive archival, journal and other research. I recommend it for students of European history, environmental history, Russian history and agricultural history. * Paul Josephson, European History Quarterly *The Plough That Broke the Steppes is an important contribution to the global history of grassland ... Moon's work is both immensely readable and scholarly with a broad historical sweep and interdisciplinary scope. He brings life to scholarly, scientific, and practical agricultural debates on the steppes * Elizabeth Walden, Environmental History *This stimulating book is the first environmental history of the Russian steppe, a flat plain that stretches from Western Russia to Mongolia, north of the Black and Caspian Seas ... Recommended. * N.M. Brooks, CHOICE *In this impressively researched and compellingly argued book, David Moon elevates this problem of what to do with the fertile yet fragile belt of grasslands in Russia's south to one of the enduring 'cursed questions' of the country's history ... Throughout the book Moon evokes his personal experiences on the steppe. These environmental encounters clearly aided his historical thinking and provide vivid examples for the reader. Coming to know the grasslands themselves helped him write this insightful and lasting contribution to environmental and imperial Russian history. * Andy Bruno, History *In the context of current discussions on the causes of climate change and the search for sustainable forms of agriculture, this work is a credit. * Katja Bruisch, Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas *yet another wonderful and ground-breaking book from David Moon ... Throughout, Moon retains a moderate and scientific tone. * Christopher Read, English Historical Review *Table of ContentsPART I: UNDERSTANDING THE STEPPE ENVIRONMENT; PART II: UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PART III: COMBATING THE STEPPE ENVIRONMENT?

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Book Synopsis''Grow first, clean up later'' environmental strategies in the developing economies of East Asia - China, Korea, and Taiwan in Northeast Asia and Indonesia, Malaysia, the Phillippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam in Southeast Asia - pose a critical regional and global sustainability challenge in this area of continuing rapid urban-based industrial growth. It is the most polluted region in the world.Whilst being at the leading edge of the processes of urbanization, industrialization, and globalization these economies are in the midst, not at the end, of their urban-industrial transformations. During the next 25 years urban populations in the region are expected roughly to double, and most of the industrial capital stock that will be on the ground by 2030 has not yet been built. Given East Asia''s growing size in the world''s economy and ecology, and its increasingly polluted environment, this looming urban-industrial transformation is both a challenge and an opportunity. Unless steps are taken now to make this transformation more sustainable, East Asia''s, and the world''s, environmental future is likely to deteriorate seriously.Using detailed case studies and rigorous empirical analyses Rock and Angel, leading experts in this field, show that East Asian governments have found institutionally unique ways to overcome the sustainability challenge. As a result of these findings, they demonstrate how even low income economies in the rest of the world can use regulatory polices, industrial policies, and an openness to trade and foreign investment that will increase the competitiveness of their firms whilst improving their environmental performance, thus proving an important antidote to those who argue that poor countries cannot afford to clean up their environment whilst their economies remain under-developed.Table of Contents1. East Asia's Sustainability Challenge ; 2. Late Industrialization and Technological Capabilities Building ; 3. Policy Integration: From Technology Upgrading to Industrial Environmental Improvement ; 4. The Role of Environmental Regulatory Agencies in Sustainability: Korea and Indonesia ; 5. Globalization, Opennes to Trade and Investment, Technology Transfer and Technology and the Environment: The Cement Industry in East Asia ; 6. Win-Win Environmental Intensity or Technique Effects and Technological Learning: Evidence from Siam City Cement ; 7. Impact of Multinational Corporations' Firm-Based Environmental Standards on Subsidiaries and their Suppliers: Evidence from Motorola-Penang ; 8. Global Standards and the Environmental Performance of Industry ; 9. Implications for other Industrializing Economies ; 10. Prospects for Policy Integration in Low Income Economies ; 11. Bibliography

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Book SynopsisReveals the diverse panoply of perils to tropical forests and their biota, with emphasis on various dangers. In addition to documenting the vulnerability of tropical rainforests, this volume focuses on strategies for mitigating and combating emerging threats. It is suitable for researchers, students, and conservation practitioners.

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Book SynopsisLose yourself in the beauty of nature this winter...A ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020For readers of George Monbiot, Isabella Tree and Robert Macfarlane - an urgent and lyrical account of endangered places around the globe and the people fighting to save them.''Powerful, timely, beautifully written and wonderfully hopeful'' Rob Cowen, author of Common GroundAll across the world, irreplaceable habitats are under threat. Unique ecosystems of plants and animals are being destroyed by human intervention. From the tiny to the vast, from marshland to meadow, and from Kent to Glasgow to India to America, they are disappearing.Irreplaceable is a love letter to the haunting beauty of these landscapes and their wild species. Exploring coral reefs and remote mountains, tropical jungle, ancient woodland and urban allotments, it traces the stories of threatened places through local communities, grassroots campaigners, ecologists and academics.Julian Hoffman''s rigorous, impassioned account is a timely reminder of the vital connections between humans and nature - and all that we stand to lose. It is a powerful call to arms in the face of unconscionable natural destruction.*****''A terrific book, prescient, serious and urgent'' Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun''Unforgettable. At a time when the Earth often seems broken beyond repair, this courageous and hopeful book offers life-changing encounters with the more-than-human world'' Nancy Campbell, author of The Library of Ice''Wonderful, tender and subtle, beautifully written and filled with a calm authority'' Adam Nicolson, author of The Seabird''s Cry*Highly Commended Finalist for the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation 2020*Trade ReviewThe power of Hoffman's book lies in the reporting: he doesn't deal - as many environmentalists do - in generalities and alarmist warnings about what lies ahead for the world, but in the specifics of the here and now. * Evening Standard *An impassioned account of the importance of Nature in our lives, and a timely reminder of the need to take action in the face of unprecendented destruction of the natural world. * The Countryman *If the pen really is mightier than the sword, then Julian Hoffman is a knight errant, looking for trouble, a champion of underdogs. * Caught by the River *A passionate and lyrical work of reportage and advocacy. * Guardian *Lyrical and hugely intelligent * New Statesman *A powerful, tender, inspiring clarion call to save the places that matter, right across the globe. * Nature's Home *A powerful hymn to humanity engaging with nature...[a] remarkable, illuminating book. * Irish Times *if you read one book this year, make it Julian Hoffman's Irreplaceable * Shiny New Books *

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental problems in coastal ecosystems can sometimes be attributed to excess nutrients flowing from upstream watersheds into estuarine settings. This book explains how nutrients work in the environment, why nitrogen is important, how enrichment turns into over-enrichment, and why some environments are especially susceptible.Table of Contents1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Understanding Nutrient Over-Enrichment: An Introduction; 4 2 Combating Nutrient Over-Enrichment: Findings and Recommendations; 5 3 Which Nutrients Matter?; 6 4 What Are the Effects of Nutrient Over-Enrichment?; 7 5 Sources of Nutrient Inputs to Estuaries and Coastal Waters; 8 6 What Determines Susceptibility to Nutrient Over-Enrichment?; 9 7 The Role of Monitoring and Modeling; 10 8 Water Quality Goals; 11 9 Source Reduction and Control; 12 References; 13 Appendix A Statement of Task and Committee and Staff Biographies; 14 Appendix B Acronyms and Abbreviations; 15 Appendix C Programmatic Approaches and Results of a Local Managers Questionnaire; 16 Appendix D Model Reviews; 17 Appendix E Related Websites; 18 Index

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Book SynopsisThe coast cannot be left to nature to determine its fate. Wealth, property, economic interests, recreation, tourism and wildlife are all threatened. Coasts are an administrative battle ground and one of the most important and widely examined topics in environmental management.Coastal and Estuarine Management examines the issues surrounding the human use and abuse of estuarine and coastal environments. Emphasising the importance and significance of this natural resource, the uses and conflicts which occur and the results of human activity, this book explains the ways in which conservation and management policies and practices can protect this productive and diverse ecosystem.Examples and real-life case studies illustrate the effect of human intervention, both from an historic and contemporary perspective. Exposing the environmental consequences of estuarine pollution, Peter French highlights the need for management strategies to promote a sustainable development ethic fTrade Review'The text is written in a lucid but nontechnical style and should be amenable to all students of environmental management...this text has the capacity to influence the attitudes of the next generation of coastal managers.' - Progress in Physical Goegraphy, Vol 23, No.1 1999"The only 'textbook' which is both up-to-date and conprehensive in its coverage of this fast-developing subject" Dr Geoff Walker, West England UniversityTable of Contents1 Introduction to estuarine and coastal systems 2 The physical regime of coasts and estuaries 3 Land claim and coastal defence 4 The industrial use of coasts and estuaries 5 Coastal development for tourism 6 Causes of indirect impacts on the coast 7 Management frameworks for coastal and estuarine systems; The final word

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Book SynopsisCryptosporidium, in its various forms, is a widely recognised cause of outbreaks of waterborne disease. Regulatory bodies worldwide are increasingly requiring the development of fit-for-purpose detection methods for this protozoan parasite, but analysis is often problematic. Bringing together international academic and industry-based experts, this book provides a comprehensive review of the current state of analytical techniques for the detection of Cryptosporidium, as well as looking at likely future developments. In particular, the issues of species identification and oocyst viability are addressed. Quality assurance issues and potential problems associated with the new Cryptosporidium regulations are also highlighted. The extent of the perceived problems and the regulatory backdrop against which the analysis must be carried out are also discussed. Scientists in the water industry, environmental testing laboratories, researchers, consultants, environmental health professionals, food Trade Review"... provides a unique and excellent overview of the challenges faced by any laboratory wanting to detect and enumerate Cryptosporidium in water." * Water SA, Vol 28, No 3, July 2002, p 345 *"... I would expect to see it on the library shelves of any institution seriously concerned with the quality of drinking water." * International Journal of Environment and Pollution, Vol 18, No 2, 2002 *"... well presented ... a particularly useful resource for specialists in the area of environmental monitoring and water quality assessment." * Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Vol 77, Issue 10, October 2002, p 1192 *"... it is ideally structured and presented to act as a baseline introduction to Crytosporidium analysis within the water industry." * Chromatographia, 57, February 2003, No 3/4, p 261 *Table of ContentsCryptosporidium: The Analytical Challenge; Molecular Epidemiology and Systematics of Cryptosporidium parvum; Molecular and Phenotypic Analysis of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts of Human and Animal Origin; Complying with the New Cryptosporidium Regulations; Cryptosporidiosis in Healthy Adult Volunteers; Trial of a Method for Continuous Monitoring of the Concentration of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Treated Drinking Water for Regulatory Purposes; A Dielectrophoresis System for Rapid Analysis of Cryptosporidium parvum; A Review of Methods for Assessing the Infectivity of Cryptosporidium parvum Using In-vitro Cell Culture; Applications of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry in the Analysis of Cryptosporidium; Some Observations on Factors which Affect Recovery Efficiency in Cryptosporidium Analysis; Development of a Novel Method for the Capture, Recovery and Analysis of Cryptosporidium Oocysts from High Water Samples; The Experience of the Leap Proficiency Scheme With Respect to Cryptosporidium Testing; An Evaluation of the Current Methods for the Detection and Enumeration of Cryptosporidium in Water; Automated Detection and Viability Assessment; Can We Believe Our Results?; Subject Index

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Book SynopsisA shift towards implementation of renewable energy has disadvantages, such as power availability, storage capacity, and accompanying costs, and therefore the potential of clean fossil fuel technologies to ensure the stability of electricity generation needs to be reconsidered until these challenges will be overcome. These clean technologies can help prevent the greenhouse effect and, at the same time, guarantee energy security, as coal is a widespread, price-stable raw material that is available in large quantities. This book focuses on the carbon chain, starting from the formation of CO2, through its capture, possible cleaning, to the production of useful products such as dimethylether, methanol, and carbonated cement prefabricates. The comprehensive case study presents the research results of an international team established within the CCS-CCU technology for carbon footprint reduction using bio-adsorbents (BIOCO2) project.

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Book SynopsisObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.What is the environment, this elusive object that impacts us so profoundly--our odds to be born; the way we look, feel, and function; and how long and comfortable we may live? The environment is not only everything we see around us but also, at a lesser scale, a hailstorm of molecules large and small that constantly penetrates our bodies, simultaneously nourishing and threatening our health. The concept of oneness with our surroundings urges a reckoning of what we are doing to the environment,' and consequently, what we are doing to ourselves. By taking us through this journey of questioning, Rolf Halden's Environment empowers readers with new knowledge and a heightened appreciation of how our daily lifestyle decisions are impacting the places we occupy, our health, and humanity's prospect of survival.With illustrations by Griffin Finke.Object Lessons is published in partnerTrade ReviewA passionate and encompassing personal assessment of our origins and dependency on the natural world. Rolf Halden offers a dire warning grounded in his career in environmental pollution control: The world’s most advanced economies can and should enact more effective policies to protect human health from the hazards of industrial chemistry. * Leland H. Hartwell, Nobel Laureate, Director of the Biodesign Pathfinder Center, Arizona State University, USA *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Environmental Beginnings 2. The Stuff We Are Made Of 3. Life in a Bubble 4. Turning Petroleum into People 5. Running Out of Ink for Human Blueprints 6. Tracing Rachel Carson’s Path 7. Regrettable Substitutions 8. From Tobacco to Teflon Babies 9. Yesterday’s Fuel Becomes Today’s Forgetfulness 10. The High Price of Meat 11. Plastic Hangover 12. Shrapnel in Human Eyes and Bodies 13. Diagnosing Humanity 14. One with the Environment Epilogue Acknowledgements Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAcid rain is rain or any other form of precipitation which is unusually acidic. It has harmful effects on plants, aquatic animals and buildings. Acid rain is mostly caused by human emissions of sulphur and nitrogen compounds which react in the atmosphere to produce acids. In recent years, many governments have introduced laws to reduce these emissions. This book examines new research results from around the world.

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Book SynopsisThe author of the international bestseller The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: after doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it?Meet the biologists trying to save the world's rarest fish; the engineers who are turning carbon emissions to stone; the researchers trying to develop a 'super coral'; and the physicists contemplating shooting tiny diamonds into the stratosphere to cool the earth.Elizabeth Kolbert is one of the most important writers on the environment. Here she investigates the immense challenges humanity faces as we scramble to reverse, in a matter of decades, the effects we've had on the natural world and asks - can we save the natural world in time?'Important, necessary, urgent' Helen MacDonald'Meticulously researched and deftly crafted' GuardianTrade ReviewImportant, necessary, urgent and phenomenally interesting * Helen Macdonald, New York Times *Smart * Bill Gates *A meticulously researched and deftly crafted work of journalism that explores some of the biggest challenges of our age * Guardian *Riveting * Washington Post *A superb and honest reflection of our extraordinary time * Nature *

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Book SynopsisTogether, we can change the worldThere is little doubt that our beautiful planet is now under huge threat; our weather is more extreme, plastic litters our oceans, industrial production and farming methods wreak havoc on the environment and mass deforestation has led to the extinction of many species.Carry on this way and it's almost certain that sea levels will continue to rise, there will be extreme heatwaves, loss of the polar ice caps and mass pollution; in short, a very worrying future for us all. We need to take action before it's too late, and we can all do our bit to help.This guide is full of simple tips we can all incorporate into our daily lives, and will demonstrate how small eco-friendly changes can have a huge positive effect on the world around us. They might even save the planet.

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Book SynopsisUrban air quality is a topic which remains high on the scientific and political agenda. Concentrations of most air pollutants are higher in urban areas than in the surrounding rural regions, and given the high population densities, it is within urban areas that the majority of the population receive their air pollutant exposure. Despite the continued implementation of abatement measures, concentrations of air pollutants within urban areas frequently exceed health-based guidelines and stricter measures to restrict emissions are required. This comprehensive volume, written by authoritative authors, deals with the basic science of urban air pollution in relation to the sources and concentrations, and the atmospheric chemical and physical processes which determine those concentrations and lead to the formation of secondary pollutants by chemical reactions in the atmosphere. The health effects of urban air pollution are described as is the policy response designed to mitigate the problems. Some of the highest air pollutant exposures occur within underground railway systems and this topic is considered explicitly in its own chapter. With comprehensive coverage from sources through atmospheric processes, to human exposure and effects on health and the policy response, this topical work will be of interest to scientists and policy makers within this field as well advanced students.Table of ContentsUrban air pollution climates throughout the world Influences of meteorology on air pollution process and concentrations Atmospheric chemical processes important in cities Air pollution in underground railway systems Human exposure: indoor and outdoor Health effects of urban air pollution The policy response to improving urban air quality

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Book SynopsisThat our ecological future appears grave can no longer come as any surprise. And yet we have so far failed, collectively and individually, to begin the kind of action necessary to shift our path away from catastrophic climate collapse. In this stark and startling little book, Rupert Read helps us to understand the direness of our predicament while showing us a metaphor and a method – a way of thinking – by which we might transform it. From the relatively uncontroversial starting point that we love our own children, we are introduced to a logic of care that iterates far into the future: in caring for our own children, we are committed to caring for the whole of human future; in caring for the whole of human future, we are committed to caring for the future of the natural world. Out of such thinking, hope emerges. As Read demonstrates in this urgent call to action, accepting that we care for our own offspring commits us to a struggle on behalf of us all.

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Book SynopsisThe Ocean and Us provides an overview of our contemporary understanding of the ocean and all the ways our lives interact with it. It is intended for everyone with an interest in our blue planet. The book brings together the expertise of over 35 ocean specialists from around the world. It explores a wide variety of themes including the importance of a healthy ocean in the fight to halt and contain climate change. It covers issues such as overfishing and pollution, as well as emerging themes such as the blue economy, marine animal welfare and how we can leverage innovation to protect the ocean. The book provides an overview of some of the world’s iconic threatened and at risk ocean ecosystems, and outlines current governance structures and ocean management tools. It also discusses the important social dimensions between people and the ocean, such as ocean and human wellbeing, communities and the ocean, and who gets to participate in the ocean space. The book aims to enhance ocean literacy by making specialist concepts accessible to non-experts, with a view to empowering concerned citizens everywhere to come into action for the ocean, and pave a better way forward for humanity.Table of ContentsSection 1: Climate Change.- Chapter 1: Ocean acidification, warming and reduced oxygen.- Chapter 2: What is Blue Carbon.- Chapter 3: Fish & climate.- Chapter 4: Whales & climate.- Section 2: Overfishing.- Chapter 5: State of the world’s fisheries, legal overfishing, fish subsidies.- Chapter 6: Fish Crime.- Chapter 7: Shark finning.- Chapter 8: Aquarium Trade.- Chapter 9: Fair Fisheries.- Section 3: Pollution.- Chapter 10: Plastics.- Chapter 11: Shipping.- Chapter 12: Oil Spills.- Chapter 13: Acoustics.- Section 4: Threatened/At Risk Marine Habitats.- Chapter 14: The Deep Sea: Overview & threats (deep sea mining & fishing) .- Chapter 15: Corals: Overview & threats & restoration efforts.- Chapter 16 The Poles Arctic & Antarctic.- Chapter 17: Coastal Habitat: (Sea grass, mangroves, kelp forests, salt marshes, estuaries) & threats.- Section 5: Ocean Governance.- Chapter 18: How we manage the world’s oceans.- Chapter 19: What are the High Seas and where are we at with protecting it.- Chapter 20: Marine Protected Areas. Why they are important, what the global targets are.- Chapter 21: Business & Oceans (how businesses can work toward healthy ocean) .- Section 6: Communities, Human & Animal Wellbeing.- Chapter 22: Communities & Oceans.- Chapter 23: Tourism and the Ocean.- Chapter 24: Marine Animal Welfare.- Chapter 25: Gender & Oceans.- Chapter 26: Oceans and Human Health.- Section 7: How to make a difference.- Chapter 27: Shaming and other social tools to change the system.- Chapter 28: Inspiring Action.

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the risks of information concealment in the context of major natural or industrial disasters – offering detailed descriptions and analyses of some 25 historical cases (Three Mile Island nuclear accident, Bhopal disaster, Challenger Space Shuttle explosion, Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear disaster, Enron’s bankruptcy, Subprime mortgage crisis, Worldwide Spanish flu and SARS outbreaks, etc.) and applying these insights to selected on-going cases where such information concealment is suspected. Some successful examples of preventive anti-concealment practice are also presented.In the book, the term ‘concealment’ is used to represent the two distinct behaviors uncovered in the investigations: (i) facts and information about an organization and its functioning being hidden from those that need them – here the concealment can be due to various factors, such as complexity and miscommunication, to name but two – and (ii) the conscious and deliberate action of keeping important information secret or misrepresenting it. This second meaning makes up a surprisingly important part of the evidence presented. Accordingly, emphasis has been put on this second aspect and the approach is more pragmatic than academic, remaining focused on evidence-based practical and useful factors. It raises awareness and provides valuable lessons for decision- makers, risk specialists and responsible citizens alike. This work is also intended as a fact-based reference work for future academic and scholarly investigations on the roots of the problem, in particular regarding any psychological or sociological modeling of human fallibility. Table of ContentsPreface.- Setting the landscape.- Examples of risk information concealment practice.- Causes of risk information concealment.- Major on-going cases with information concealment practice.- Succesful risk information management.

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Table of ContentsPreface.- Introduction: Chemistry of the Troposphere — Some Problems and Their Temporal Frameworks.- Factors Governing the pH, Availability of H+, and Oxidation Capacity of Rain.- The Chemical Composition of Precipitation: A Southern Hemisphere Perspective.- Some Influences of the Atmospheric Water Cycle on the Removal of Atmospheric Trace Constituents.- Aqueous Chemistry in the Atmosphere.- The History of Atmospheric Composition As Recorded in Ice Sheets.- Lake and Wetland Sediments As Records of Past Atmospheric Composition.- The History of the Atmosphere As Recorded by Carbon Isotopes.- Changes in Atmospheric Composition.- The Production and Fate of Reduced Volatile Species from Oxic Environments.- The Production and Fate of Reduced C, N, and S Gases from Oxygen-deficient Environments.- The Production and Fate of Volatile Molecular Species in the Environment: Metals and Metalloids.- Biogenic Contributions to Atmospheric Chemistry.- Physics and Chemistry of Atmospheric Ions.- Homogeneous Gas Phase Oxidation Processes in the Troposphere.- The Global Distribution of Hydroxyl.- Non-methane Organics in the Remote Troposphere.- Tropospheric Gases, Aerosols and Photochemical Reactions.- List of Participants.- Author Index.

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Book SynopsisThe most commonly used biological wastewater treatment technologies still have serious technical-economical and sustainability-related limitations, due to their high energy requirements, poor effluent quality, and lack of energy and resource recovery processes. In this thesis, novel electrochemical membrane bioreactors (EMBRs), which take advantage of membrane separation and bioelectrochemical techniques, are developed for wastewater treatment and the simultaneous recovery of energy and resources. Above all, this innovative system holds great promise for the efficient wastewater treatment and energy recovery. It can potentially recover net energy from wastewater while at the same time harvesting high-quality effluent. The book also provides a proof-of-concept study showing that electrochemical control might offer a promising in-situ means of suppressing membrane fouling. Lastly, by integrating electrodialysis into EMBRs, phosphate separation and recovery are achieved. Hence, these new EMBR techniques provide viable alternatives for sustainable wastewater treatment and resource recovery. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Research background.- Intermittently aerated membrane bioreactor technologies for nutrients removal and phosphate recovery.- Anaerobic hybrid membrane bioreactor technology for refractory organic pollutant removal.- Electrochemical membrane bioreactor technologies for sustainable wastewater treatment.- In-situ utilization of generated electricity to mitigate membrane fouling.- In-situ utilization of generated electricity for nutrient recovery.- Conclusion.- acknowledgement.- Academic papers and patents during doctoral studies.

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Book SynopsisThis book summarizes the new major research findings about formation mechanism and control strategies of haze in China, including basic theories, key technologies, equipment and platforms and the applications and implementations of control technologies, in implementing the Strategic Priority Research Program (Class B) of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Different types of air pollution processes experienced by the developed countries in different stages are out-breaking simultaneously in China in the recent years and resulting a new type of “haze chemistry smog” pollution, which is different from the “London smog” and the “Los Angeles photochemical smog”. This book provides a useful reference for related researchers, engineers and policy-makers engaged in atmospheric pollution research, prevention and control in China and other countries.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Atmospheric oxidation and secondary particle formation.- Haze Source Tracing.- Numerical Model of Atmospheric Haze.- Research and Development, Industrialization, and Application of Advanced Instruments.- Multi-Pollutant Collaborative Treatment Technology and Special Equipment of Atmospheric Haze.

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Book SynopsisThe Plastic Turn offers a novel way of looking at plastic as the defining material of our age and at the plasticity of plastic as an innovative means of understanding the arts and literature. Ranjan Ghosh terms this approach the material-aesthetic and, through this concept, traces the emergence and development of plastic polymers along the same historical trajectory as literary modernism. Plastic''s growth as a product in the culture industry, its formation through multiple application and chemical syntheses, and its circulation via oceanic movements, Ghosh argues, correspond with, and offers novel insights into, developments in modernist literature and critical theory.Through innovative readings of canonical modernist texts, analyses of art works, and accounts of plastic''s devastating environmental impact, The Plastic Turn proposes plastic''s unique properties and destructive ubiquity as a theory machine to explain literature and life in tTrade ReviewGhosh uses plastic metaphorically and in an innovative way to advance understanding of literature, art, and life in the present. In so doing, he develops a new material aesthetic, one that offers a new way to view history, ontology, and ecology as well as literature and the arts. * Choice *Ecocriticism's ongoing heterogenization mirrors broader strides in the environmental humanities, including advances in green postcolonial analysis, ice humanities, plant studies, waste studies, and related ecohumanistic domains. As a case in point, a significant contribution to ecocritical examinations of waste is Ranjan Ghosh's The Plastic Turn. Through a material-aesthetic optic, Ghosh genealogizes the impact of the plastic polymer on critical theory and literary modernism * The Year's Work in Critical & Cultural Theory *An original and worthwhile reading experience for all those concerned with the humanities, the Anthropocene, the written word and the ecology of good and bad ideas. Ghosh's The Plastic Turn not only breaks the mold of literary criticism but asks others to refashion critical literature in elastic, versatile and plastic ways. * LSE Review of Books *Table of ContentsTurn to... 1. The Plastic Turn 2. Plastic Literary 3. Plastic Touch 4. Plastic Literature 5. Plastic Affect Turn on...

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Book SynopsisThis book provides extensive information on the chemicals that inhabit our environment, our food, our water and our air and the impact that they may be having on human health. The author is a medical scientist, with training in the law. The book documents current understanding about pesticides in food, the plastics revolution, toxic metals, air, water and electronic waste pollutants, chemical exposure in the workplace, radiation pollutants, chemical exposure and hearing loss, how our bodies deal with chemicals, genetic variability and the risk of disease, the effect of chemicals on genes, mitochondria and the immune system and what we can do about it all. Industrialisation has resulted in many thousands of chemicals, which are being continuously developed and often escaping from where they are used into our human environment, without us really knowing enough about them. In high dosages or with continuous small dosage, the evidence suggests, that many of them could interfere with human health and some of them are known to be doing so. But for the vast majority, we are left wondering whether some could be responsible for some diseases the causes of which are inadequately understood. Every chapter is thoroughly reinforced with several pages of references from the peer-reviewed literature.Table of ContentsPreface: Julian Cribb, FRSA FTSE Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2: Pesticides in our food Chapter 3. The plastics revolution Chapter 4. Toxic metals Chapter 5. The Indestructibles Chapter 6. Air pollutants Chapter 7. Chemicals from paper manufacture and use Chapter 8. Chemical exposure in the workplace Chapter 9. Fluorocarbons Chapter 10: Radiation Chapter 11. How do our bodies deal with chemicals? Chapter 12: Genetic variability and the risk of disease – the advantages and disadvantages of being different Chapter 13. Environmental chemicals and our genes Chapter 14. Environmental chemicals and mitochondria Chapter 15. Environmental chemicals and our immune system Chapter 16: Just because the amounts are small, does it mean they are safe? Chapter 17. What can we do for a better future?

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Book SynopsisHow, then, do people decide which risks to take and which to ignore? On what basis are certain dangers guarded against and others relegated to secondary status? This book explores how we decide what risks to take and which to ignore, both as individuals and as a culture.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Can We Know the Risks We Face? I Risks are Hidden II Risks are Selected III Scientists Disagree IV Assessment is Biased v The Center is Complacent VI The Border is Alarmed VII The Border Fears for Nature VIII America is a Border Country IX The Dialogue is Political Conclusion: Risk is a Collective Construct Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThis book aims to introduce the reader to the design, development, and evaluation processes of new Green Chemistry methodologies. A comprehensive introductory text, it takes a broad view of the subject and integrates a wide variety of topics. Topics covered include: alternative feedstocks, environmentally benign synthetic methodologies, designing safer chemical products, new reaction conditions, alternative solvents and catalyst development, and the use of biosynthesis and biomimetic principles. The reader is introduced to the new evaluation process that encompasses the health and environmental impact of a synthetic pathway from choice of starting materials through to target molecule. Throughout the text, comparisons and contrasts with classical methodologies are offered as illustrative examples. This accessible text is aimed at all those involved with the design, manufacture, use and disposal of chemicals and their products - especially synthetic chemicals at the graduate and professiTrade ReviewAs the summary of a vision, the book is brilliant. One can feel the enthusiasm of the authors throughout...I see it as a vehicle for initiating a fruitful dialogue between chemical producers and regulatory enforcers without the confrontation, which often characterizes such interactions. * Martyn Poliakoff, Green Chemistry, February *Its is an introductory text taking a broad view and intergrating a wide range of topics including synthetic methodologies, alternative solvents and catalysts, biosynthesis and alternative feedstocks. There are exercises for students and the last chapter deals with future trends' AslibTable of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. What is Green Chemistry? ; 3. Tools of Green Chemistry ; 4. Principles of Green Chemistry ; 5. Evaluating the Impacts of Chemistry ; 6. Evaluating Feedstocks and Starting Materials ; 7. Evaluating Reaction Types ; 8. Evaluation of Methods to Design Safer Chemicals ; 10. Future Trends in Green Chemistry

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