Weather and Climate: An Illustrated Guide to Science
An ideal learning tool for students and teachers of science. Full-colour diagrams, graphs, charts, and maps on every page illustrate the essential elements of the subject, while parallel text provides key definitions and step-by-step explanations. The nine sections include: The Atmospheric Engine, Components of Weather, Weather Systems, Extremes of Weather, Meteorology, Climate and Seasons, World Climate Data, U.S. Climate Data and Human Impact on Climate.
Climate: Causes and Effects of Climate Change (Our Fragile Planet)
Though climate change is normal in Earth's history, global warming has raised average temperatures to their highest in two millennia, resulting in melting ice caps, shorter winters, changes in the seasonal behaviors of animals, and more extreme weather. And though greenhouse gases are essential for keeping the planet's temperatures comfortable, fossil fuel burning and other human activities are increasing greenhouse gas levels and causing temperatures to rise.
Sustainable Transportation: Problems and Solutions
During the last two decades, sustainability has become the dominant concern of transportation planners and policymakers. This timely text pres a framework for developing systems that move people and products efficiently while minimizing damage to the local and global environment. The book offers a uniquely comprehensive perspective on the problems surrounding current transportation systems: climate change, urban air pollution, diminishing petroleum reserves, safety issues, and congestion.
The Last Centurion is a novel by John Ringo. It is written in "blog style" from the point of view of an US Army officer known as "Bandit Six". The Novel is set in a post apocalyptic world that has been ravaged by climate change and disease. Plot: Bandit Six, the protagonist, discusses his adventures following a withdrawal from the Middle East by US Forces in a time of chaos and disease. Themes: The novel touches on many different subjects. Although the military action is the focal point, health care, climate change, socialized medicine,disaster relief and social responsibility are also examined...
This is a comprehensive guide to more than 6,000 years of history in Iraq.Covering everything from the ancient Mesopotamian civilizations to the fall of Saddam Hussein and the current war in Iraq, this comprehensive book examines the changing landscape of this interesting country. Because of its porous frontiers, its accommodating soil and climate, its diverse inhabitants, and its many cultures, Iraq's history over the millennia has been one of interaction, adaptation, acculturation, and modification.
