Environment and Ecology

With the World desperate to find energy sources that do not emit carbon gasses, nuclear power is back on the agenda and in the news, following the ...

Weapons of mass destruction (WMD), especially in the hands of radical states and terrorists, represent a major threat to U.S. national security int...

A major concern about the global expansion of nuclear power is the potential spread of nuclear fuel cycle technology (particularly uranium enrichme...

The March 2011 accident at Japan''''s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant led to a worldwide review of nuclear power programs. NRC licenses and o...

We owe it to our fellow humans and other species to save them from the catastrophic harm caused by climate change. Philosopher Elizabeth Cripps ...

The Green Lunch Box is packed with delicious, healthy, plant-based lunches to help you save the planet in your lunch break.Making your own lunch ju...

The rich history of the Indian Ocean has been much explored, though its present-day manifestations remain less studied. This catalog for an exhibit...

What happens when our developed knowledge does not support human activities in politics, economy, culture, and infrastructure today? The solution l...

Life on 1/10th the fossil fuels turns out to be awesome. We all want to be happy. Yet as we consume ever more in a frantic bid for happiness, glob...

An energy revolution is under way with far-reaching consequences for nations, companies, and the way we address climate change Low oil prices are s...

Advocates and teachers often find it difficult to communicate the complexities of climate change, because the people they are trying to reach hold ...

The Urgency of Climate Change addresses a pivotal challenge for the sustainability of our planet. This topic was selected for the inaugural confere...

In the acclaimed Walden Warming, Richard B Primack uses Henry David Thoreau and Walden, icons of the conservation movement, to track the effects of...

For over twenty years, Bill Nye has inspired legions of fans with an empowering message: the combination of scientific curiosity and human ingenuit...

Covering more than 7 percent of the earth''s surface, sea ice is crucial to the functioning of the biosphere - and is a key component in our attemp...

Based on the author's highly successful undergraduate course taught at the University of Chicago, Global Warming presents the processes of climate ...

Around the world, countries and companies are setting net-zero carbon emissions targets. But net-zero is a term that conveniently obscures multiple...

'One of the finest writers of his generation' Financial TimesThousands of islands rise from the rivers' rich silts,crowned with forests of mangrove...

The art and literature of our time is pregnant with catastrophe, with weather and water, wildness and weirdness. The Anthropocene - the term given ...

'A powerful and truthful story about hope and how to find it' The Times 'A gem of a book' Emily MaitlisEmma's husband Chris is fretting about starv...

Where is the world really heading, and what can we do about it? This book takes an unflinching look at climate change, drawing upon the latest data...

The energy transition has begun. To succeed - to replace fossil fuels with wind and solar power - that process must be fair. Otherwise, mounting ...

While todays Greenland is largely covered in ice, in the time of the dinosaurs the area was a lushly forested, tropical zone. Tropical Arctic track...

A NEW SCIENTIST BOOK OF THE YEAR'A true hero' Greta ThunbergA legendary conservationist. A lifetime spent fighting for nature. An indispensable mes...