Environment and Ecology

A ground-breaking and beautifully written investigation into the Arctic Treeline with an urgent environmental message.'Evocative, wise and unflinch...

Monumental in scale and epic in development, cities have become the most visible and significant symbol of human progress. The geography on and aro...

Should you buy organic food? Is it just a status symbol, or is it really better for us? Is it really better for the environment? What about organic...

Over 50 indicators have been collected from more than 20 international statistical sources and are presented in one-page profiles for 30 world geog...

Reflecting the concerns over environmental sustainability, there has been an increasing focus on the protection of our water resources and on the p...

From leading climate scientist Dr. Friederike Otto, this gripping book reveals the revolutionary science that definitively links extreme weather ev...

First published in 1653, The Compleat Angler is one of the most influential environmental texts ever written. Addressing a politically and religiou...

This book focuses on the toxicity of various organic and inorganic pollutants, their eco-toxicological effects and eco-friendly approaches for reme...

A wide-ranging and original introduction to the Anthropocene (the Age of Humanity) that offers fresh, theoretical insights bridging the sciences an...

Ace your environmental science class and get smart about the environment Environmental Science For Dummies is a straightforward guide to the interr...

The Carbon Efficient City shows how regional economies can be aligned with practices that drive carbon efficiency. It details ten strategies for re...

At Great Salt Lake, near Robert Smithsons iconic earthwork Spiral Jetty, a motley crew of scientists walks the mudflats to study fossils in the mak...

A Rock between Two Rivers is the story of a man coming to terms with the environmental legacy of his familys ranch in Dimmitt County, Texas, and re...

WINNER OF THE 2021 DELMOS JONES AND JAGNA SHARFF MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR THE CRITICAL STUDY OF NORTH AMERICA! Uncovers the hidden costs and contradictio...

A study of how the climate crisis is changing human communication from a celebrated rhetorician.   Why is it difficult to talk about climate change...

This book addresses urban ecology, green technology, problems with climate change prediction, groundwater contamination, invasive species and ma...

Mountain regions encompass nearly 24 percent of the total land surface of the earth and are home to approximately 12 percent of the worlds populati...

The unexpected and fascinating interspecies relationship between humans and horseshoe crabs. Horseshoe crabs are considered both a prehistoric and ...

This edited book, by Rosalina Díaz, represents a radical form of ethnography, as it presents the voices of academic scholars and scientists side by...

There is a trend in analytical chemistry towards development of eco-friendly methods of sample preparation without loss of efficiency. This book pr...

Howard Zahniser (19061964), executive secretary of The Wilderness Society and editor of The Living Wilderness from 1945 to 1964, is arguably the pe...

From beer labels to literary classics like A River Runs Through It, trout fishing is a beloved feature of the iconography of the American West. But...