Environment and Ecology

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...

Heartbreaking stories from survivors along the Texas Gulf Coast Hurricane Harvey was one of the worst American natural disasters in recorded histor...

This cross-disciplinary book uses phenomenological method and description to explore questions of place, underscoring the significance of phenomeno...

This cross-disciplinary book uses phenomenological method and description to explore questions of place, underscoring the significance of phenomeno...

The discovery of the Americas around 1500 AD was an extraordinary watershed in human experience. It gave rise to the modern period of human ecology...

Authentic and inspiring, Everything that Rises personalizes the realities of climate change by paralleling the relationship we have with our planet...

Worst-case scenarios are all too real, and all too common. The financial crisis of 2008 was not the first or the last to destroy jobs, homeownershi...

Globally, 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions emanate from cities. Cities are also experiencing an expanding variety and frequency of climate ch...

This report examines the use of natural capital (natural resources and services) around the world. It finds that most countries are using these res...

Finalist for the Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction  Alberta Literary AwardsAn in-depth look at the people and the science behind our attempts ...

A comprehensive resource for higher education professionals interested in sustainability pedagogy In The Wiley Handbook of Sustainability in Higher...

Little in North America is wilder than the Florida Evergladesa landscape of frightening reptiles, exotic plants in profusion, swarms of mosquitoes,...

The Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2019 will assess the global economic context for development financing, highlighting growing globa...

Discover the secrets and beauty of the worlds rarest trees in this fantastic book filled with more than 300 color photographs. Did you know that ...