Birds Vs. Blades?: Offshore Wind Power and the Race to Protect Seabirds

Birds Vs. Blades?: Offshore Wind Power and the Race to Protect Seabirds
ISBN-10
1467795208
ISBN-13
9781467795203
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Language
English
Published
2016-08-01
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Author
Rebecca E. Hirsch

Description

Find out how scientists are working to ensure that the promise of clean, renewable offshore wind power won't spell disaster for the millions of seabirds that play a critical role in the ocean food web.

Get the book

Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Search the book
eBay.com
eBay.com
Search the book

Other editions

Similar books

  • Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis
    Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis
    By Rebecca E. Hirsch

    (It's easier to get a kitten used to a leash than a grown cat.) People who don't want to keep cats indoors can still help curb the killing. Putting a bell on your cat's collar can alert prey to its presence. The ringing bell will warn ...

  • Halal Food: A History
    Halal Food: A History
    By Febe Armanios, Bogac Ergene

    Those who spoil khamr that belongs to Muslims are not subject to punishment or compensation because khamr is not a ... encompassing “the world's oldest wine-growing and wine-drinking cultures,”15 the alcohol prohibition likely faced ...

  • Climate Change and Energy Technology
    Climate Change and Energy Technology
    By Rebecca E. Hirsch

    ... Birds vs. Blades? Offshore Wind Power and the Race to Protect Seabirds. Minneapolis: Millbrook Press, 2017. Follow along as scientists track seabirds to learn about their movements and ensure offshore wind power won't harm birds ...

  • Wind Power
    Wind Power
    By Elizabeth Lachner

    ... Birds vs. Blades?: Offshore Wind Power and the Race to Protect Seabirds. Minneapolis, MN: Millbrook Press, 2017. Jacobson, Ryan. How Wind Turbines Work (How Things Work). Mankato, MN: Child's World, 2012. Kopp, Megan. Energy from Wind ...

  • Cassell's Book of Birds: Vol. 1
    Cassell's Book of Birds: Vol. 1
    By Thomas Rymer Jones

    ... or blades of grass , and bits of hay . The interior is lined very delicately with hair or feathers , and the little structure is generally buried in the thick foliage of a tree or shrub . According to Hoffmann , pear - trees are ...

  • Broken Wing: Birds, Blades and Broken Promises
    Broken Wing: Birds, Blades and Broken Promises
    By John Graves

    Wind energy promises have been broken: birds die, costs escalate, jobs are few and regulations impose higher fees for inefficient electricity.

  • Renewable Energy System Design
    Renewable Energy System Design
    By Ziyad Salameh

    Written by Dr. Ziyad Salameh, an expert with over thirty years of teaching, research, and design experience, Renewable Energy System Design provides readers with the "nuts and bolts" of photovoltaic, wind energy, and hybrid wind/PV systems.

  • Diseases of Poultry, 2 Volume Set
    Diseases of Poultry, 2 Volume Set
    By Venugopal Nair, Martine Boulianne, Catherine M. Logue

    Thoroughly updated, the book presents many new figures, including many new color figures of gross lesions. A new chapter discusses disease prevention and control in antibiotic-free production.