La 4ème de couv. indique : "In forty years, the population of the Earth will reach ten billion. Can our world support so many people? What kind of world will it be? In this unique, original and important book, Charles C. Mann illuminates the four great challenges we face - food, water, energy, climate change - through an exploration of the crucial work and wide-ranging influence of two little-known twentieth-century scientists, Norman Borlaug and William Vogt. Vogt (the Prophet) was the intellectual forefather of the environmental movement, and believed that in our using more than the planet has to give, our prosperity will bring us to ruin. Borlaug's research in the 1950s led to the development of modern high-yield crops that have saved millions from starvation. The Wizard of Mann's title, he believed that science will continue to rise to the challenges we face. Mann tells the stories of these scientists and their crucial influence on today's debates as his story ranges from Mexico to India, across continents and oceans and from the past and the present to the future."
A comprehensive introduction to a most important and topical subject, this book brings the world of weather and climate alive on a breathtaking scale, from tiny ice crystals to vast polar landscapes.
Historic and Projected Impacts of Climate Change on the COASTAL Climatic Zone of the Hunter, Central and Lower North Coast:...
Historic and Projected Impacts of Climate Change on the WESTERN Climatic Zone of the Hunter, Central and Lower North Coast...
Historic and Projected Impacts of Climate Change on the CENTRAL Climatic Zone of the Hunter, Central and Lower North Coast...
Hunter, Central and Lower North Coast Regional Climate Change Project: Analysis of Past Trends and Future Projections of Climate Change...
Case Study 3 - Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Bushfire Risk in the Hunter, Lower North Coast and Central...
In this collection of adventure stories and restored period photos, authors Paul Andrew Mayewski and Michael Cope Morrison tell their personal experiences going to some of the Earth's most remote and challenging places, the scientific ...
Frost Frost develops when it's cold enough for water vapor near the ground to condense onto objects as ice instead of dew . If the ground itself is chilled to below freezing , ground frost forms . When the air above the ground is below ...
1. Introduction -- 1.1. Background -- 1.2. Recent research into securing Broken Hill's water supply and identifying significant water savings -- 2. Regional setting -- 2.1. Study area -- 2.2. Darling River and floodplain hydrology -- 2.3.
"The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and water management agencies representing the seven Colorado River Basin States initiated the Colorado River Basin Study in January 2010 to evaluate the resiliency of the Colorado River system over the next ...