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"How can each of us live Cooler Smarter? While the routine decisions that shape our days-- what to have for dinner, where to shop, how to get to work-- may seem small, collectively they have a big effect on global warming. But which changes in our lifestyles might make the biggest difference to the climate? This science-based guide shows you the most effective ways to cut your own global warming emissions by twenty percent or more, and explains why your individual contribution is so vital to addressing this global problem. Cooler Smarter is based on an in-depth, two-year study by the experts at The Union of Concerned Scientists. While other green guides suggest an array of tips, Cooler Smarter offers proven strategies to cut carbon, with chapters on transportation, home energy use, diet, personal consumption, as well as how best to influence your workplace, your community, and elected officials. The book explains how to make the biggest impact and when not to sweat the small stuff. It also turns many eco-myths on their head, like the importance of locally produced food or the superiority of all hybrid cars. The advice in Cooler Smarter can help save you money and live healthier. But its central purpose is to empower you, through low carbon-living, to confront one of society's greatest threats"--

Meteorology. Climatology --- Social medicine --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- milieuhygiëne --- milieuzorg --- milieubeheer --- klimaatverandering --- Sustainable living --- Environmental protection --- Citizen participation.

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Voor James heeft een computer geen geheimen. Maar zijn vriendin brengt zijn passie voor informatica behoorlijk in de war. Bovendien betrekt ze hem bij een actie voor het behoud van het Rietbos, een fraai stukje natuur. Via een telefoonlijn probeert James in te breken in de centrale computer van een projectontwikkelaar, en meteen komt hij alle details te weten over de minder fraaie plannen die de man met het Rietbos heeft. Maar de computer laat niet in zijn kaarten kijken, zonder meteen ook de dader te identificeren.

Dutch literature --- C3 --- jeugdliteratuur --- thriller --- milieubeheer --- Computers ; verhalen --- Computers --- Detectives ; verhalen --- Detectives --- Jeugdliteratuur ; verhalend --- Jeugdliteratuur --- Milieuproblemen ; verhalen --- Milieuproblemen --- Kunst en cultuur --- Boekgeschiedenis (kennisdomein)

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John Pastor explores the natural history of the North Woods, an immense and complex forest that stretches from the western shore of Lake Superior to the far coast of Newfoundland. From the geological history of the region to the shapes of leaves and the relationship between aspens, caterpillars, and predators, Pastor delves into a fascinating range of topics as diverse as the North Woods themselves. Through his meticulous observations of the natural world, scientists and nonscientists alike learn to ask natural history questions and form their own theories, gaining a greater understanding of and love for the North Woods—and other natural places precious to them.

Nature protection --- General ecology and biosociology --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- environment --- ecologie --- natuurbescherming --- milieubeheer --- Environment. --- Ecology . --- Nature conservation. --- Environment, general. --- Ecology. --- Nature Conservation. --- North America.

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The introduction of contaminants, due to rapid urbanisation and anthropogenic activities, into the environment causes unsteadiness, distress to the physico-chemical systems including living organisms, which possibly is threatening the dynamics of nature as well as the soil biology by producing certain xenobiotics. Hence, there is an immediate global demand for the diminution of such contaminants and xenobiotics which can otherwise adversely affect the living organisms. Some toxic xenobiotics include synthetic organochlorides such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and some fractions of crude oil and coal. The advancements in microbiology and biotechnology has lead to the launch of microbial biotechnology as a separate area of research and contributed dramatically to the development of the areas like agriculture, environment, biopharmaceutics, fermented foods, etc. The evolution of new metabolic pathways from natural metabolic cycles has enabled the microorganisms to degrade almost all different complex and resistant xenobiotics found on Earth. Hence, microbes stand an imperative, efficient, green and economical alternative to conventional treatment technologies. This book comprises chapters dealing with various bioremediation strategies with the help of different groups of microorganisms along with detailed graphical/ diagrammatical representations. It also focuses on the use of microbial biotechnology and highlights the recent developments in microbial biotechnology in the area of agriculture and environment. Furthermore, it contains a detailed comprehensive account for the microbial treatment technologies from unsustainable to sustainable which includes chapters prepared by professionals, several researchers, scientists, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows across the world with expertise in environmental microbiology, biotechnology, bioremediation, and environmental engineering. The research presented also highlights some of the significantly important microbial species involved in remediation, the physiology, biochemistry and the mechanisms of remediation by various microbes, and suggestions for future improvement of bioremediation technology. This book would serve as a quick reference book for graduate and postgraduate students pursuing their study in any branch of life sciences, microbiology, health sciences and environmental biotechnology as well as researchers and scientists working in laboratories and industries involved in research related to microbiology, environmental biotechnology and allied researches.

Nature protection --- Measuring methods in physics --- General ecology and biosociology --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Pedology --- bodemkunde --- environment --- milieuchemie --- milieutechnologie --- milieubeheer --- bindingen (chemie) --- Green chemistry. --- Microbial biotechnology.

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This unique book focuses on environmental degradation in Asian countries including land degradation and soil erosion. The land degradation covers assessing environmental degradation using geospatial technology, land use land cover mapping, environmental and anthropogenic degradation, assessment of land degradation vulnerability, evaluation of the impact of earthquake and the environmental control of the sand dunes. It also addresses the soil degradation and environmental pollution and presents several case studies such as tectonic activity and erosion, assessment of aircraft sound, soil degradation assessment for the arid territories, soil pollution, waste engine oil contamination, soil degradation, soil erosion modelling, land use and land cover change and its effect on soil erosion changes. Additionally, the book discusses the impact of climate change, and human activities including urban environmental quality, air pollution and the impact of armed conflict on the environment. Moreover, topics such as vegetation degradation including forest changes, hydrological and agricultural drought are presented. The book includes authors and scientists from Egypt, Iraq, Iran, India, Mongolia, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Republic of Kazakhstan, USA, Turkey, South Africa, Italy, China, Malaysia, Poland and Russia. Graduate students, researchers, engineers, policy planners, policymakers and stockholders could benefit from the information and the knowledge in this book.

Nature protection --- Measuring methods in physics --- General ecology and biosociology --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- milieubeleid --- milieutechnologie --- milieubeheer --- Environmental degradation. --- Environmental degradation --- Soil erosion.