Author : Lawrence Watt-Evans
Publisher : Misenchanted Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 40,19 MB
Release : 2023-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 161991056X
Twenty stories by Hugo-winning author Lawrence Watt-Evans, spanning the cosmos from spaceships to unicorns.
Author : Linda Varsell Smith
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 40,43 MB
Release : 2013-02-19
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0988855402
New and selected poems written by Oregon poet Linda Varsell Smith. Playful meditations and observations selected from seven books and one chapbook, in addition to new work Winging-It to explore the Earth and the cosmos.
Author : Gary Gilligan
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 38,75 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1906510008
This book takes on the controversial subject of catastrophism in the history of mankind
Author : Gary Williams
Publisher : Infinity Publishing
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 14,10 MB
Release : 2006-04
Category :
ISBN : 0741431297
A sinister character that orchestrated the ordeal in St. Augustine and the nightmare events in Green Cove Springs will make his presence known. And his return will signal mankind's doom.
Author : Gay Hawkins
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 14,49 MB
Release : 2002-12-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0742576043
Waste is a key category for understanding cultural value. It is not just the 'bad stuff' we dispose of; it is material we constantly struggle to redeem. Cultures seem to spend as much energy reclassifying negativity as they do on establishing the negative itself. The huge tertiary sector devoted to waste management converts garbage into money, while ecological movements continue to stress human values and 'the natural.' But the problems waste poses are never simply economic or environmental. The international contributors to this collection ask us to pause and consider the complex ways in which value is created and destroyed. Their diverse approaches of ethics, philosophy, cultural studies, and politics are at the forefront of a new field of 'ecohumanites.'
Author : John Benjamin
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 38,65 MB
Release : 2012-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1449771831
What in the world is going on? Almost overnight our modern world has entered into a period of great change, very suddenly and unexpectedly, with the largest and most violent storms, earthquakes, solar flares, flooding, droughts, severe weather anomalies, and earth changes than the greater majority of us have ever experienced in our lifetimes. The largest drought ever recorded in America's history struck so quickly in 2012 that it was called a "flash drought," encompassing over half of the entire nation. The full extent of the damage that this has caused through crop loss has yet to be realized on the world's markets, but there will most certainly be food shortages soon, and prices are already beginning to skyrocket worldwide! Water shortages and actual "water wars" are also beginning to occur. The rest of the entire world is also experiencing these same disastrous events. Gigantic earthquakes are happening worldwide causing untold destruction! So many people have lost their lives or have been displaced by these unexpected tragedies that there is simply no way to account for them all. India had a power outage so great that seven hundred million people were without electricity for weeks, and people worldwide fear that something of this same magnitude may also strike their area in the very near future. What in the world is going on here? This book provides the answer to this question and gives sound advice on what you can do to prepare yourself as well as your family and friends to survive the even more severe "earth events" that may be set to occur shortly in our modern, rapidly changing world. It is my earnest hope that this book will be a great help and source of strength for you in the uncertain times that lie directly ahead. John Benjamin
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 39,79 MB
Release : 1995-07-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309051258
Since the beginning of space flight, the collision hazard in Earth orbit has increased as the number of artificial objects orbiting the Earth has grown. Spacecraft performing communications, navigation, scientific, and other missions now share Earth orbit with spent rocket bodies, nonfunctional spacecraft, fragments from spacecraft breakups, and other debris created as a byproduct of space operations. Orbital Debris examines the methods we can use to characterize orbital debris, estimates the magnitude of the debris population, and assesses the hazard that this population poses to spacecraft. Potential methods to protect spacecraft are explored. The report also takes a close look at the projected future growth in the debris population and evaluates approaches to reducing that growth. Orbital Debris offers clear recommendations for targeted research on the debris population, for methods to improve the protection of spacecraft, on methods to reduce the creation of debris in the future, and much more.
Author : Bernard Marcus
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 43,52 MB
Release : 2011-11-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 1441961267
The function of scientific research is promoting the understanding of the world around us. In theory, anyway, the more we learn, the more potential we have of making our lives better. Thus, we have seen research in electronics provide us with computers, research in chemistry provide us with all manner of synthetics, and research in agriculture provide us with more food. Periodically, scientific research uncovers something that makes some of us uncomfortable. The discovery of the link between smoking and lung cancer and heart disease was not received well by the tobacco industry, and the link between global climate change and fossil fuel use has not been well received by the petroleum industry, to cite just two examples. Usually the response of those whose world has been disrupted by science is denial, often followed by attack on or ridicule of the science that has challenged them. In the long term, however, science usually turns out to be correct.
Author : United States. Columbia Accident Investigation Board
Publisher :
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 46,98 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Space shuttles
ISBN :
Vols. 2-6 of the CAIB's Final Report contain appendices that provide the supporting documentation for the main text of the Final Report contained in Vol. 1, which was released on Aug. 26, 2003. These appendix materials were working documents. They contain a number of conclusions and proposed recommendations, several of which were adopted by the CAIB in Vol. 1. The other conclusions and proposed recommendations drawn in Vols. 2-6 do not necessarily reflect the views of the CAIB but are included for the record. When there is conflict, Vol. 1 takes precedence. It alone is the CAIB's official statement.
Author : Tim Delaney
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 39,49 MB
Release : 2021-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1476682364
This book approaches environmentalism via two academic disciplines, sociology and philosophy. Both have concerns about the environment's ability not only to sustain itself but to thrive. The authors argue that rather than simple sustainability, we must promote thrivability for the sake of protecting the environment and all living things. In this greatly expanded second edition, the authors have updated data and examples, introduced new topics and concepts, and emphasized the need to lessen our dependence on fossil fuels. Numerous topics are explored, from the differences between sustainability and thrivability, and the overuse of plastic, to mass extinction, the role of natural disasters and more. The Covid-19 pandemic offers an added perspective on the relationship between disease and the environment.
