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Environmental Studies book
Author : Geeta Oberoi
Publisher : New Saraswati House India Pvt Ltd
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 25,31 MB
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Category : Education
ISBN : 9350417510
Environmental Studies book
Author : Geeta Oberoi
Publisher : New Saraswati House India Pvt Ltd
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 16,9 MB
Release :
Category : Education
ISBN : 9350417529
Environmental Studies book
Author : Timothy J. LeCain
Publisher :
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,43 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813545295
From the Publisher: Mass Destruction is the compelling story of Daniel Jackling and the development of open-pit hard rock mining, its role in the wiring of an electrified America, and its devastating environmental effects. This new method of mining, complimenting the mass production and mass consumption that came to define the "American way of life"in the early twentieth century, promised infinite supplies of copper and other natural resources. LeCain deftly analyzes how open-pit mining continues to adversely effect the environment and how, as the world begins to rival American resource consumption, no viable alternatives have emerged.
Author : Jerrold J Marcus
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 815 pages
File Size : 38,73 MB
Release : 1997-05-03
Category :
ISBN : 1783264128
Negative environmental events make the headlines. Mining industry examples are the recent incidents at Summitville, Colorado, US, and the cyanide leak at Cambria Resource's Omai Operation in Guyana. In this volatile atmosphere, the publication of the Mining Environmental Handbook comes at an opportune time. It presents an objective, comprehensive and integrated examination of the effects of mining on the environment, and the environmental laws that deal with mining. Though stressing activities in the United States of America, it covers all of North America.North American environmental standards are currently being exported around the world. Consequently, this handbook will be of prime interest in countries that are now coming to terms with mining environmentalism. It should benefit working engineers and environmentalists, manufacturers, legislators, regulators, financiers and journalists. It has been selected as a university textbook. Finally, it will be an indispensable reference during serious discussions about mining environmentalism.
Author : Gregory Berns
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 22,29 MB
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 0465096255
"Dog lovers and neuroscientists should both read this important book." -- Dr. Temple Grandin What is it like to be a dog? A bat? Or a dolphin? To find out, neuroscientist and bestselling author Gregory Berns and his team did something nobody had ever attempted: they trained dogs to go into an MRI scanner -- completely awake -- so they could figure out what they think and feel. And dogs were just the beginning. In What It's Like to Be a Dog, Berns takes us into the minds of wild animals: sea lions who can learn to dance, dolphins who can see with sound, and even the now extinct Tasmanian tiger. Berns's latest scientific breakthroughs prove definitively that animals have feelings very much like we do -- a revelation that forces us to reconsider how we think about and treat animals. Written with insight, empathy, and humor, What It's Like to Be a Dog is the new manifesto for animal liberation of the twenty-first century.
Author : Michael A. Heller
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 37,39 MB
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0385544731
“Mine” is one of the first words babies learn, and by the time we grow up, the idea of ownership seems natural, whether we are buying a cup of coffee or a house. But who controls the space behind your airplane seat: you, reclining, or the squished laptop user behind you? Why is plagiarism wrong, but it’s okay to knock off a recipe or a dress design? And after a snowstorm, why does a chair in the street hold your parking space in Chicago, while in New York you lose both the space and the chair? In Mine!, Michael Heller and James Salzman, two of the world’s leading authorities on ownership, explain these puzzles and many more. Remarkably, they reveal, there are just six simple rules that everyone uses to claim everything. Owners choose the rule that steers us to do what they want. But we can pick differently. This is true not just for airplane seats, but also for battles over digital privacy, climate change, and wealth inequality. Mine! draws on mind-bending, often infuriating, and always fascinating accounts from business, history, courtrooms, and everyday life to reveal how the rules of ownership control our lives and shape our world.
Author : Jyoti Swaroop, Geeta Oberoi
Publisher : New Saraswati House India Pvt Ltd
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 21,67 MB
Release :
Category : Education
ISBN : 9350418401
Environmental Studies book. The ebook version does not contain CD.
Author : Geeta Oberai
Publisher : New Saraswati House India Pvt Ltd
Page : pages
File Size : 27,94 MB
Release :
Category : Science
ISBN : 9350411407
MnM-Environment Studies-TB-02
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 10,42 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Accidents
ISBN :
Author : Bill Gates
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 28,96 MB
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 0385546149
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide to certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions—suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise. As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.