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Pollution Controls In Nature: Proteins Sweep Up Nanoparticles (June 18, 2007) -- Here's a pollution-control tip from nature: Deep inside a flooded mine in Wisconsin, scientists have discovered a world in which bacteria emit proteins that sweep up metal nanoparticles into immobile ... > full story

The Kapok Connection: Study Explains Rainforest Similarities (June 16, 2007) -- Celebrated in Buddhist temples and cultivated for its wood and cottony fibers, the kapok tree now is upsetting an idea that biologists have clung to for decades: the notion that African and South ... > full story

Recycling Is Not Enough; We Need To Consume Less, Experts Urge (June 16, 2007) -- Recycling rates have risen, and the UK is on schedule to meet EU targets, but the key to dealing with our escalating waste problem lies in changing our buying habits and our attitudes to consumption, ... > full story

Microbes At Work Cleaning Up The Environment (June 15, 2007) -- It may sound counterintuitive to use a microbial protein to improve water quality. But some bacteria are doing just that to protect themselves from potentially toxic nanoparticles in their own ... > full story

Disappearing Common Birds Send Environmental Wake-up Call (June 15, 2007) -- Birdsongs that filled the childhoods of countless baby-boomers are rarely heard wafting on today's spring breezes.... Once-familiar avian spectacles now elude young birdwatchers... It's not your ... > full story

Plastic That Grows On Trees? Fuel, Polyester And Other Chemicals From Biomass (June 15, 2007) -- It has been an elusive goal for the legion of chemists trying to pull it off: Replace crude oil as the root source for plastic, fuels and scores of other industrial and household chemicals with ... > full story

Rove Beetles Act As Warning Signs For Clear-cutting Consequences (June 15, 2007) -- New research has revealed the humble rove beetle may actually have a lot to tell us about the effects of harvesting on forests species. Rove beetles can be used as indicators of clear-cut harvesting ... > full story

Rising U.S. Trade May Hinder Future Global Efforts To Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions (June 15, 2007) -- Engineering researchers argue that rising US trade with countries like China has major consequences for the future of global climate change. Researchers describe how the U.S. has reduced its ... > full story

Scientists Study Sun's Radiation To Track Pollution Sources (June 15, 2007) -- Scientists are studying the reduction of solar ultraviolet radiation by atmospheric particles to learn how the various sources of pollution - biomass burning, auto exhaust and oil refining - affect ... > full story

'Green' Polymer Made From Biodiesel And Wine Products (June 14, 2007) -- A team of undergraduate engineering students has discovered that blending byproducts from biodiesel production and winemaking produces an environmentally friendly polymer that could one day replace ... > full story

Evacuation Software Finds Best Way To Route Millions Of Vehicles (June 14, 2007) -- How could you move people efficiently -- lots of people, millions of people -- in response to a terrorist attack or natural disaster? Suppose that a disaster occurred in Southern California and ... > full story

Europe's Hot Future: Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions Urged To Avoid Dangerous Increases In Heat Stress (June 14, 2007) -- A study led by a Purdue University researcher projects a 200 percent to 500 percent increase in the number of dangerously hot days in the Mediterranean by the end of the 21st century if the current ... > full story

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The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
Sometime this century the day will arrive when the human influence on the climate will overwhelm all other natural factors. Over the past decade, the world has seen the most powerful El Niño ... > read more

The Winds of Change : Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civilizations
The Winds of Change places the horrifying carnage unleashed on New Orleans, Mississippi, and Alabama by Hurricane Katrina in context.Climate has been humanity's constant, if moody, companion. At ... > read more

Geosystems : An Introduction to Physical Geography (6th Edition)
Geosystems is written, organized, and illustrated to give new learners an accessible, systematic, and visually appealing start in the study of physical geography. This edition includes the brand new ... > read more

Elemental Geosystems, Fourth Edition
This book gives readers an accessible, systematic, non-mathematical, and visually appealing start in physical geography. It features a distinctive, holistic integration of human-Earth relationships, ... > read more

Field Notes from a Catastrophe
An argument for the urgent danger of global warming in a book that is sure to be as influential as Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.Known for her insightful and thought-provoking journalism, New ... > read more

Environmental Science : Toward a Sustainable Future (9th Edition)
This classic book explores the interactions of humans within the natural environment and probes issues thoroughly, examining their scientific basis, history, and society's response. Strong science, ... > read more

The Reef Aquarium: Science, Art, and Technology, Vol. 3
The Reef Aquarium Volume Three: Science, Art, and Technology Reefkeeping science involves the interplay of biology, chemistry, and physics. However, a reef aquarium is not simply a product of ... > read more

National Geographic Atlas Of The World 7th Edition
When National Geographic published its first Atlas of the World more than 35 years ago, the world was indeed a different place. In order to cover today's world--including its oceans, stars, climate, ... > read more

The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History, 1300-1850
"Climate change is the ignored player on the historical stage," writes archeologist Brian Fagan. But it shouldn't be, not if we know what's good for us. We can't judge what future climate change will ... > read more

Disclosure : Military and Government Witnesses Reveal the Greatest Secrets in Modern History
For the first time ever, over five dozen top-secret military,government, intelligence and corporate witnesses to secret projects tell their true stories which disclose the greatest covert program in ... > read more