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Books about or featuring the environment as a prominent theme have proliferated especially since the middle of the twentieth century. The rise of environmental science , which has encouraged interdisciplinary approaches to studying the environment, and the environmental movement , which has increased public and political awareness of humanity's ...
Jared Diamond's new book, Collapse, confronts this contradiction head-on. Jennifer Marohasy of the coal-mining backed think-tank Institute of Public Affairs wrote a critical review in Energy & Environment, in particular its chapter on Australia's environmental degradation. Marohasy claims that Diamond reflects a popular view that is reinforced ...
Approaching the Benign Environment (co-authored) Category:Books by Buckminster Fuller: Medard Gabel: Various themes: Environmental Design Science Primer: Ross Gelbspan: M: 1939–2024: Global warming: The Heat Is On: Harold Gilliam: M: San Francisco Bay Area: Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Bay: The Struggle to Save San Francisco Bay: Juan ...
The book challenges the myth of the inexhaustibility of the earth and the belief that human impact on the environment is negligible by drawing similarities to the ancient civilization of the Mediterranean. [5] Marsh argued that ancient Mediterranean civilizations collapsed through environmental degradation.
This category lists environmental non-fiction books. See also: List of environmental books, List of environmental reports. Subcategories. This category has the ...
The Environmental books in this category are books that have the effects of human activity on the natural environment as a major theme. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as quality of air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems; habitat destruction; the extinction of wildlife; and pollution. It is defined as any change or disturbance to the environment perceived to be deleterious or undesirable.
The Skeptical Environmentalist's subtitle refers to the State of the World report, published annually since 1984 by the Worldwatch Institute. [1] Lomborg designated the report "one of the best-researched and academically most ambitious environmental policy publications," but criticized it for using short-term trends to predict disastrous consequences, in cases where long-term trends would not ...