Climate change and insect pests.
London: Cabi publishing, 2015. Octavo, graphs, fine copy in laminated boards. More
Results
Results 1 - 17 (of 17)
Earth under fire: how global warming is changing the world.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. An illustrated guide to the effects of climate change, this work offers an account of how we can lessen the effects of our near total dependence on fossil fuel using technologies and energy sources already available..... More
Forests and global change.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Octavo, paperback, tables and graphs. Forests hold a significant proportion of global biodiversity and terrestrial carbon stocks and are at the forefront of human-induced global change. The dynamics and distribution of forest vegetation determines the habitat for other organisms, and regulates the delivery of ecosystem..... More
A short introduction to climate change.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps, tables, graphs. Provides a clear, balanced and well documented account of one of the most important issues of our time. It covers developments in climate science over the past 250 years and shows that recent climate change is more than..... More
Avian community, climate, and sea-level changes in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Florida Peninsula.
Chicago: American Ornithologists' Union, 1998. Octavo, paperback, photographs. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 50. More
Climate change adaptation plan for Australian birds.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2014. Quarto, paperback, maps, tables. WAS $70. Presents the first climate change adaptation plan produced for a national faunal group anywhere in the world. This book outlines the nature of threats related to climate change for the Australian bird taxa most likely to be affected by climate..... More
The ferocious summer: Palmer's penguins and the warming of Antarctica.
Sydney: Profile, 2007. Octavo, colour photographs, dustwrapper. WAS $60. The Antarctic Peninsula is for all of us an early warning system. This brilliant book tells the story of Antarctic warming and of how scientists are piecing together the jigsaw of causes and impacts, here in particular through a study of..... More
The ferocious summer: Palmer's penguins and the warming of Antarctica.
Sydney: Profile, 2007. Octavo, colour illustrations, softcover. The Antarctic Peninsula is for all of us an early warning system. This brilliant book tells the story of Antarctic warming and of how scientists are piecing together the jigsaw of causes and impacts, here in particular through a study of the changing..... More
Managing climate change: papers from the Greenhouse 2009 Conference.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2010. Large octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps, graphs. A number of international, high-level science and policy meetings have been influential in the lead up to the global climate change negotiations at Copenhagen. One of these landmark meetings was Greenhouse 2009, where those involved in research, policy..... More
Life in the hothouse: how a living planet survives climate change.
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2010. Octavo, paperback, In this insightful, compelling, and highly readable work, Melanie Lenart, an award-winning journalist and science writer who holds a PhD in this book, examines global warming with the trained eye of a professional scientist. And she presents the science in a clear..... More
The Britannica guide to climate change.
London: Constable and Robinson, 2008. Octavo, paperback, Explores the scientific evidence from how the atmosphere has evolved in the last 4.5 billion to studies on the symptoms of change from a warming planet and the global effects of greenhouse gases and deforestation. More
A climate for life: meeting the global challenge.
Washington DC: Conservation International CEMEX, 2008. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. The International League of Conservation Photographers In association with Conservation International and the CEMEX Conservation Book Series proudly announce the publication of their book A Climate for Life: Meeting the Global Challenge, a large-format illustrated book released internationally in the..... More
Birds and climate change.
London: Academic Press, 2006. Octavo, paperback, diagrams. Temperature and other climate variables are currently changing at a dramatic rate. As observations have shown, these climatic changes have serious consequences for all organisms and their ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions. Birds are excellent model organisms, with a very active..... More
Effects of climate change on birds.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2011. reprint). Octavo, laminated boards, colour and black and white maps. Climate change has always affected living organisms; however, current climate change is exceptional both in terms of the rate of change and the impact on individuals, populations, species, and ecosystems. This volume provides an exhaustive..... More
Climate and ecosystems.
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, graphs, maps. This concise, accessible, and authoritative book provides an unmatched introduction to the most reliable current knowledge about the complex relationship between living things and climate. Using an Earth System framework, David Schimel describes how organisms, communities of organisms, and the..... More
Dry times: blueprint for a red land.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2009. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, maps. With the knowledge from our deserts, Australians can reshape the human story. The desert is teaching us new ways to live, manage slender resources, and cope with lack of water and energy, harsh climate and isolation. These issues will confront most..... More
Understanding climate change: the story of the century.
London: New Holland, 2007. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. Offers a clear explanation of earth's climate throughout history including the current crisis. More
Results 1 - 17 (of 17)