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25 myths that are destroying the environment : what many environmentalists believe and why they are wrong / / Daniel B. Botkin ; foreword by Alfred Runte
| 25 myths that are destroying the environment : what many environmentalists believe and why they are wrong / / Daniel B. Botkin ; foreword by Alfred Runte |
| Autore | Botkin Daniel B. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on
Human ecology Environmental protection Global environmental change Environmental policy Nature conservation |
| ISBN | 1-4422-4493-3 |
| Classificazione | NAT011000NAT010000NAT024000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Myth 1 We Are the Only Species That Has Ever Had Global Effects on the Environment; Myth 2 Life Is Fragile, Requires Specific Conditions, and Can't Adjust Easily to Change; Myth 3 Extinction Is Unnatural and Bad, but Easy to Accomplish; Myth 4 The Balance of Nature Exists and Dominates All Life and All Environments; Myth 5 The Balance of Nature Is the Best and Only Condition for All Life; Myth 6 Beauty in Nature Only Happens in Areas Completely Undisturbed by Us; Myth 7 An Ecosystem Is Any Kind of Group, and a Biological Ecosystem Is a Fixed Group of Species
Myth 8 People Are Outside of NatureMyth 9 The Only Reason to Conserve Nature: Every Species Has a Moral Right to Exist; Myth 10 People Have Changed the Environment Only Since the Industrial/Scientific Age; Myth 11 Without Human Interference, Earth's Climate Is Stable; Myth 12 People Are the Most Important Factor Determining Earth's Climate; Myth 13 Climate Change Will Lead to Huge Numbers of Extinctions; Myth 14 Recent Weather Is Proof of Long-Term Climate Change; Myth 15 Consensus Is Science; Myth 16 Computer Models Are True Myth 17 All Populations Are Always Bound to Grow So Rapidly That They Exceed the Ability of Their Environment to Support Them and Then Go Extinct. This Will Be the Inevitable Fate of the Human Population.Myth 18 Predators Are Absolutely Necessary to Control the Populations of Their Prey; Myth 19 Maximum Sustainable Yields Are Possible for Fish and All Wildlife; Myth 20 We Can't Do Much about Environmental Risks-From Smaller Ones like a Local River Flooding to Large Ones like Hurricanes; Myth 21 Smokey Bear Is Right: Only You Can Prevent Wildfires Myth 22 Forests Are an Important Place for Long-Term Carbon StorageMyth 23 Solar and Wind Energy Require Huge Areas; Myth 24 Large-Scale Solar Energy Projects Work Only in Very Hot Climates; Myth 25 Compared to Climate Change, All Other Environmental Issues Are Minor; Final Overview; Endnotes |
| Altri titoli varianti | Twenty-five myths that are destroying the environment |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798778303321 |
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| Guilford, Connecticut : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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25 myths that are destroying the environment : what many environmentalists believe and why they are wrong / / Daniel B. Botkin ; foreword by Alfred Runte
| 25 myths that are destroying the environment : what many environmentalists believe and why they are wrong / / Daniel B. Botkin ; foreword by Alfred Runte |
| Autore | Botkin Daniel B. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on
Human ecology Environmental protection Global environmental change Environmental policy Nature conservation |
| ISBN | 1-4422-4493-3 |
| Classificazione | NAT011000NAT010000NAT024000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Myth 1 We Are the Only Species That Has Ever Had Global Effects on the Environment; Myth 2 Life Is Fragile, Requires Specific Conditions, and Can't Adjust Easily to Change; Myth 3 Extinction Is Unnatural and Bad, but Easy to Accomplish; Myth 4 The Balance of Nature Exists and Dominates All Life and All Environments; Myth 5 The Balance of Nature Is the Best and Only Condition for All Life; Myth 6 Beauty in Nature Only Happens in Areas Completely Undisturbed by Us; Myth 7 An Ecosystem Is Any Kind of Group, and a Biological Ecosystem Is a Fixed Group of Species
Myth 8 People Are Outside of NatureMyth 9 The Only Reason to Conserve Nature: Every Species Has a Moral Right to Exist; Myth 10 People Have Changed the Environment Only Since the Industrial/Scientific Age; Myth 11 Without Human Interference, Earth's Climate Is Stable; Myth 12 People Are the Most Important Factor Determining Earth's Climate; Myth 13 Climate Change Will Lead to Huge Numbers of Extinctions; Myth 14 Recent Weather Is Proof of Long-Term Climate Change; Myth 15 Consensus Is Science; Myth 16 Computer Models Are True Myth 17 All Populations Are Always Bound to Grow So Rapidly That They Exceed the Ability of Their Environment to Support Them and Then Go Extinct. This Will Be the Inevitable Fate of the Human Population.Myth 18 Predators Are Absolutely Necessary to Control the Populations of Their Prey; Myth 19 Maximum Sustainable Yields Are Possible for Fish and All Wildlife; Myth 20 We Can't Do Much about Environmental Risks-From Smaller Ones like a Local River Flooding to Large Ones like Hurricanes; Myth 21 Smokey Bear Is Right: Only You Can Prevent Wildfires Myth 22 Forests Are an Important Place for Long-Term Carbon StorageMyth 23 Solar and Wind Energy Require Huge Areas; Myth 24 Large-Scale Solar Energy Projects Work Only in Very Hot Climates; Myth 25 Compared to Climate Change, All Other Environmental Issues Are Minor; Final Overview; Endnotes |
| Altri titoli varianti | Twenty-five myths that are destroying the environment |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822503403321 |
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Botkin Daniel B.
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| Guilford, Connecticut : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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L'activité humaine et l'environnement Statistiques annuelles
| L'activité humaine et l'environnement Statistiques annuelles |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ottawa, : Statistique Canada, 2002-2009 |
| Disciplina | 363.7/00971/021 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on - Canada
Industries - Environmental aspects - Canada Ecology - Canada Homme - Influence sur la nature - Canada Industrie - Aspect de l'environnement - Canada Écologie - Canada Ecology Industries - Environmental aspects Nature - Effect of human beings on |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Periodicals.
Statistics. Périodiques numériques. |
| Classificazione |
cci1icc
coll11 coll14 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910147179103321 |
| Ottawa, : Statistique Canada, 2002-2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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L'activité humaine et l'environnement Statistiques annuelles
| L'activité humaine et l'environnement Statistiques annuelles |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ottawa, : Statistique Canada, 2002-2009 |
| Disciplina | 363.7/00971/021 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on - Canada
Industries - Environmental aspects - Canada Ecology - Canada Homme - Influence sur la nature - Canada Industrie - Aspect de l'environnement - Canada Écologie - Canada Ecology Industries - Environmental aspects Nature - Effect of human beings on |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Periodicals.
Statistics. Périodiques numériques. |
| Classificazione |
cci1icc
coll11 coll14 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996205361503316 |
| Ottawa, : Statistique Canada, 2002-2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Advances of footprint family for sustainable energy and industrial systems / / Jingzheng Ren, editor
| Advances of footprint family for sustainable energy and industrial systems / / Jingzheng Ren, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 pages) |
| Disciplina | 304.2 |
| Collana | Green Energy and Technology |
| Soggetto topico |
Industries - Environmental aspects
Sustainable development Nature - Effect of human beings on |
| ISBN | 3-030-76441-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910523754403321 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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After Extinction [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Grusin, editor, Center for 21st Century Studies
| After Extinction [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Grusin, editor, Center for 21st Century Studies |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 576.8/4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on
Mass extinctions Extinction (Biology) Climatic changes - Social aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4529-5631-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Extinction events and entangled humanism / William E. Connolly -- Planetary memories : after extinction, the imagined future / Jussi Parikka -- Photography after extinction / Joanna Zylinska -- The six extinctions : visualizing planetary ecological crisis today / Joseph Masco -- Condors at the end of the world / Cary Wolfe -- It's not the anthropocene, it's the white supremacy scene, or, The geological color line / Nicholas Mirzoeff -- Lives worth living : extinction, persons, disability / Claire Colebrook -- Biocapitalism and de-extinction / Ashley Dawson -- Surviving the sixth extinction : American Indian strategies for life in the new world / Daryl Baldwin, Margaret Noodin, and Bernard C. Perley. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794924603321 |
| Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Americans and their weather [[electronic resource] /] / William B. Meyer
| Americans and their weather [[electronic resource] /] / William B. Meyer |
| Autore | Meyer William B |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2/5/0973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatology - Social aspects
Weather - Social aspects Nature - Effect of human beings on Climatic changes - Environmental aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-47282-0
9786610472826 0-19-535117-7 1-4294-0137-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Introduction; ONE: Climate, Cultures, and Founding Myths; TWO: Antebellum America; THREE: Postbellum America; FOUR: Modernizing America; FIVE: Since 1945: New Amenities, New Hazards; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458302303321 |
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Meyer William B
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Americans and their weather [[electronic resource] /] / William B. Meyer
| Americans and their weather [[electronic resource] /] / William B. Meyer |
| Autore | Meyer William B |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2/5/0973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatology - Social aspects
Weather - Social aspects Nature - Effect of human beings on Climatic changes - Environmental aspects |
| ISBN |
1-280-47282-0
9786610472826 0-19-535117-7 1-4294-0137-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Introduction; ONE: Climate, Cultures, and Founding Myths; TWO: Antebellum America; THREE: Postbellum America; FOUR: Modernizing America; FIVE: Since 1945: New Amenities, New Hazards; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784790103321 |
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Meyer William B
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Animals and their environments / / Edison Booth
| Animals and their environments / / Edison Booth |
| Autore | Booth Edison |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : PowerKids Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (26 pages) |
| Disciplina | 577 |
| Collana | Spotlight on Ecology and Life Science |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Biodiversity Nature - Effect of human beings on Nature conservation Climatic changes |
| ISBN | 1-4994-2559-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Living and nonliving things -- Ecology and ecosystems -- Energy on the move -- Animal populations -- Working together -- Working with plants -- Environmental variation -- Adapting to survive -- Dealing with changes -- Protecting the planet. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150302303321 |
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Booth Edison
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| New York, New York : , : PowerKids Press, , [2017] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Animals erased [[electronic resource] ] : discourse, ecology, and reconnection with the natural world / / Arran Stibbe
| Animals erased [[electronic resource] ] : discourse, ecology, and reconnection with the natural world / / Arran Stibbe |
| Autore | Stibbe Arran |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 590 |
| Soggetto topico |
Human-animal relationships
Animals and civilization Animals - Social aspects Discourse analysis Animal welfare Nature - Effect of human beings on Human ecology - Philosophy Environmental ethics Ecology - Philosophy Ecology - Moral and ethical aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-45757-1
9786613457578 0-8195-7233-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Vanishing Animals -- Destructive Discourses : Animals within a Symbolic World -- As Charming as a Pig -- From Flu-like Virus to Deadly Disease -- Counter-discourses : Animals in Ecology and Environmentalism -- The Curtailed Journey of the Atlantic Salmon -- Boyd's Forest Dragon or the Survival of Humanity -- From Counter-discourses to Alternative Discourses : Environmental Education in Japan -- Haiku and Beyond -- Zen and the Art of Environmental Education. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461257403321 |
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Stibbe Arran
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| Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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