Novedades

What will it take for us to preserve what remains of life on the planet? Is humanity itself at risk? These are the overarching questions Said Dawlabani asks in this book’s comprehensive development model.

On a 90-degree day in Los Angeles, bus riders across the city line up behind the shadows cast by street signs and telephone poles, looking for a little relief from the sun’s glaring heat. Every summer such scenes play out in cities across the United States, and as Sam Bloch argues, we ignore the benefits of shade at our own peril. Heatwaves are now the country’s deadliest natural disasters with victims concentrated in poorer, less shady areas. Public health, mental health, and crime statistics are worse in neighborhoods without it. For some, finding shade is a matter of life and death.

The Anti-Catastrophe League, informed by the author’s experience of working in the field of what is known as existential risk, tells the story of a species that is working out how to defuse several bombs at once. From ancient risks to very modern apocalypses, the book charts the imminent dangers to the human race and introduces listeners to the groups of scientists, eccentrics, diplomats and visionaries who are doing everything in their considerable power to prevent the worst from befalling us.

It might be their large, strangely human eyes or their dog-like playfulness, but seals have long captured people's interest and affection, making them the perfect candidate for an environmental cause, as well as the subject of decades of study. Alix Morris spends a year with these magnetic creatures and brings them to life on the page, season by season, as she learns about their intelligence, their relationships with each other, their ecosystems, and the changing climate.

Ben Weissenbach—an L.A. native with little prior wilderness experience—treks through the Alaskan tundra with a series of eccentric environmental scientists, and returns with a new perspective on technology and a revitalized sense of wonder for the natural world.

All around the world protection for threatened wilderness areas continues its expansion through the support of an unexpected activity: Sport Hunting. In this book, outdoor writer and scientist Mike Arnold takes listeners on a global odyssey stalking vast tracts of wilderness in the U.S. and Canada, Coutadas and preserves in Africa, rain forests in Central America, and game lands in Europe. He encounters apex predators, exotic birds, and game animals of all kinds, many of which now thrive in places that not long ago had been devoid of wildlife.

El planeta está cambiando. Las poblaciones también. Algunas se expanden sin control. Otras se desmoronan en silencio. ¿Cómo entender lo que está ocurriendo? ¿Y qué podemos hacer al respecto?

Este segundo libro es una exploración apasionante de los ritmos invisibles que rigen la vida en la Tierra. A través de ejemplos reales, historias sorprendentes y explicaciones accesibles, descubrirás cómo las poblaciones suben, bajan, migran, se agrupan, se dispersan o incluso desaparecen. Aprenderás qué es el efecto Allee, qué ocurre cuando llega una especie invasora, cómo funcionan las redes tróficas y por qué los humanos no somos tan distintos del resto de las especies.

¿Por qué algunas especies se multiplican mientras otras desaparecen sin dejar rastro? ¿Qué fuerzas invisibles determinan el destino de una población? Este libro responde esas preguntas con claridad, sin tecnicismos, y con ejemplos reales que muestran cómo la vida se organiza, se adapta y a veces se rompe. Desde el crecimiento explosivo de los conejos hasta el freno invisible de los recursos, pasando por el papel del azar, los depredadores y la estrategia reproductiva, este libro ofrece una introducción rigurosa pero accesible a los mecanismos que hacen crecer o declinar a las poblaciones.

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Wakulla Springs is a sacred place nestled deep in a primeval forest of cypress, live-oak, magnolia and pine. On foggy mornings, one can hear the sounds that were familiar to the First Floridians. By day, the great Wakulla spring offers cool comfort against the heat, and at night the fog returns, transforming the spring basin into a haunted cauldron, the grave of prehistoric beasts and the site of spirit revels.

Imagine if you could hear the trees speak. How would it change your life? Your relationship to the world around you? This is the story of what happened when the trees whispered me to quit my job, leave my life in New York and go on a journey to listen. It is the story of what I learnt from ten trees on five continents–and the lessons that the trees have for all of us on how to be in a rapidly changing world.

A Luta pela Floresta, como a Noruega ajuda a proteger ― e a destruir ― o meio ambiente no Brasil (traduzido do original norueguês por Leonardo Pinto Silva) é um livro indispensável para se compreender e discutir a questão ecológica no Brasil. O livro conta os dois lados da presença...

Bijna twee jaar lang kocht Ashlee Piper niets nieuws. Door haar eigen ervaringen, handige tips en praktische stappenplannen te delen heeft Ashlee wereldwijd duizenden mensen geïnspireerd om ook meer grip te krijgen op hun tijd, (impuls) aankopen en mentale welzijn. Ashlee creëerde de Geen Nieuwe Spullen-challenge om in dertig dagen een leven vorm te geven dat minder in het teken staat van spullen kopen, zonder aan stijl, gemak of plezier in te moeten leveren.

Theodore Roosevelt - Naturalist at Work Known as the driving force behind America’s Progressive Era, and the inspiration behind the “teddy bear”, former President Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States. He was an author, a statesman, a soldier, explorer, and most importantly, a naturalist. He opened up America’s eyes about the beauty of nature, inspired by that time he spent in the American Wilderness. With the help of this book, you’d get to know Theodore Roosevelt more—and understand why he’s a pivotal part of America’s environmental awareness. With...

Climate change continues apace and it is frightening to watch. The terrible winter in America this year is just one example; along with the severe storms and flooding in the U.K. Around the world, there are seven billion of us and we are all in this together. We all have a responsibility to try and sort this mess (that we have made) out now before it gets too late - it really is that urgent. We all need to make efforts to reduce our carbon dioxide emissions - our carbon footprint. The great majority of scientists believe it is the higher level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, due to ...