Critical perspectives on planet earth
By: edited by Jennifer Viegas.
Contributors: Viegas, Jennifer.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Scientific american critical anthologies on environment and climate
Publisher: The Rosen Pub. Group, Inc.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 : The effects of climate change; title: 1. "Spring forward" by Daniel Grossman; title: 2. "On thin ice?" by Robert A. Bindschadler and Charles R. Bentley; title: 3. "Making every drop count" by Peter H. Gleick; title: Chapter 2 : Threatened species and ecosystems; title: 1. "Madagascar's lemurs" by Ian Tattersall; title: 2. "The world's imperiled fish" by Carl Safina; title: 3. "The puzzle of declining amphibian populations" by Andrew R. Blaustein and David B. Wake; title: 4. "On the termination of species" by W. Wayt Gibbs; title: Chapter 3 : Human impacts: consequences for others and ourselves; title: 1. "Human population grows up" by Joel E. Cohen; title: 2. "Population, poverty and the local environment" by Partha S. Dasgupta; title: 3. "Environmental change and violent conflict" by Thomas F. Homer-Dixon, Jeffrey H. Boutwell, and George W. Rathjens; title: Chapter 4 : Possible responses to environmental concerns; title: 1. "The industrial ecology of the 21st century" by Robert A. Frosch; title: 2. "Rethinking green consumerism" by Jared Hardner and Richard Rice; title: 3. "More profit with less carbon" by Amory B. Lovins; title: 4. "Urban planning in Curitiba" by Jonas Rabinovitch and Josef Leitman.