Meest populaire boeken in Nederland●Ecologie

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1. A Farewell to Ice - Peter Wadhams. A Report from the Arctic

'Utterly extraordinary ... the starkest book I've read on the impacts of accelerating climate change for a very long time ... if we're not listening to the likes of Peter Wadhams, then we too are in denial' Jonathon Porritt Most of the scientific establishment predict that the North Pole will be free of ice around the middle of this century. As Peter Wadhams, the world's leading expert on sea ice, demonstrates in this book, even this assessment of the future is optimistic. Wadhams has visited th...

Releasedatum: 2016-09-01 Genre:Wetenschap en natuur € 9,49
2. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference - Greta Thunberg

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. No One is Too Small to Make a Difference collects Greta Thunberg's history-making speeches, from addresses at climate rallies around the world audiences at the UN, the World Economic Forum, and the British Parliament. Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and a...

Releasedatum: 2019-05-30 Genre:Wetenschap en natuur € 4,99
3. Regeneration - Paul Hawken. Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation

The NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A radically new understanding of and practical approach to climate change by noted environmentalist and creator of Drawdown, Paul Hawken The dangers of climate change and a warming world have been in the public eye for fifty years. For three decades, scientists and the United Nations have urged us to address future existential threats. In Regeneration Paul Hawken has flipped the narrative, bringing people back into the conversation by demonstrating that addressing c...

Releasedatum: 2021-09-21 Genre:Wetenschap en natuur € 14,99
4. The World Without Us - Alan Weisman

Revised Edition with New Afterword from the Author Time #1 Nonfiction Book of the Year Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award Over 3 million copies sold in 35 Languages "On the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and immediately begins cleaning house - or houses, that is. Cleans them right off the face of the earth. They all go." What if mankind disappeared right now, forever... what would happen to the Earth in a week, a year, a millennium? Could the planet's climate ever...

Releasedatum: 2012-08-31 Genre:Wetenschap en natuur € 10,99
5. All Art is Ecological - Timothy Morton

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. Provocative and playful, All Art is Ecological explores the strangeness of living in an age of mass extinction, and shows us that emotions and experience are the basis for a deep philosophical engagement with ecology. Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and a...

Releasedatum: 2021-08-26 Genre:Wetenschap en natuur € 4,99
6. Biomimicry - Janine M Benyus. Innovation Inspired by Nature

Repackaged with a new afterword, this "valuable and entertaining" (New York Times Book Review) book explores how scientists are adapting nature's best ideas to solve tough 21st century problems. Biomimicry is rapidly transforming life on earth. Biomimics study nature's most successful ideas over the past 3.5 million years, and adapt them for human use. The results are revolutionizing how materials are invented and how we compute, heal ourselves, repair the environment, and feed the world. Janine...

Releasedatum: 2009-08-11 € 10,99
7. Origins - Lewis Dartnell. How the Earth Shaped Human History

Read the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape of human civilisations. 'Stands comparison with Sapiens ... Thrilling' Sunday Times Human evolution in East Africa was driven by geological forces. Ancient Greece developed democracy because of its mountainous terrain. Voting behaviour in the United States today follows the bed of an ancient sea. Professor Lewis Dartnell takes us on an astonishing journey into our planet's past to tell the ultimate origin story...

Releasedatum: 2019-01-31 € 9,49
8. Being Ecological - Timothy Morton

'To read Being Ecological is to be caught up in a brilliant display of intellectual pyrotechnics' P.D.Smith, Guardian Why is everything we think we know about ecology wrong? Is there really any difference between 'humans' and 'nature'? Does this mean we even have a future? Don't care about ecology? This book is for you. Timothy Morton, who has been called 'Our most popular guide to the new epoch' ( Guardian ), sets out to show us that whether we know it or not, we already have the capacity and t...

Releasedatum: 2018-01-25 € 8,49
9. Deep Water: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling - The Report of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling - Progressive Management. The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling - The Report of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling

This report by the Presidentially-appointed Oil Spill Commission, released in January 2011, provides authoritative, official findings on the causes and consequences of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, with proposals for comprehensive reforms of both government and industry practices to overhaul the U.S. approach to drilling safety and greatly reduce the chances of a similar, disaster.

Releasedatum: 2011-01-12 € 9,99
10. Voluntary Simplicity Second Revised Edition - Duane Elgin. Toward a Way of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich

“A manifesto for the only kind of future that promises sanity and the possibility of contentment. Bread and wine for the spirit.” —Sam Keen, author of Fire in the Belly Originally published in 1981 and hailed as the “bible” of the simplicity movement by The Wall Street Journal, Duane Elgin’s classic Voluntary Simplicity has been completely revised for our modern times. Elgin, who was honored in 2009 by The Ecologist, the U.K.’s leading environmental magazine, as one of ten importan...

Releasedatum: 2010-01-05 € 9,99
11. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs - Steve Brusatte. A New History of a Lost World

"THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY," hails Scientific American: A thrilling new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists. "A masterpiece of science writing." —Washington Post A New York Times Bestseller • Goodreads Choice Awards Winner • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Smithsonian, Science Friday, The Times (London), Popular Mechanics, Science News "This is scientific storytelling at its most visceral, striding with the beasts ...

Releasedatum: 2018-04-24 Genre:Wetenschap en natuur € 12,99
12. Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life - David R. Montgomery

Finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A call to action that underscores a common goal: to change the world from the ground up." —Dan Barber, author of The Third Plate For centuries, agricultural practices have eroded the soil that farming depends on, stripping it of the organic matter vital to its productivity. Now conventional agriculture is threatening disaster for the world’s growing population. In Growing a Revolution, geologist David R. Montgomery travel...

Releasedatum: 2017-05-09 € 9,49
13. The Worst of Times - Paul B. Wignall. How Life on Earth Survived Eighty Million Years of Extinctions

Unraveling the mystery of the catastrophic age of extinctions Two hundred sixty million years ago, life on Earth suffered wave after wave of cataclysmic extinctions, with the worst wiping out nearly every species on the planet. The Worst of Times delves into the mystery behind these extinctions and sheds light on the fateful role the primeval supercontinent, known as Pangea, might have played in causing these global catastrophes. Drawing on the latest discoveries as well as his own firsthand exp...

Releasedatum: 2015-09-29 Genre:Wetenschap en natuur € 16,99
14. Comfortably Unaware - Richard Oppenlander

In Comfortably Unaware , Dr. Richard Oppenlander tackles the crucial issue of global depletion as it relates to food choice. We should all be committed, he tells us, to understanding the reality and consequences of our diet, the footprint it makes on our environment, and seek food products that are in the best interest of all living things. His forthright information and stark mental images are often disturbing-and that's how it should be. As the guardians of Planet Earth, we need to be shaken o...

Releasedatum: 2012-11-13 € 3,99
15. Altrimenti siamo fottuti - Roger Hallam. Manifesto di disobbedienza civile. Per salvare i pianeta

«Extinction Rebellion è il movimento più importante e promettente della nostra epoca.» Greta Thunberg «Gli attivisti di Extinction Rebellion non stanno affatto chiedendo troppo. Chiedono il giusto.» Michael Stipe «Sono felice di unire la mia voce a questi giovani che hanno ispirato un movimento completamente nuovo.» Emma Thompson Dal cofondatore di Extinction Rebellion, la strategia per salvare il pianeta attraverso la disobbedienza civile «Migliaia di comuni...

Releasedatum: 2020-05-14 € 8,99
16. Climate Basics: Nothing to Fear - Rod Martin, Jr

#1 Weather Bestseller: 14 weeks! Afraid of the future? Don’t be. When we’re armed with the basic facts of climate, we can more easily spot the lies that the corrupt, corporate news media is trying to feed us. Some of those lies are huge. This small book gives us everything the layman needs to know about climate science. The warming alarmists attempt to frighten us with things like, - Global warming will result in more violent storms. - Global warming will give us more deserts and droughts. -...

Releasedatum: 2018-09-11 € 3,99
17. 21st Century Guide to Solar Power and Photovoltaics: Green Domestic Power from the Sun - Practical Information about Home Electricity, Water Heating, Panel and Cells, Solar Energy Financing - Progressive Management. Green Domestic Power from the Sun - Practical Information about Home Electricity, Water Heating, Panel and Cells, Solar Energy Financing

This ebook provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of solar energy and photovoltaic power, with practical advice and information on solar power systems for homes, farms, ranches, and businesses, along with extensive information about solar technologies and research - selecting residential rooftop electrical and water heating (solar thermal) systems and contractors, costs and benefits, more.

Releasedatum: 2010-11-10 € 9,99
18. 21st Century Ultimate Guide to Wind Energy: Wind Power Systems, Turbines, Small Wind Consumer Guide, Incentives for Development, Low and Large Wind, Plans and Programs, Siting and Other Issues - Progressive Management. Wind Power Systems, Turbines, Small Wind Consumer Guide, Incentives for Development, Low and Large Wind, Plans and Programs, Siting and Other Issues

This ebook provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of wind energy, with information on design, development, and financing, small wind power consumer guide for homeowners and businesses, federal government incentives for development, plans and programs, siting and environmental issues, and much more. Introduction to Wind Energy; Small Wind Electric Systems - U.S. Consumer's Guide; more.

Releasedatum: 2010-10-29 € 9,99
19. Parasite Rex - Carl Zimmer. Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures

Combining the literary sensibility of David Quammen with the scientific rigor of Stephen Jay Gould, Carl Zimmer reveals the power, danger, and beauty of the surprising creatures who dominate the earth: parasites. For centuries, parasites have lived in nightmares, horror stories, and the darkest shadows of science. In Parasite Rex , Carl Zimmer takes readers on a fantastic voyage into the secret universe of these extraordinary life-forms—which are not only among the most highly evolved on Earth...

Releasedatum: 2000-09-21 € 16,99
20. The Eternal Frontier - Tim Flannery. An Ecological History of North America and its Peoples

The Eternal Frontier leads the reader on a 65-million-year quest to understand the formation of North America. From the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous Period to the present day, Flannery explores America's history with keen insight and an extraordinary breadth of knowledge. Ultimately, human beings had to face the environmental vicissitudes of the continent, and Flannery's exploration of the ways in which we have coped makes for fascinating reading.

Releasedatum: 2007-05-03 € 9,49
21. Otros mundos - Thomas Halliday. Viaje por los ecosistemas extintos de la Tierra

*Entre los mejores libros de 2022 según The New York Times * *Finalista del Waterstones Book of the Year* Un apasionante viaje a los albores de la Tierra y un valioso testimonio de cómo la vida se impone incansablemente a la extinción. «Un viaje caleidoscópico y evocador. Halliday toma silenciosos registros fósiles y les da vida de manera desenfrenada, a todo color y en 3D». Andrea Wulf «Este libro de riquezas casi inimaginables bien podría ser el mejor de 2022». The Sunday Times ¿Có...

Releasedatum: 2022-05-12 Genre:Wetenschap en natuur € 9,99
22. 39 Ways to Save the Planet - Tom Heap

We got ourselves into this. Here's how we can get ourselves out. We know the problem: the amount of biodiversity loss, the scale of waste and pollution, the amount of greenhouse gas we pump into the air... it's unsustainable. We have to do something. And we are resourceful, adaptable and smart. We have already devised many ways to reduce climate change - some now proven, others encouraging and craving uptake. Each one is a solution to get behind. In 39 Ways to Save the Planet , Tom Heap reveals ...

Releasedatum: 2021-10-14 Genre:Wetenschap en natuur € 10,99
23. Prescriptions for the Climate Crisis - Simon Richards

When the fortunate among us feel very sick, we visit a doctor. If we are lucky, they will decide that the ailment is curable and issue us with a prescription. For some tablets, perhaps. Or something simpler, like rest. More often than not the problem goes away. Our planet is sick, according to the scientists of the IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Their prescription to humanity is clear: we must arrest the rising temperature of Earth’s surface, by reducing the concentration...

Releasedatum: 2021-05-23 Genre:Wetenschap en natuur € 0,99
24. How To Save Our Planet - Mark A. Maslin. The Facts

'Punchy and to the point. No beating around the bush. This brilliant book contains all the information we need to have in our back pocket in order to move forward' Christiana Figueres, Former Executive Secretary UN Climate Change Convention 'Amazing book' Chris Evans, Virgin Radio Breakfast Show 'Everyone should have this book' Rick Edwards, BBC Radio 5 Live 'A timely and important book, not only laying out the facts...but suggesting real solutions to the challenges facing us' Professor Alice Ro...

Releasedatum: 2021-05-06 Genre:Wetenschap en natuur € 8,49
25. The Ends of the World - Peter Brannen. Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions

‘A book about one apocalypse – much less five – could have been a daunting read, were it not for the wit, lyricism, and clarity that Peter Brannen brings to every page.’ Ed Yong, author of I Contain Multitudes Apocalypse, now? Death by fire, ice, poison gas, suffocation, asteroid. At five moments through history life on Earth was dragged to the very edge of extinction. Now, armed with revolutionary technology, scientists are uncovering clues about what caused these catastrophes. Deep-div...

Releasedatum: 2017-09-07 Genre:Wetenschap en natuur € 8,99
26. Zero Waste: Learning More about “Zero Waste” and Saying No to Plastics - Dueep Jyot Singh

Table of Contents Introduction Waking up to the Hazards of Plastic DIY projects– shopping bags Old Jeans Shopping Bag A bit about the Concept of Recycling Making a No Plastic Kitchen The idea of Bulk Buying No Plastic No Waste Home Meal Delivery System Making your own natural traditional containers – eating utensils – round the world trip! Calabash bowl Becoming a Zero Waste Zorro Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction Six years ago, the administration in our city decided that there ...

Releasedatum: 2019-02-17 € 2,99
27. Applied Tree Biology - Andrew Hirons & Peter A. Thomas

Many arborists learn tree work practices without fully understanding the biological and physiological principles behind them. However, outcomes for the health and longevity of trees are greatly improved when an arborist understands the science behind the care of tree root systems and crowns. In Applied Tree Biology , Drs. Hirons and Thomas draw upon their decades of experience in the laboratory, classroom, and the field – as well as the expertise of distinguished contributors to this volume ...

Releasedatum: 2017-11-07 € 77,99
28. Primate Change - Vybarr Cregan-Reid. How the world we made is remaking us

'A work of remarkable scope' - Guardian FT Best science books of 2018 Primate Change has been adapted into a radio series for the BBC WORLD SERVICE. * This is the road from climate change to primate change. PRIMATE CHANGE is a wide-ranging, polemical look at how and why the human body has changed since humankind first got up on two feet. Spanning the entirety of human history - from primate to transhuman - Vybarr Cregan-Reid's book investigates where we came from, who we are today and how modern...

Releasedatum: 2018-09-20 € 3,99
29. Fundamentals of Soil Ecology - David C. Coleman, Mac Callaham & D. A. Crossley, Jr.

Fundamentals of Soil Ecology, 3rd Edition, offers a holistic approach to soil biology and ecosystem function, providing students and ecosystem researchers with a greater understanding of the central roles that soils play in ecosystem development and function. The text emphasizes the increasing importance of soils as the organizing center for all terrestrial ecosystems and provides an overview of theory and practice in soil ecology, both from an ecosystem and evolutionary biology point of view. T...

Releasedatum: 2017-11-20 € 94,99
30. Inheritors of the Earth - Chris D. Thomas. How Nature Is Thriving in an Age of Extinction

It is accepted wisdom today that human beings have irrevocably damaged the natural world. Yet what if this narrative obscures a more hopeful truth? In Inheritors of the Earth , renowned ecologist and environmentalist Chris D. Thomas overturns the accepted story, revealing how nature is fighting back. Many animals and plants actually benefit from our presence, raising biological diversity in most parts of the world and increasing the rate at which new species are formed, perhaps to the highest le...

Releasedatum: 2017-07-06 Genre:Wetenschap en natuur € 9,49
31. Climate Change and the Health of Nations - Anthony McMichael. Famines, Fevers, and the Fate of Populations

When we think of climate change, we often picture man-made global warming, caused by greenhouse gas emissions. But natural climate change has occurred throughout human history, and populations have had to adapt to the climate's vicissitudes. Anthony McMichael, a renowned epidemiologist and a pioneer in the field of how human health relates to climate change, is the ideal person to tell this story. In Climate Change and the Health of Nations, McMichael shows how the natural environment has vast d...

Releasedatum: 2017-01-05 € 27,99
32. Ecology or Catastrophe - Janet Biehl. The Life of Murray Bookchin

Murray Bookchin was not only one of the most significant and influential environmental philosophers of the twentieth century--he was also one of the most prescient. From industrial agriculture to nuclear radiation, Bookchin has been at the forefront of every major ecological issue since the very beginning, often proposing a solution before most people even recognized there was a problem. Ecology or Catastrophe: The Life of Murray Bookchin is the first biography of this groundbreaking environment...

Releasedatum: 2015-09-01 € 43,99
33. Tundra-Taiga Biology - Robert M. M. Crawford

This book provides an integrated account of the biological, climatic and anthropological factors that affect the entire circum-polar tundra-taiga biome.

Releasedatum: 2013-11-21 € 84,99
34. Multiple Stable States in Natural Ecosystems - Peter Petraitis

Many natural systems such as coral reefs and tropical forests are undergoing rapid changes that appear without warning and seem irreversible. This book presents a clear and concise overview of the ecological theory that has been developed to explain these sudden changes and provides a number of compelling examples.

Releasedatum: 2013-04-25 € 54,99
35. Where Do Camels Belong? - Ken Thompson. The story and science of invasive species

Where do camels belong? In the Arab world may seem the obvious answer, but they are relative newcomers there. They evolved in North America, retain their greatest diversity in South America, and the only remaining wild dromedaries are in Australia. This is a classic example of the contradictions of 'native' and 'invasive' species, a hot issue right now, as the flip-side of biodiversity. We have all heard the horror stories of invasives, from Japanese knotweed that puts fear into the heart of gar...

Releasedatum: 2014-03-20 € 5,99
36. Heat - Bill Streever. Adventures in the World's Fiery Places

An adventurous ride through the most blisteringly hot regions of science, history, and culture. Melting glaciers, warming oceans, droughts-it's clear that today's world is getting hotter. But while we know the agony of a sunburn or the comfort of our winter heaters, do we really understand heat? A bestselling scientist and nature writer who goes to any extreme to uncover the answers, Bill Streever sets off to find out what heat really means. Let him be your guide and you'll firewalk across hot c...

Releasedatum: 2013-01-15 € 1,99
37. Environment, Power, and Society for the Twenty-First Century - Howard Odum. The Hierarchy of Energy

Howard T. Odum possessed one of the most innovative minds of the twentieth century. He pioneered the fields of ecological engineering, ecological economics, and environmental accounting, working throughout his life to better understand the interrelationships of energy, environment, and society and their importance to the well-being of humanity and the planet. This volume is a major modernization of Odum's classic work on the significance of power and its role in society, bringing his approach an...

Releasedatum: 2007-06-08 € 49,99
38. Essays on Life Itself - Robert Rosen

Compiling twenty articles on the nature of life and on the objective of the natural sciences, this remarkable book complements Robert Rosen's groundbreaking Life Itself —a work that influenced a wide range of philosophers, biologists, linguists, and social scientists. In Essays on Life Itself , Rosen takes to task the central objective of the natural sciences, calling into question the attempt to create objectivity in a subjective world and forcing us to reconsider where science can lead us in...

Releasedatum: 1999-11-23 € 45,99
39. Modern Shale Gas Development in the United States: A Primer - Geology, Regulations, Environmental Considerations, Hydraulic Fracturing, Protecting Groundwater, Pollution Threats, Impact to Land - Progressive Management. A Primer - Geology, Regulations, Environmental Considerations, Hydraulic Fracturing, Protecting Groundwater, Pollution Threats, Impact to Land

This up-to-date primer from the U.S. Department of Energy provides a comprehensive overview of shale gas production in the United States - including the use of hydraulic fracturing - and environmental protection issues, especially water resource management. The primer states, "Water and energy are two of the most basic needs of society. Our use of each vital resource is reliant on and affects the availability of the other. Water is needed to produce energy and energy is necessary to make water a...

Releasedatum: 2011-04-27 € 9,99
40. 21st Century Geothermal Technologies Program: Multi-Year Research, Development, and Demonstration Plan through 2025, Enhanced Geothermal Systems, Hydrothermal Fields, Reservoirs, Drilling - Progressive Management. Multi-Year Research, Development, and Demonstration Plan through 2025, Enhanced Geothermal Systems, Hydrothermal Fields, Reservoirs, Drilling

Geothermal resources are available across the United States at varying depths, providing a ubiquitous buried treasure of domestic renewable energy. Enormous amounts of hydrothermal geothermal energy is available in the western United States, but theoretically, geothermal sources are available across the United States. The key to being able to use geothermal energy is to find a way to enhance geothermal systems lacking key natural characteristics. Natural geothermal systems depend on three factor...

Releasedatum: 2011-02-22 € 9,99
41. 2011 Essential Guide to the BP Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: Report of the Presidential Commission, Plus Gulf Coast Recovery Planning and Resource Guides, Bird Care Response Plan - Progressive Management. Report of the Presidential Commission, Plus Gulf Coast Recovery Planning and Resource Guides, Bird Care Response Plan

This compendium of four federal documents provides coverage of the oil spill and the ongoing restoration of the gulf, with the text of the January 2011 Report of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, plus the Recovery Planning Checklist for Communities, the Recovery Resource Guide for the Gulf Coast, and Best Practices for Migratory Bird Care During Oil Spill Response. Book 1: This report by the Presidentially-appointed Oil Spill Commission, release...

Releasedatum: 2011-01-15 € 15,99
42. Hydrogen from Coal and Natural Gas: Research, Development, and Demonstration Program, Polygeneration, Production Pathways, FutureGen - Progressive Management. Research, Development, and Demonstration Program, Polygeneration, Production Pathways, FutureGen

This ebook reproduces two Energy Department publications: Hydrogen from Coal Program, Research, Development, and Demonstration Plan through 2016, and the Office of Fossil Energy Hydrogen Program Plan, Hydrogen from Natural Gas and Coal, the Road to a Sustainable Energy Future.

Releasedatum: 2010-12-22 € 9,99
43. 2011 Introduction to Wind Power and Wind Energy Systems: Practical Information about America's Wind Program, Turbines, Consumer Guide, Federal Incentives, Large and Small Systems - Progressive Management. Practical Information about America's Wind Program, Turbines, Consumer Guide, Federal Incentives, Large and Small Systems

This ebook provides practical information on wind energy, with information on design, development, and financing, small wind power consumer guide for homeowners and businesses, federal government incentives for development, plans and programs, siting and environmental issues, and much more. Introduction to Wind Energy; Small Wind Electric Systems - U.S. Consumer's Guide; more.

Releasedatum: 2010-10-29 € 7,99