Departmental Acquisitions: 0-1 http://www.yoursite.com/http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508832Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508832http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507150Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507150http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508834Description: "Despite commitments to renewable energy and two decades of international negotiations, global emissions continue to rise. Coal, the most damaging of all fossil fuels, has actually risen from 25% to almost 30% of world energy use. And while European countries have congratulated themselves on reducing emissions, they have increased their carbon imports from China and other developing nations, who continue to expand their coal use. As standards of living increase in developing countries, coal use can only increase as well--and global temperatures along with it.In this hard-hitting book, Dieter Helm looks at how and why we have failed to tackle the issue of global warming and argues for a new, pragmatic rethinking of energy policy--from transitioning from coal to gas and eventually to electrification of transport, to carbon pricing and a focus on new technologies. Lucid, compelling and rigorously researched, this book will have a lasting impact on how we think about climate change"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508834http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504751Description: Devastating natural disasters have profoundly shaped human history, leaving us with a respect for the mighty power of the Earth, and a humbling view of our future. The author, a paleontologist and a geologist tells the harrowing human stories behind these catastrophic events. He describes in detail some of the most important natural disasters in history: the New Madrid, Missouri, earthquakes of 1811-1812 that caused church bells to ring in Boston; the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people; the massive volcanic eruptions of Krakatau, Mount Tambora, Mount Vesuvius, Mount St. Helens, and Nevado del Ruiz. His explanations of the forces that caused these disasters accompany accounts of terrifying human experiences and a staggering loss of human life. Floods that wash out whole regions, earthquakes that level a single country, hurricanes that destroy everything in their path, all are here to remind us of how little control we have over the natural world. Photographs and eyewitness accounts recall the devastation wrought by these events, and the people that are caught up in the Earth's relentless forces.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504751http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504752Description: This book provides a comprehensive and comprehensible history of China from prehistory to the present. Focusing on the interaction of humans and their environment, the author traces changes in the physical and cultural world that is home to a quarter of humankind. Through both word and image, this work illuminates the chaos and paradox inherent in China's environmental narrative, demonstrating how historically sustainable practices can, in fact, be profoundly ecologically unsound. The author also reevaluates China's traditional "heroic" storyline, highlighting the marginalization of nature that followed the spread of Chinese civilization while examining the development of a distinctly Chinese way of relating to and altering the environment. And also, he makes the compelling argument that all of humanity has a stake in China's environmental future.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504752http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507141Description: China's huge environmental challenges are significant for us all. They affect not only the health and well-being of China but the very future of the planet. In this trailblazing book, noted China specialist and environmentalist Judith Shapiro investigates China's struggle to achieve sustainable development against a backdrop of acute rural poverty and soaring middle class consumption. Using five core analytical concepts to explore the complexities of this struggle - the implications of globalization, the challenges of governance; contested national identity, the evolution of civil society and problems of environmental justice and equity - Shapiro poses a number of pressing questions: Do the Chinese people have the right to the higher living standards enjoyed in the developed world? Are China's environmental problems so severe that they may shake the government's stability, legitimacy and control? To what extent are China's environmental problems due to patterns of Western consumption? And in a world of increasing limits on resources and pollution "sinks," is it even possible to build an equitable system in which people enjoy equal access to resources without taking them from successive generations, from the poor, or from other species? China and the planet are at a pivotal moment; the path towards a more sustainable development model is still open. But - as Shapiro persuasively argues - making this choice will require humility, creativity, and a rejection of business as usual. The window of opportunity will not be open much longer.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507141http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503514Description: "This text examines the impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystems, past, present and future. It especially considers the interactions between climate change and other drivers of change including hydromorphological modification, nutrient loading, acid deposition and contamination by toxic substances using evidence from palaeolimnology, time-series analysis, space-for-time substitution, laboratory and field experiments and process modelling. The book evaluates these processes in relation to extreme events, seasonal changes in ecosystems, trends over decadal-scale time periods, mitigation strategies and ecosystem recovery.The book is also concerned with how aspects of hydrophysical, hydrochemical and ecological change can be used as early indicators of climate change in aquatic ecosystems and it addresses the implications of future climate change for freshwater ecosystem management at the catchment scale.This is an ideal book for the scientific research community, but is also accessible to Masters and senior undergraduate students"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503514http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503855Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503855http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503515Description: "This is a mind-changing manifesto about the environment, efficiency, and the real path to sustainability. Hybrid cars, fast trains, compact florescent lightbulbs, solar panels, carbon offsets: everything you've been told about being green is wrong. The quest for a breakthrough battery or a 100 mpg car are dangerous fantasies. We are consumers, and we like to consume greenly and efficiently. But David Owen argues that our best intentions are still at cross-purposes to our true goal: living sustainably while caring for our environment and the future of the planet. Efficiency, once considered the holy grail of our environmental problems, turns out to be part of the problem, one discovered in the late nineteenth century by a twenty-nine-year-old English economist named William Jevons. Efforts to improve efficiency only exacerbate the problems they are meant to solve, more than negating the environmental gains. We have little trouble turning increases in efficiency into increases in consumption. David Owen's elegant narrative, filled with fascinating information and anecdotes, takes you through the history of energy and the quest for efficiency. He introduces the reader to some of the smartest people working on solving our energy problems. He details the arguments of efficiency's proponents and its antagonists--and in the process overturns most traditional wisdom about being green. This is a book that will change how you look at the world. We are not waiting for some geniuses to invent our way out of the energy and economic crisis we're in. We already have the technology and knowledge we need to live sustainably. But will we do it? That is the conundrum"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503515http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503516Description: This introduction to the history of oil tells the story of how petroleum shaped human life since it was first discovered leaking inconspicuously from the soil. Leading environmental history specialist Brian C. Black connects the subsequent exploitation of petroleum to patterns in world history while tracing the intricate links between energy and people after 1850. --from publisher descriptionhttp://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503516http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503856Description: "Doing Environmental Ethics offers a way to face the earth's ecological crisis that draws on environmental science, economic theory, international law, and religious teachings, as well as philosophical arguments. It engages students in constructing ethical presumptions based on our duty (to other persons and species and also to ecosystems), our character (personal virtues), our relationships (with other persons and nature), and our rights (to sustainable development and a healthy environment). Then it tests these moral presumptions by predicting the likely consequences of acting on them"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503856http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503857Description: "Droughts are a major hazard to both natural and human-dominated environments and those, especially of long duration and high intensity, can be highly damaging and leave long-lasting effects. This book describes the climatic conditions that give rise to droughts, and their various forms and chief attributes. Past droughts are described including those that had severe impacts on human societies. As a disturbance, droughts can be thought of as "ramps" in that they usually build slowly and take time to become evident. As precipitation is reduced, flows from catchments into aquatic systems decline. As water declines in water bodies, ecological processes are changed and the biota can be drastically reduced, though species and populations may survive bu using refuges. Recovery from drought varies in both rates and in degrees of completeness and may be a function of both refuge availability and connectivity. This book reviews the rather scattered literature on the impacts of drought on the flora, fauna and ecological processes of aquatic ecosystems ranging from small ponds to lakes and from streams to estuaries. The effects of drought on the biota of standing waters and flowing waters and of temporary waters and perennial systems are described and compared. In addition, the ways in which human activity can exacerbate droughts are outlined. In many parts of the world especially in the mid latitudes, global warming may result in increases in the duration and intensity of droughts."--P. [4] of cover.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503857http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503517Description: Since the discovery of fire, humans have been energy users. And this is a good thing; our mastery of energy is what separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom and has allowed us to be the dominant species on the planet. However, this mastery comes with a price: we are changing our environment in a profoundly negative way by heating it up. Using one engaging story after another, coupled with accessible scientific facts, the author explores the history of energy use by humans over the centuries, gives a doubt-destroying proof that already-high levels of carbon dioxide are causing damaging global warming, and surveys the alternative energy options that are available to exploit right now. These new energy sources might well be the engines for economic growth in the twenty-first century.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503517http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503518Description: Argues that the biggest challenge to survival is faulty thinking about the environmental crises that are affecting the planet and offers "thought leap" that will transform one's eco-mind.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503518http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503858Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503858http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504753Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504753http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504754Description: Throughout history, cities in Europe and elsewhere have developed close relationships with nearby woodland areas. In some cases, cities have even developed - and in some cases are promoting - a distinct 'forest identity'. This book introduces the rich heritage of these city forests as cultural landscapes.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504754http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503519Description: From the Publisher: Over the past few years, devastating tsunamis off the coast of the Indian Ocean have killed hundreds of thousands of people. Even more alarmingly, scientists predict that these tsunamis, as well as a series of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, may eventually threaten Hawaii, California, and Oregon. The cause of this trinity of natural disasters is plate tectonics. Perhaps the greatest advance made in the field of earth science, the plate-tectonics theory argues that the surface of the Earth is broken into large plates, which change in size and position over time. The edges of these plates rub against each other, causing earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis that continue to inflict such intense destruction to the surface our planet. In Furnace of Creation, Cradle of Destruction, renowned scientist Roy Chester reveals the fascinating history of this discovery and tells the enigmatic story of one of the great mysteries of our time: how the surface of our planet was created and how it has evolved. From the early discoveries of Sir Francis Bacon to the beginnings of geology and the controversy surrounding the theory of continental drift, this impeccably researched book reveals the evolution of a vital scientific theory. Lucid and compelling, this book offers a long-awaited explanation of the underlying forces that shape our world.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503519http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503520Description: "The study of climate today seems to be dominated by global warming, but these predictions of climatic models must be placed in their geological, paleo-climatic, and astronomical context to create a complete picture of the Earth's future climate. The Future of the World's Climate presents that perspective with data and projections that have emerged from more technologically advanced and accurate climate modeling"--Publisher's website.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503520http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503521Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503521http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504755Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504755http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504756Description: "Book offers a condensed yet comprehensive survey of the science of weather: temperature, pressure, humidity, wind, pressure systems, fronts, storms, weather forecasts, cloud formation, weather tools, etc., with tables, a glossary, and illustrations to translate detailed technical information into terms that everyone can follow"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504756http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503859Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503859http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503860Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503860http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504757Description: "Captain Cook's Journals provide his vivid first-hand account of three extraordinary expeditions. These charted the entire coast of New Zealand and the east coast of Australia, and brought back detailed descriptions of Tahiti, Tonga and a host of, until then, unknown islands in the Pacific. The journals amply reveal the determination, courage and skill which enabled Cook to wrestle with the continuous dangers of uncharted seas and the problems of achieving a relationship with the peoples whose unannounced guest he became."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504757http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503861Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503861http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503863Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503863http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503864Description: "Urban and natural environments are often viewed as entirely separate entities -- human settlements as the domain of architects and planners, and natural areas as untouched wilderness. This dichotomy continues to drive decision-making in subtle ways, but with the mounting pressures of global climate change and declining biodiversity, it is no longer viable. New technologies are promising to provide renewable energy sources and greener designs, but real change will require a deeper shift in values, attitudes, and perceptions.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503864http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503865Description: "The large scale, practical uses of natural gas were initially introduced by innovators Joseph Pew and George Westinghouse for the steel and glass industries in Pittsburgh, and local gas companies evolved from individual wells to an interstate supply network acquired by Rockefeller's Standard Oil interests"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503865http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503866Description: Gwendolyn Waring wrote A Natural History of the Intermountain West to inform the naturalist in all of us about the wild world around us-with the idea that we crave a connection to the natural world to ground us and give us a sense of place-and about the endless evolution of plants and animals. While she describes many species throughout the chapters, her text is focused more on the profound processes that have shaped western ecosystems, based on a belief that understanding those processes is more meaningful than a list of names. The ways and the rapidity with which enormous ecosystems replace one another and sometimes even return as climates change are a magnificent testament to the tenacity of life. --http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503866http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507707Description: Presents profiles, photographs, satellite images, and maps for each country in the League of Arab States.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507707http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503867Description: Sequel to Barrow's boys.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503867http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508835Description: The ocean helps moderate climate change thanks to its considerable capacity to store COb2s, through the combined actions of ocean physics, chemistry, and biology. This storage capacity limits the amount of human-released COb2s remaining in the atmosphere. As COb2s reacts with seawater, it generates dramatic changes in carbonate chemistry, including decreases in pH and carbonate ions and an increase in bicarbonate ions. The consequences of this overall process, known as "ocean acidification", are raising concerns for the biological, ecological, and biogeochemical health of the world's oceans, as well as for the potential societal implications. This research level text is the first to synthesize the very latest understanding of the consequences of ocean acidification, with the intention of informing both future research agendas and marine management policy.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508835http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503527Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503527http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503522Description: " Oil Notes is about the excitement of the earth below us, the passing of time, and oil: where it is trapped, how it is discovered, and its gradual disappearance. Writing in the form of a journal, Rick Bass brings a lyric imagination to the oil geologist's craft, measuring people's short lives and relationships against the seemingly immutable history of the earth, showing mountains and forests that do not move while we are free to race across them, living our lives in the ultimate freedom of speed. To dig for oil is a way to dig deep into human experience, a kind of subterranean exploration of self. And nothing escapes this writer's eye or imagination. In lean, considered prose, Bass's essays and notes offer fascinating insights into the oil industry while skillfully painting the picture of a young man on the verge of adulthood. Oil Notes successfully conveys the excitement of possibility--a stimulating career, the pursuit of a wonderful woman, the beautiful mystery of the earth--that so addresses and captivates us in our own lives. Bass provides a new introduction for this edition reflecting how much--and how little--has changed since his youth in the oil industry"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503522http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507151Description: "Orogenesis, the process of mountain building, occurs when two tectonic plates collide--either forcing material upwards to form mountain belts such as the Alps or Himalayas or causing one plate to be subducted below the other, resulting in volcanic mountain chains such as the Andes. Integrating the approaches of structural geology and metamorphism, this book provides an up-to-date overview of orogenic research, and an introduction to the physico-chemical properties of mountain belts. Global examples are explored, the interactioning roles of temperature and deformation in the orogenic process are reviewed, and important new concepts such as channel flow are explained. This book provides a valuable introduction to this fast-moving field for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of structural geology, plate tectonics and geodynamics, and will also provide a vital overview of research for academics and researchers working in related fields including petrology, geochemistry and sedimentology."--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507151http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504760Description: "Imagine a planet almost exactly like ours, but with one crucial difference: it has no fossils. Call this imaginary planet Afossilia. Afossilia and Earth harbor the very same kinds of living things, from ferns to human beings to E. coli bacteria. Both planets have the same surface features and the same types of rocks. And both have experienced exactly the same evolutionary histories, with the same species evolving and going extinct at exactly the same time. We can even suppose that you and I have counterparts living on Afossilia -- that is, that there are people there who are exactly (or almost exactly) like us. Some Biblical literalists hold that God placed fossils in the rocks in order to test our faith in scripture. I invite you to join me now in thinking about a simple inversion of this familiar idea: what if God -- or if not God, then some more sinister spirit -- systematically removed all the fossils from the rocks just before (Afossilian) humans evolved and began to study the world around them. Afossilia has no fossilized footprints, leaf imprints, shells, pollen, teeth, bones, coprolites (fossilized feces), or any of the remains of ancient organisms that we on Earth can see on display in natural history museums. Suppose you had the opportunity to tour a major research university on Afossilia. There you would find physicists, cosmologists, astronomers, chemists, biochemists, and molecular biologists doing exactly the same things that scientists in those fields do here on Earth. But you would find no paleontologists on Afossilia -- no departments of paleontology or professional associations for paleontologists. A world without fossils must also be a world without paleontology ("the study of ancient beings"). "--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504760http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504761Description: Offers advice on planning public spaces in urban areas, discussing the positive effects that parks and gardens can have on cities and their residents; and covering design, maintenance, volunteers, public funding, and private donations; with a list of plants and other resources.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504761http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504762Description: This volume presents an introduction to the field of plate tectonics. Plate tectonics is a scientific theory which describes the large scale motions of Earth's rigid outermost shell. The authors begin with an historical introduction concerning early ideas of continental drift and Earth dynamics that leads into discussion and consideration of plate motions and geometry. This is followed by several chapters that define, describe in detail, and illustrate the various features, processes, and settings that comprise the plate tectonic realm: graben structures, passive continental margins, ocean basins, mid-ocean ridges, subduction zones, and transform faults. The remaining chapters deal with mountain-building processes as a consequence of plate tectonics and the collision of terranes and large continents. These chapters illuminate plate tectonic processes from the early history of the Earth to the present.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504762http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503523Description: Journalist Klare describes the impact the coming shortage of natural resources will have on the future of the human race.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503523http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503868Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503868http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503869Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503869http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503870Description: A collection of essays in which the author describes her attempts to learn about the people, places, spaces, and natural landscapes of Alaska.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503870http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507709Description: A MacArthur Fellow presents a surprising perspective on Noah's Flood and how the mystery of the Bible's greatest story shaped geology.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507709http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503524Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503524http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504764Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504764http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504765Description: "Lavishly illustrated in color, this textbook takes an applied approach to introduce undergraduate students to the basic principles of structural geology. The book provides unique links to industry applications in the upper crust, including petroleum and groundwater geology, which highlight the importance of structural geology in exploration and exploitation of petroleum and water resources. Topics range from faults and fractures forming near the surface to shear zones and folds of the deep crust. Students are engaged through examples and parallels drawn from practical everyday situations, enabling them to connect theory with practice. Containing numerous end-of-chapter problems, e-learning modules, and with stunning field photos and illustrations, this book provides the ultimate learning experience for all students of structural geology"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504765http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507139Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507139http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504766Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504766http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504767Description: More than 200 million years ago, a cataclysm known as the Permian extinction destroyed nearly 97 percent of all living things. Its origins have long been a puzzle. Paleontologist Ward, fresh from helping prove that an asteroid had killed the dinosaurs, turned to the Permian problem, and he has come to a stunning conclusion: that the near-total devastation at the end of the Permian period was caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide leading to climate change. The story of the discovery makes for a globe-spanning adventure. Here, Ward explains how the Permian extinction as well as four others happened, and describes the freakish oceans--belching poisonous gas--and sky--slightly green and always hazy--that would have attended them. Those ancient upheavals demonstrate that the threat of climate change cannot be ignored, lest the world's life today--ourselves included--face the same dire fate.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504767http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503525Description: Running from southern West Virginia through eastern Ohio, across central and northeast Pennsylvania, and into New York through the Southern Tier and the Catskills, the Marcellus Shale formation underlies a sparsely populated region that features striking landscapes, critical watersheds, and a struggling economic base. It also contains one of the world's largest supplies of natural gas, a resource that has been dismissed as inaccessible until recently. Technological developments that combine horizontal drilling with hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") have removed physical and economic barriers to extracting hundreds of trillions of cubic feet of gas from bedrock deep below the Appalachian basin. Beginning in 2006, the first successful Marcellus gas wells by Range Resources, combined with a spike in the value of natural gas, spurred a modern-day gold rush, a "gas rush", with profound ramifications for environmental policy, energy markets, political dynamics, and the lives of the people living in the Marcellus region. This book is a journalistic overview of shale gas development and the controversies surrounding it. Control over drilling rights is at stake in the heart of Marcellus country, northeast Pennsylvania and central New York. The decisions by landowners to work with or against the companies, and the resulting environmental and economic consequences, are scrutinized by neighbors faced with similar decisions, by residents of cities whose water supply originates in the exploration area, and by those living across state lines with differing attitudes and policies concerning extraction industries. Here the author gives a voice to all constituencies, including farmers and landowners tempted by the prospects of wealth but wary of the consequences, policymakers struggling with divisive issues, and activists coordinating campaigns based on their respective visions of economic salvation and environmental ruin. He describes a landscape in which the battle over the Marcellus ranges from the very local, yard signs proclaiming landowners' allegiances for or against shale gas development, to often conflicting municipal, state, and federal legislation intended to accelerate, delay, or discourage exploration. For millions of people with a direct stake in shale gas exploration in the Marcellus or any number of other emerging shale resources in the United States and worldwide, or for those concerned about the global energy outlook, this book offers a look at the issues.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503525http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504768Description: "This handbook presents 10 years of research on contaminants affecting lands and waters within heavily urbanized. It integrates research and professional practice from the fields of environmental geology, geochemistry, risk analysis, hydrology, and urban planning and offers knowledge on improving watershed management practices and urban development. It explains different aspects of urban land and water contamination; including sources, extents, and risks. The text includes case studies on successful and unsuccessful approaches to contaminant remediation, as well as practical methods for environmental risk assessment"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504768http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504769Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504769http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507152Description: "The ground beneath our feet may seem safe and solid, but earthquakes, volcanic blasts and other hazardous natural phenomena leave us in no doubt that this isn't the case. The Earth is a dynamic planet of shifting tectonic plates that is responsive to change, particularly when there is a dramatic climate transition. We know that at the end of the last Ice Age, as the great glaciers disappeared, the release in pressure allowed the crust beneath to bounce back. At the same time, staggering volumes of melt water poured into the ocean basins, warping and bending the crust around their margins. The resulting tossing and turning provoked a huge resurgence in volcanic activity, seismic shocks, and monstrous landslides -- the last both above the waves and below. The frightening truth is that temperature rises expected this century are in line with those at the end of the Ice Age. All the signs, warns geophysical hazard specialist Bill McGuire, are that unmitigated climate change due to human activities could bring about a comparable response. Using evidence accumulated from studies of the recent history of our planet, and gleaned from current observations and modeling, he argues convincingly that we ignore at our peril the threats that presented by climate change and the waking giant beneath our feet."--Cover.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507152http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503871Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503871http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503872Description: It was with the Colorado River that engineers first learned to control great rivers. But now the Colorado"s reservoirs are two-thirds empty. Great rivers like the Indus and the Nile, the Rio Grande and the Yellow River are running on empty. And economists say that by 2025, water scarcity will cut global food production by more than the current U.S. grain harvest. Veteran science correspondent Fred Pearce traveled to more than thirty countries while researching When the Rivers Run Dry; it is our most complete portrait yet of the growing world water crisis. Deftly weaving together the complicated scientific, economic, and historical dimensions of the crisis, he shows us its complex origins, from waste to wrong-headed engineering projects to high-yield crop varieties that have kept developing countries from starvation but are now emptying their water reserves. And Pearce"s vivid reportage reveals the personal stories behind failing rivers, barren fields, desertification, water wars, floods, and even the death of cultures. Finally, Pearce argues that the solution to the growing worldwide water shortage is not more and bigger dams but greater efficiency and a new water ethic based on managing the water cycle for maximum social benefit rather than narrow self-interest.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503872http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503526Description: Environmental articles from the Berkshire encyclopedia of world history, 2nd ed.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503526