9783540422082 - Mangrove Ecosystems: Function and Management (Environmental Science and Engineering) de Linneweber, Volker (11 resultados)

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Buch. Condición: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Protection of the environment has nowadays become a major challenge and a condi tion for survival of future human generations and life on Earth in general. Yet it is still far too much of a dream or hope rather than a reality in the policy of our societies. Presently we are experiencing an unprecedented exponential growth of demography combined with a race for profit, resulting in excessive consumption particularly of en ergy, and a serious impact on the world ecosystems. Various types of pollutants and emerging new diseases not only disrupt the normal course of life, but also above this some of the atmospheric pollutants are most likely involved in the changing climate. We fear and literally shiver at the thought that the 'changing climate' would ultimately disrupt the fragile thermodynamic equilibrium between the atmosphere and the oceans. Are we insensitive to these facts to the point of pushing our descendants, some genera tions ahead, into a new glacial period after a first period of warming up, at least, in northern Europe, like the one that took place 13 to 14 millennia ago Surely the planet's nature is not prepared to be dominated by man and will go its way, whether humanity will be alive or dead.

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Condición: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. The book presents in as organized manner as possible the state-of-the-art knowledge on the ecological and economic potential of the various types of mangrove ecosystemsIt is also an attempt to alert the authorities at the national and international leve.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Mangrove Ecosystems | Function and Management | Volker Linneweber | Buch | xxii | Englisch | 2002 | Springer | EAN 9783540422082 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Protection of the environment has nowadays become a major challenge and a condi tion for survival of future human generations and life on Earth in general. Yet it is still far too much of a dream or hope rather than a reality in the policy of our societies. Presently we are experiencing an unprecedented exponential growth of demography combined with a race for profit, resulting in excessive consumption particularly of en ergy, and a serious impact on the world ecosystems. Various types of pollutants and emerging new diseases not only disrupt the normal course of life, but also above this some of the atmospheric pollutants are most likely involved in the changing climate. We fear and literally shiver at the thought that the 'changing climate' would ultimately disrupt the fragile thermodynamic equilibrium between the atmosphere and the oceans. Are we insensitive to these facts to the point of pushing our descendants, some genera tions ahead, into a new glacial period after a first period of warming up, at least, in northern Europe, like the one that took place 13 to 14 millennia ago Surely the planet's nature is not prepared to be dominated by man and will go its way, whether humanity will be alive or dead.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 320 pp. Englisch.

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Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Protection of the environment has nowadays become a major challenge and a condi tion for survival of future human generations and life on Earth in general. Yet it is still far too much of a dream or hope rather than a reality in the policy of our societies. Presently we are experiencing an unprecedented exponential growth of demography combined with a race for profit, resulting in excessive consumption particularly of en ergy, and a serious impact on the world ecosystems. Various types of pollutants and emerging new diseases not only disrupt the normal course of life, but also above this some of the atmospheric pollutants are most likely involved in the changing climate. We fear and literally shiver at the thought that the 'changing climate' would ultimately disrupt the fragile thermodynamic equilibrium between the atmosphere and the oceans. Are we insensitive to these facts to the point of pushing our descendants, some genera tions ahead, into a new glacial period after a first period of warming up, at least, in northern Europe, like the one that took place 13 to 14 millennia ago Surely the planet's nature is not prepared to be dominated by man and will go its way, whether humanity will be alive or dead. 320 pp. Englisch.