The Silicon Cycle: Human Perturbations and Impacts on Aquatic Systems
by Venugopalan Ittekkot Publisher Comments
Silicon is among the most abundant elements on earth. It plays a key but largely unappreciated role in many biogeochemical processes, including those that regulate climate and undergird marine food webs. The Silicon Cycle is the first book in more... (read more)
High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health
by Elizabeth Grossman Publisher Comments
The Digital Age was expected to usher in an era of clean production, an alternative to smokestack industries and their pollutants. But as environmental journalist Elizabeth Grossman reveals in this penetrating analysis of high tech manufacture and... (read more)
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The World's Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (World's Water)
by Peter H Gleick Publisher Comments
Produced biennially, The World's Water provides a timely examination of the key issues surrounding freshwater resources and their use. Each new volume identifies and explains the most significant current trends worldwide, and offers the best data... (read more)
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