The Nature Embedded Mind
'I love the important and empowering message of psychotherapist Julie Brams' new book The Nature-Embedded Mind. Her profound work offers us the first step in addressing the escalating, converging eco-disasters now happening on our planet.' Linda Buzzell, LMFT, Co-editor, Healing with Nature in Mind (Sierra Club Books) Researcher/Writer, College Educator at Pacifica Graduate Institute Featured in Huffington Post on Ecopsychology and Ecotherapy The Nature Embedded Mind explores some of the most vital questions our culture is facing, regarding the broken relationship between humans and nature. Our persistent and shared delusion that we are different from the rest of nature is at the heart of why we behave in ways that destroy our own habitat. Focusing on our personal and collective beliefs, The Nature Embedded Mind shows how we can begin healing the most important relationship we have, our relationship with Earth. These pages combine the latest scientific research, personal stories, and writing prompts that will allow you to expand your own thinking. Challenging Western psychology, this book aims to prioritize its offered repair as the new foundation for mental health and social wellness.
Before It's Gone
This "stunning call to action to save ourselves and all life on the planet" (Booklist), in the vein of This Changes Everything and Saving Us, effortlessly demonstrates how climate change is affecting America right now. Discussion of the climate crisis has always suffered from a problem of abstraction. Data points and warnings of an overheated future struggle to break through the noise of everyday life. Deniers often portray climate solutions as inconvenient, expensive, and unnecessary. And many politicians, cloistered by status and focused always on their next election, do not yet see climate as a winning issue in the short run. But climate change is here whether we want to pay attention or not. CBS News national correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti has personally witnessed that crisis unfold, spending nearly two decades reporting across the United States (and the world) documenting the people, communities, landmarks, and traditions we've already surrendered. Vigliotti shares with urgency and personal touch the story of an America on the brink. This "page-turning tour de force" (Steve Brusatte, New York Times bestselling author) traces Vigliotti's travels across the country, taking him to the frontlines of climate disaster and revealing the genuine impacts of climate change that countless Americans have already been forced to confront. From massive forest fires in California to hurricanes in Louisiana, receding coastlines in Massachusetts and devastated fisheries in Alaska, we learn that warnings of a future impacted by climate are no more; the climate catastrophe is already here.
Rocky Mountain Tree Finder
Identify native trees of the Rocky Mountain regions of southwestern Canada and the western United States with this pocket-size guide.You can appreciate and enjoy beautiful native trees of the Rocky Mountains! If you're curious about the trees that you see, then the Rocky Mountain Tree Finder by Tom Watts and Bridget Watts is just what you need. With the handy, easy-to-use booklet, you can identify trees in the Rocky Mountain regions of western North America.The book provides a dichotomous key to identifying native trees. Simply answer a series of simple questions about the location, appearance, branches, needles/leaves, and more. Along the way, Tom's professional illustrations help to guide you to a positive identification.This guide is applicable to the mountain regions of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, as well as Alberta and British Columbia.Book Features: Step-by-step guide to tree identificationMore than 90 species of treesProfessional line illustrations with key markings for identificationSmall format that fits into a pocket or pack
Great Misconceptions
The term rewilding has become part of the common vernacular and with it has come a lot of misunderstanding and even misuse. This has led to a great many misconceptions about what the word actually means. Great Misconceptions brings together different writers, with different experiences, exploring some of those misconceptions, misunderstandings and myths when it comes to what rewilding means to them.The book boasts an impressive team of writers covering a varied mix of important topics. This is a book to inform, provoke thought and debate and stimulate conversation about rewilding conservation.
The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue
A riveting and elegant story of climate change on one city street, full of surprises and true stories of human struggle and dying local trees - all against the national backdrop of 2023's record heat domes and raging wildfires and, simultaneously, rising hopes for clean energy. In 2023, author and activist Mike Tidwell decided to keep a record for a full year of the growing impacts of climate change on his one urban block right on the border with Washington, DC. A love letter to the magnificent oaks and other trees dying from record heat waves and bizarre rain, Tidwell's story depicts the neighborhood's battle to save the trees and combat climate change: The midwife who builds a geothermal energy system on the block, the Congressman who battles cancer and climate change at the same time, and the Chinese-American climate scientist who wants to bury billions of the world's dying trees to store their carbon and help stabilize the atmosphere. The story goes beyond ailing trees as Tidwell chronicles people on his block coping with Lyme disease, a church with solar panels on its roof and floodwater in its basement, and young people anguishing over whether to have kids -all in the same neighborhood and all against the backdrop of 2023's record global temperatures and raging wildfires and hurricanes. Then there's Tidwell himself who explores the ethical and scientific questions surrounding the idea of "geoengineering" as a last-ditch way to save the world's trees - and human communities everywhere - by reflecting sunlight away from the planet. No book has told the story of climate change this way: hyper-local, full of surprises, full of true stories of life and death in one neighborhood. The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue is a harrowing and hopeful proxy for every street in America and every place on Earth.
Ecosystem Services and Urban Green Spaces
Urban ecosystems, which host most of the global population, are dynamic and multifaceted systems subject to continuous transformation. Within these ecosystems, green spaces, encompassing urban horticulture, cemeteries, urban forests, and nature-based solutions, serve as critical components for enhancing the well-being of urban residents. These green spaces provide a wide array of ecosystem services (ESs) vital for sustainable urban living. To ensure the continued provision of these services, it is imperative to map and assess them systematically. In addition, it is essential to critically analyze and refine policy frameworks, governance structures, and urban planning strategies that support the management and enhancement of these services. This Special Issue is dedicated to the mapping and assessment of urban ecosystem services, with a focus on the planning of urban green spaces to optimize the delivery of these services. It will also explore the formulation of coherent policy approaches regarding and strengthening governmental oversight of green spaces. Furthermore, it examines the dynamics of collaborative governance arrangements related to urban green spaces and investigates the use of innovative policy tools (such as living labs) for the establishment and enhancement of ecosystem services in urban settings.
The Role of the Community in Coastal Erosion Management, Ka-Nyaka Island
Orchard Management under Climate Change
Climate is one of the most important limiting factors for fruit production, and climate change affects a range of physiological processes in fruit tree species, such as their phenological stages, bud dormancy and bud burst, pollination and fruiting, growth and fruit quality. Research shows that erratic weather events such as extreme heat, drought and sudden frost are responsible for stress in fruit trees, which can negatively affect fruit quality, sugar content, acidity and overall flavor. In a warming world, orchards face a range of environmental challenges that affect growth and productivity. Farmers need to adapt to protect their crops from the effects of climate change in this scenario. Fruit trees pose unique adaptation challenges for growers. Likewise, researchers are facing an increasing demand for studies on this topic to find solutions for managing orchards under changing climatic conditions and extreme weather events. Because of the importance of the topic, ongoing studies should be encouraged and shared quickly so that readers can find approaches and results that address their questions. Climate change is a very topical and relevant issue for orchard management and is addressed in various ways in this Reprint. Contributions cover sustainable cultural practices in different orchards under different climatic conditions, as well as long-term studies on the effects of global warming on grapevines.
Development of Landslide Risk Maps in the Rif Mountains of Morocco
Dreams of Presence
Throughout the twentieth century, the question of culture was a central pillar of social scientific thought. Today, however, the concept has disappeared from the academic landscape. Despite pressing political debates about culture wars, identity politics, cultural appropriation, and nativism, the concept of culture is no longer seen as a credible explanatory tool.Dreams of Presence provides a novel theoretical approach to the question of culture and will be of use to geographers, anthropologists, sociologists, and social theorists grappling to understand why culture continues to be a dominant political force in our contemporary world. Drawing on Heidegger, Levinas, Derrida, and Zizek, Mitch Rose provides an existential, rather than sociological, account of culture, conceptualizing it as a refuge where subjects endeavour to establish ownership over a life that perpetually eludes them. The book argues that culture is a claim; not something subjects ever have but something they desire; not something properly present but a dream of presence: an imagination of identity we cultivate, care for, and materially build in order to assure ourselves that we are sovereign, self-standing beings.
Learning from Covid-19 for Climate-Ready Urban Transformation
Volcanoes in Human History
The classic account of how volcanism has shaped human culture and science, from the Bronze Age eruption that destroyed Minoan Crete to Mount St. Helens When the volcano Tambora erupted in Indonesia in 1815, as many as one hundred thousand people perished from the blast and ensuing famine. Gases and dust particles ejected into the atmosphere changed weather patterns around the world, resulting in the infamous "year without a summer" in North America, food riots in Europe, and a widespread cholera epidemic. And the gloomy weather inspired Mary Shelley to write the gothic novel Frankenstein. This panoramic book tells the story of nine such epic volcanic events, explaining the related geology and exploring the myriad ways our planet's volcanism has affected human history.
Learning from Covid-19 for Climate-Ready Urban Transformation
Environmental and Social Justice Issues
This book uses a declarative mapping methodology to examine a range of issues relating to environmental and social justice issues, including climate change, homelessness, refugees, food insecurity, and racial and gender inequality.
When Humans Nearly Vanished
The fascinating true story of the explosion of the Mount Toba supervolcano--the Earth's largest eruption in the past 28 million years--and its lasting impact on Earth and human evolution Some 73,000 years ago, the huge dome of Mount Toba, in today's Sumatra, Indonesia, began to rumble. A deep vibration shook the entire island. Jets of steam and ash emanated from the summit, followed by an explosion louder than any sound heard by Homo sapiens since our species evolved on Earth. The eruption of the Toba supervolcano released the energy of a million tons of explosives; seven hundred cubic miles of magma spewed outward in an explosion forty times larger than the largest hydrogen bomb and more than a thousand times as powerful as the Krakatau eruption in 1883. So much ash and debris was injected into the stratosphere that it partially blocked the sun's radiation and caused global temperatures to drop by five to nine degrees. It took a full decade for Earth to recover to its pre-eruption temperatures. When Humans Nearly Vanished presents the controversial argument that the Toba catastrophe nearly wiped out the human race, leaving only about a thousand to ten thousand breeding pairs of humans worldwide. Human genes today show evidence of a "genetic bottleneck," an effect seen when a population of organisms becomes so small that their genetic diversity is greatly reduced. This group of survivors could be the ancestors of all humans alive today. Donald R. Prothero explores the geological and biological evidence supporting the Toba bottleneck theory; reveals how the explosion itself was discovered; and offers insight into how the world changed afterward and what might happen if such an eruption occurred today. Prothero's riveting account of this calamitous supervolcanic explosion is not to be missed.
The Living Mountain
"In a world of self-help, this is true inspiration, deeply admirable without the distance of heroism, bracing without stridency and, ultimately, generous. The mountain, Shepherd tells us, is 'a corrective of glib assessment.' So is its book." --The New York Times Book Review An internationally bestselling classic on the power of the natural world--"part memoir, part field notebook, part lyrical meditation on nature and our relationship with it, evocative of Rachel Carson and Henry Beston and John Muir" (Maria Popova, The New York Times). This masterpiece of nature writing by Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into "the high and holy places" of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world of spectacular cliffs, deep silences, and lakes so clear that they cannot be imagined. As she walks through clouds, endures blizzards, and watches the great spirals of eagles in flight, Shepherd comes to know something about the hidden life of this remarkable landscape--and also herself. The Living Mountain is the result of one woman's lifetime spent in search of the essential nature of the wild world around her. Composed during World War II, Shepherd's manuscript lay untouched for almost four decades, nearly lost to time, before it was finally published. In the decades since, audiences and critics of all generations have embraced it as a classic, an enduring testament to the magnificence of mountains and our communion with the environment.
Sensors and Advanced Sensing Techniques for Computer Vision Applications
This is a reprint of the Special Issue on "Sensors and Advanced Sensing Techniques for Computer Vision Applications" aims to address many topics related to the challenging problems of computer vision and pattern recognition in conjunction with the emerging field of deep learning and remote sensing. As a result of the open call for papers, papers related to deep learning, neural networks, and soft computing have been accepted after a rigorous peer review process and assessed for their technical merit and relevance. The featured articles cover applications in the following fields: Deep learning for 2D/3D object recognition and classification; Autonomous navigation and robotic agents; Data augmentation in computer vision; Image fusion, segmentation, and classification from different sensors; Parallel Machine Learning; Photogrammetry and 3D point clouds; Multidisciplinary applications of deep learning, pattern recognition, and computer vision for driving assisting systems and aircraft industry.This reprint could serve as a valuable handbook for engineers being able to work on interdisciplinary topics and integrate technologies that eventually converge.
Groundwater Pollution
At present, the prevention of groundwater pollution is of paramount importance as this resource is decreasing globally. To achieve this goal, the sources and mechanisms of pollution must be identified by scientists and engineers, taking advantage of the technology evolution. This alone, however, is not enough; knowledge about this issue needs to be disseminated. This is the purpose of this Special Issue, "Groundwater Pollution: Sources, Mechanisms, and Prevention". This Reprint presents synchronous and innovative methods and techniques developed worldwide in the field of groundwater pollution. Eleven papers were published focusing on monitoring, remote sensing, simulation and optimization, human health risk assessment, climate change impact, and remediation. The contribution of the published manuscripts is not limited to their results but extends to proposals for further research and future improvements.
Rainfall-Induced Landslides
Rainfall of different intensities is the main factor triggering both shallow and deep-seated landslides. Research on this issue covers the physical mechanism of landslide occurrence, the relationship between rainfall intensity and landslide incidence, the construction and optimization of landslide models, and risk assessment models of landslide hazards. These studies provide a new perspective and method for understanding and coping with rainfall-induced landslides.
The Trees Around You
A visually rich, comprehensive, and entertaining field guide to identifying common urban tree species in the Pacific Northwest User-friendly organization, hand-drawn illustrations, and 1,400-plus photos of bark, flowers, leaves, and more to clarify, compare, and contrast species Covers 350 of the most common native and nonnative urban tree species Creative, engaging descriptions make tree identification fun and rewarding Tree educator, cohost of the podcast Completely Arbortrary, and arborist Casey Clapp shares his knowledge and enthusiasm in this first ever field guide to focus on the most common urban tree species in the Pacific Northwest. Clapp's innovative Stepwise Journey guides readers through key clues for tree identification, while line drawings, a calendar of flowering times, and over 1,400 photos provide clear visual references. He describes 350 native and nonnative species, including common and scientific names; physical descriptions of the form, bark, leaves, fruit, and cones; notes on where to look for specific species; and distinguishing characteristics of related trees. Whether you're new to tree identification or a lifelong nature lover, with Clapp as your guide you'll have the tools and know-how to identify the trees you see every day.
Austrian Health Resorts and the bitter waters of Hungary. Reprintedfrom "The Times," with large additions.
Gesammelte Werke
Wilhelm B繹lsche (1861/1939) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Obwohl die meisten Schriften B繹lsches naturwissenschaftliche Themen behandeln, war er kein Naturwissenschaftler, sondern er hat als Schriftsteller naturwissenschaftliche Themen popularisiert: Als ein fachkundiger Laie schrieb B繹lsche f羹r Laien. Inhalt: - Eiszeit und Klimawechsel (1919) - Drachen: Sage und Naturwissenschaft (1929)
Agriculture and Water Management Under Climate Change
This book analyzes how major events such as the recent pandemic crisis, wars around the world and climate change, have affected agricultural production and the direct food supply. In this sense, human nutrition will never be off the agenda. The book provides information and guidelines for both practitioners and decision-makers about important developments in the use of agriculture, soil and water resources for agricultural purposes, including the effective and efficient use of soil and water resources where agricultural production, increasing water productivity, the use of modern technology and digitalization for this purpose. Accordingly, a number of chapters have been prepared by experts in the field, covering a variety of the above-mentioned objectives.
Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Volume 3 Issue 2, 2024
This open access book provides an overview of the progress in landslide research and technology and is part of a book series of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). The book provides a common platform for the publication of recent progress in landslide research and technology for practical applications and the benefit for the society contributing to the Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020, which is expected to continue up to 2030 and even beyond to globally promote the understanding and reduction of landslide disaster risk, as well as to address the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals.This is an open access book.
Geomorphology in the Digital Era
Recent technological advancements have revolutionised earth sciences and geomorphology in general. In this current reprint, new tools, technical approaches, and methods were evaluated and presented. Authors analysed various techniques from remote sensing satellites to proxy-remote sensing using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles equipped with very high-precision sensors. The authors emphasised the importance of incorporating new emerging technologies into geomorphological studies.
ESG Reporting Manual
Are you struggling to navigate the complex landscape of ESG compliance? Do you fear falling victim to allegations of green or social-washing while also striving to deliver value for your shareholders? Look no further. Our ESG Reporting Manual offers 500+ legal tips and tricks, presented in a practical step-by-step format, to help your organization meet its reporting obligations and achieve success. Written by a seasoned business owner with decades of experience, this manual is your ultimate guide to navigating the complexities of ESG legislation with confidence. Don't let confusion hold you back any longer - let our manual guide you towards compliance and growth.
Classical Mechanics in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
This advanced text links classical mechanics to geophysical fluid dynamics, as with the precession of the earth, oceanic tides, and the retreat of the moon from the earth owing to the tidal friction. Now with a new chapter on gravity waves and more on geophysical fluid dynamics.
The Fabulous Ordinary
Georgann Eubanks offers readers a tour of the seasonal joys of ecosystems in the Southeast. The ordinary destinations and events she explores are scattered across seven states and include such wonders as a half-million purple martins roosting on an island in a South Carolina lake, the bloom of thirty acres of dimpled trout lilies in a remote Georgia forest, gnat larvae that glow like stars on the rock walls of an obscure Alabama canyon, and the overnight accumulation of elaborately patterned moths on the side of a North Carolina mountain cabin.These phenomena and others reveal how plants, mammals, amphibians, and insects are managing to persevere despite pressures from human invasion, habitat destruction, and climate change. Their stories also shine a light on the efforts of dedicated scientists, volunteers, and aspiring young naturalists who are working to reverse losses and preserve the fabulous ordinary that's still alive in the fields, forests, rivers, and coastal estuaries of this essential and biodiverse region.
Phenology
On the timing of seasonal activity in plants and animals, the impact of climate change, and what each of us, as everyday phenologists, can do to help. Phenology is all about timing--when trees leaf out, flowers bloom, birds migrate, animals bear young and hibernate--and it is everywhere around us. This handy companionable volume shows how we are all phenologists in our own way, and how the everyday science can help us make sense of the changing seasons and our changing world. Explaining how the phenomenon of phenology is threaded through our daily lives, Theresa Crimmins points to events that occur on an annual basis in plants' and animals' lives in response to fluctuations in daylength, temperatures, and rainfall patterns. She also covers less visible seasonal events, such as when roots typically begin to grow or when mushrooms release their spores. On a more urgent note, Phenology describes how this seasonal activity is being affected by rapidly changing climate conditions--and why this matters. Consequently, the book invites readers to participate in documenting the timing of seasonal life cycle events--for the practice's real benefits to mental health, but also for the good of the environment, as the data gathered can be directly helpful in supporting climate change action.
Close to Home
An award-winning natural-history writer presents "the perfect mix of science and story" (Sy Montgomery), opening the door to the nature that thrives in our yards, gardens, and parks: "I couldn't put it down" (Doug Tallamy). We all live on nature's doorstep, but we often overlook it. From backyards to local parks, the natural places we see the most may well be the ones we know the least. In Close to Home, biologist Thor Hanson shows how retraining our eyes reveals hidden wonders just waiting to be discovered. In Kansas City, migrating monarch butterflies flock to the local zoo. In the Pacific Northwest, fierce yellowjackets placidly sip honeydew, unseen in the treetops. In New England, a lawn gone slightly wild hosts a naturalist's life's work. And in the soil beneath our feet, remedies for everything from breast cancer to the stench of skunks lie waiting for someone's searching shovel. Close to Home is a hands-on natural history for any local patch of Earth. It shows that we each can contribute to science and improve the health of our planet. And even more, it proves that the wonders of nature don't lie in some far-off land: they await us, close to home.
