human influence on nature

"Some of the world's most beautiful places are in danger of being lost to both natural and human-caused threats, but there may still be time to save them. This...book takes readers on a journey around the world, looking at some of the most at-risk places on our planet. Colorful photographs and accessible text help readers understand the problems at hand and what is being done to try to combat them. This informative volume focuses on key environmental issues and encourages readers to be globally conscious"--Amazon.com.

Aftermath population zero gives us a chance to see the effect of human beings by seeing how Earth would adapt without us.

"What is climate change? Why is it important? How can we help stop it? All these questions and more are discussed here, in this . . . look at climate change in the 21st century"--Provided by publisher.

Readers will learn about the role climate change plays in rising temperatures and what effects this will have on our planet.

Contains sixteen essays that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to the environment, discussing whether there is an environmental crisis, threats to the environment, and American environmental policies.

Explores climate change, including what it is, how it affects individuals, communities, and the world, and how to approach different perspectives about this issue.

A collection of twelve essays exploring various views on climate change and its effects on Earth's future. Includes a list of facts about climate change, contact information for related organizations, and color photographs.

A transcendent global tour that explores the sights and sounds of the human condition like nothing you've ever seen or felt before. These are the wonders of a world without words, viewed through man and nature's own prisms of symmetry and more.

"The more we study the world around us, the more living things we discover every day. The planet is full of millions of species of plants, birds, animals, and microbes, and every single one including us is part of a big, beautiful, complicated pattern. When humans interfere with parts of the pattern, by polluting the air and oceans, taking too much from the sea, and cutting down too many forests, animals and plants begin to disappear. What sort of world would it be if it went from having many types of living things to having just one?"--OCLC.

Discusses various natural disasters throughout history, which includes the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, along with man-made disasters such as acid rain, the human influence on the depletion of the Earth's natural resources, and other topics.