Saving the boat / Zoe Craig-Sparrow and Grace Nosek. Impatient Earth / John Harte and Robert Socolow -- Climate 1970-2020 / Tapio Schneider -- Politics and law / Elizabeth May -- Carbon / David Archer -- Everyday biodiversity / Jeffrey R. Smith and Gretchen C. Daily -- Energy / Elizabeth J. Wilson and Elias Grove Nielsen -- Forests / Sally N. Aitken -- Environmental economics / Don Fullerton -- Air / Jon Abbatt -- Geoengineering / Douglas G. MacMartin and Katharine L. Ricke -- Ice / Julian Dowdeswell -- Imagining Earth / Deborah McGregor -- Sea level rise, 1970-2070 : a view from the future / Robert E. Kopp -- Climate negotiations / Rosemary Lyster -- Weather / Neville Nicholls -- Knowing Earth / Sheila Jasanoff -- Fish / U. Rashid Sumaila and Daniel Pauly -- The global chemical experiment / Elsie Sunderland and Charlotte C Wagner -- Land / Navin Ramankutty and Hannah Wittman -- Oceans / David M. Karl -- Earth and plastic / Roland Geyer -- Fresh water / Janet G. Hering -- Media / Candis Callison -- Space Junk / Alice Gorman -- Saving the boat / Zoe Craig-Sparrow and Grace Nosek.
Summary:
"Earth 2020: An Insider's Guide to a Rapidly Changing Planet responds to a public increasingly concerned about the deterioration of Earth's natural systems, offering readers a wealth of perspectives on our shared ecological past, and on the future trajectory of planet Earth. Written by world-leading thinkers on the front-lines of global change research and policy, this multi-disciplinary collection maintains a dual focus: some essays investigate specific facets of the physical Earth system, while others explore the social, legal and political dimensions shaping the human environmental footprint. In doing so, the essays collectively highlight the urgent need for collaboration across diverse domains of expertise in addressing one of the most significant challenges facing us today."-- Publisher's website.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.