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Human and human-mediated species dispersals through time : introduction and overview / Nicole Boivin -- Carnivore guilds and the impact of hominin dispersals / Margaret E. Lewis -- Pleistocene hominin dispersals, naive faunas and social networks / Robin Dennell -- Hominins on the move : an assessment of anthropogenic shaping of environments in the palaeolithic / Michael D. Petraglia -- Reconceptualising the palaeozoogeography of the sahara and the dispersal of early -- Modern humans / Nick A. Drake & Roger Blench -- Coastlines, marine ecology, and maritime dispersals in human history / Jon Erlandson -- Breaking down barriers : pre/historic dispersals across island Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia / Tim Denham -- The last great migration : human colonisation of the remote Pacific islands / Terry Hunt and Carl P. Lipo -- Dispersals, connectivity and indigeneity in Arabian prehistory / Remy Crassard & Lamya Khalidi -- Reconstructing migration trajectories using ancient DNA / Greger Larson -- Out of the Fertile Crescent : the dispersal of domestic livestock through Europe and Africa / Melinda A. Zeder -- Adapting crops, landscapes, and food choices : patterns in the dispersal of -- Domesticated plants across Eurasia / Dorian Fuller and Leilani Lucas -- Tracing the initial diffusion of maize in North America / Bruce D. Smith -- Proto-globalisation and biotic exchange in the Old World / Nicole Boivin -- Invasive eusocieties : commonalities between ants and humans / Patrizia d'Ettorre -- Species dispersions in time, space, and mind : the invasive aliens in context / Marcus Hall -- Disease dispersals in human history at multiple time scales / Mark Achtman -- Early malarial infections and the first epidemiological transition / James L.A. Webb, Jr -- The globalisations of disease / Monica Green -- Modern day population, pathogen and pest dispersals / Andrew J. Tatem.

"What do fishing with an otter, sitting atop a mountain at dawn with eighty Taiwanese backpackers, and driving home from Aldo Leopold's Shack have to say about the evolution of a personal environmental philosophy? Essays to My Daughter on Our Relationship With the Natural World provides a series of reflections by an environmental educator about lessons learned from time spent in nature. Originally conceived as personal letters to the author's daughter, this collection presents ethical questions outdoor enthusiasts regularly face as they work and play in the natural world. The essays in this book explore environmentalism in a modern-day context, with topics including sustainability education, the current relevance of environmental writers from the past, and the uncertainty of what is meant by words like "naturalist," "solitude," and "wilderness." There is no attempt to direct readers to any particular environmental philosophy. Instead, Simpson encourages readers to articulate their own perspective based on personal experiences in nature. Though Essays to My Daughter is written by a father to his daughter, the insights within the volume-and the questions they provoke-are valuable to all members of the next generation as they grapple with their own relationship to the natural world"--

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction: And Still the World Burns -- Chapter 2: An Historical Perspective: From End of Pipe to All of Pipe -- Chapter 3: Responsible Parties: Who Makes the Economy Green? -- Chapter 4: Common Consumer Concerns -- Chapter 5: Our Moral Relationship with Nature -- Chapter 6: Now All Is Beautiful -- Chapter 7: Conclusion: The Moral and Aesthetic Imperative -- Appendix: A Green Platform -- About the Author

Intro; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; The Slow Apocalypse Revisited, or The Supremes; The Green and the Brown; What Not to Do as the World Burns; The Denialists, or What If This Present Were the World's Last Night?; The Hopists, or A Sense of an Ending; The Decivilizationists, or Impure in a World Unpurged; iPod and World System; Entertaining Futility; The Narrow Corduroy Road to the Interior; Bibliography; Index

9780128135761_WEB1_missing -- Front Cover -- Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments and Dedications -- The Anthropocene: How the Great Acceleration Is Transforming the Planet at Unprecedented Levels -- References -- Basis for Establishment of Geologic Eras, Periods, and Epochs -- References -- Finding a ``Golden Spike´´ to Mark the Anthropocene -- References -- Arguments for a formal Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene -- References -- The Geomorphology of the Human Age -- References -- The 1950s as the Beginning of the Anthropocene -- References -- Sediments of the Anthropocene -- References -- Historical Overview of the Natural Gas Industry -- Introduction -- References -- Concrete: The Most Abundant Novel Rock Type of the Anthropocene -- References -- Relevant Websites -- Hydrology in the Anthropocene -- References -- Fluxes of Trace Metals on a Global Scale -- Abbreviations -- References -- Impacts of Anthropocene Fossil Fuel Combustion on Atmospheric Iron Supply to the Ocean -- References -- Further Reading -- Greatly Increased CO2 -- References -- Anthropogenic Soils as the Marker -- References -- Plastics in the Ocean -- References -- Evidence in Polar Ice Records -- References -- Humanly Modified Ground -- References -- Multimedia Components -- Plastics and the Anthropocene -- References -- The Anthropocene-A Potential Stratigraphic Definition Based on Black Carbon, Char, and Soot Records -- References -- Magnetic Particulates as Markers of Fossil Fuel Burning -- References -- Relevant Websites -- Spheroidal Carbonaceous Fly Ash Particles in the Anthropocene -- References -- Relevant Websites -- Isotopic Signatures -- References -- Geochemical Records in Speleothems -- References -- Chemical Signals of the Anthropocene -- References.

"Coastal and marine ecosystems are threatened by global warming, sea level rise and changes in ocean chemistry. This book synthesizes a large body of literature on how terrestrial and marine ecosystems interact globally and how these interactions will be affected by, and affect, anthropogenic changes"--

"This book explores the issues revolving around the conflict between technology versus human beings, the concern for the separation of human beings in the ecosystem, and the negative consequences that may follow as ecosystems are being damaged"--

1. Opening session. Planetary emergencies - The scientists' jubilee / T. D. Lee, K. M. B. Siegbahn, Antonino Zichichi -- Potential for transgenic plants in vaccine production / Julian K.-C. Ma -- Global energy problems and prospects / David Bodansky -- Global malnutrition / W. Philip T. James -- Mother to infant transmission of HIV: Successful interventions and implementation / Catherine M. Wilfert -- The global burden of disease 1990-2020 / Alan D. Lopez -- MTBE - The megacity public health debacle / Lome G. Everett -- 2. Water - Pollution. Cost benefit analysis for the use of MTBE and alternatives / Arturo A. Keller -- Arsenic in groundwater: A worldwide threat to human health / S. Majid Hassanizadeh -- Arsenic geochemistry and remediation using natural materials / David I. Norman -- 3. Biotechnology - Transgenic plant vaccine. Safety considerations when planning genetically modified plants that produce vaccines / Francesco Sala -- Purified cholera toxin B subunit from transgenic tobacco plants possesses authentic antigenicity / Rong-Xiang Fang -- Development of plant vaccines: The point of view of the mucosal immunologist / Jean-Pierre Kraehenbuhl -- Plant-derived oral vaccines: From concept to clinical trials / Charles J. Arntzen -- 4. Energy. Status of magnetic fusion research / Jef Ongena -- New trends in Russia's energy strategy / Andrei Yu Gagarinski -- Energy problems and prospects of China / Huo Yu Ping -- 5. Pollution - Black Sea. Problems of control and rational uses of the Black Sea resources / Valery I. Mikhailov -- The suboxic zone of the Black Sea / Ilkay Salihoglu -- Building environmental coalitions and the Black Sea environmental initiative / Kay Thompson -- 6. AIDS - Mother-infant HIV transmission. The tragedy of the mother to infant transmission of HIV is preventable / Guy de The -- HIV and infant feeding: Situation in Brazil / Marina Ferreira Rea -- Mother to child transmission of HIV and plans for preventive interventions: The case of Indonesia / Hadi Pratomo -- Toward pharmacological defeat of the third world HIV-1 pandemic / Lowell Wood -- 7. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the year 2000 / Paul Brown -- Infection control guidelines for TSEs in hospitals and home care settings / Maura Ricketts -- 8. Limits of development - Megacities. Megacities: Water as a limit to development / William J. Cosgrove -- Delhi: A thirsty city by the river / K. C. Sivaramakrishnan -- The question of water in metropolitan Buenos Aires / Juan Manuel Borthagaray -- Sao Paulo: Water as a limit to development / Geraldo Gomes Serra -- 9. Missile proliferation and defense - Information security. Information challenges to security / Vitali Tsigichko -- International information security challenges for mankind in the XXI century / Andrei Kroutskikh -- Threats to information security by computer-based information hiding techniques / Axel Lehmann -- New strategic environment and Russian military doctrine / Andrei Piontkovsky -- Missile defense and proliferation / Gregory Canavan -- 10. Cosmic objects. NEOs: Physical properties / Walter F. Huebner ... [et al.] -- 11. Desertification, carbon sequestration and sustainability. Storing carbon in agricultural soils to help head-off global warming and to combat desertification / Norman J. Rosenberg -- 12. Climatic changes - Cosmic objects, global monitoring of planet, mathematics and democracy, science and journalism. Demographic change and world food demand and supply, some thoughts on sub-Saharan Africa, India and East Asia / Tim Dyson -- The status of climate models and climate change simulations / Warren M. Washington -- From Puztai to perfection: A necessary dream / Robert Walgate -- Mathematics of Indian democracy / K. C. Sivaramakrishnan -- Volcanoes, not Asteroids, caused mass extinctions killing dinosaurs, etc.: Explanation for earth's magnetic field reversals / Douglas R. O. Morrison.

"Preface to Fourth Edition Since publication of the first edition of Principles of Ecotoxicology, both David Peakall and Steve Hopkin have died--serious losses to the international scientific community. Both made key contributions to the first two editions and this fourth edition is dedicated to their memories. The origins of this book lie in the MSc course titled "Ecotoxicology of Natural Populations," first taught at Reading in 1991. Ecotoxicology was then emerging as a distinct subject of interdisciplinary character. The structure of the course reflected this characteristic and was taught by people of widely differing backgrounds ranging from chemistry and biochemistry to population genetics and ecology. Combining the different disciplines in an integrated way was something of a challenge. The experience of teaching the course persuaded the authors of the need for a textbook that would deal with the basic principles of such a wide-ranging subject. The intention has been to approach ecotoxicology in a broad interdisciplinary way, cutting across traditional subject boundaries. However, the nature of the text is bound to reflect the experiences and interests of the authors"--