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Intro -- Contents -- Chapter One - Losing Earth -- Chapter Two - The Anthropocene: How the term came to be -- Chapter Three - Defining a new geological epoch: The stratigraphic justification -- Chapter Four - Sticking to the science: The evolution of the Anthropocene concept -- Chapter Five - The Anthropocene: Why is it seen as a rupture? -- Chapter Six - A deep adaptation agenda -- Chapter Seven - Wisdom in an age of climate crisis -- Afterword - Are we doomed? Conscious evolution: The case for hope -- Appendix - Questions about the Anthropocene disruption -- Acknowledgements -- Bookshelf -- About the author.

There is increasing concern in the media, among politicians and within environmental organizations, about the effects of chemicals in our environment that affect the endocrine systems of wildlife and humans. At its simplest these are referred to as `gender-bending' chemicals or `environmental estrogens'. The chemicals in question (pesticides, PCBs, plasticizers, petrochemicals, and a variety of industrial chemicals) have been known to decrease human sperm counts, cause fish to `change sex', and increase male genital abnormalities. A great deal of pressure has been placed on environmental protection agencies to devise regulatory tests for the effects of these chemicals and to require limitations on their manufacture and release. Fish are increasingly recognized as an excellent model for such tests, in that the aquatic environment may provide early warnings of the effects that these chemicals will have on human health. In addition, the large number of eggs which fish produce provides an excellent model to examine the effects on female fertility. Endocrine Disruption in Fish provides a simple yet extensive background to the field of fish endocrinology in order to assist those toxicologists who have a limited background in either mammalian or fish endocrinology. It shows that environmental estrogens do not simply affect male reproductive potential, but that they may equally well affect the female. It is possible that these chemicals may have a complex effect on the brain, hypothalamus, pituitary, gonad and liver of both sexes. There are many other chemicals which affect both the gonads and other parts of the endocrine system to cause decreased fertility, abnormal sexual differentiation and behavior, decreased response to stress, immune deficiency or altered basal metabolism. Many thousand man-made chemicals are released into the environment, but very few have been tested for endocrine disrupting activity. This book covers only the minute fraction for which evidence has been collected

Der Band beschäftigt sich mit dem Trend der Digitalisierung, der auch den Sportbereich betrifft. Die Auswirkungen können disruptiv – zerstörerisch – sein. Der Sport in seiner Vielfalt wird in verschiedener Weise von den Entwicklungen berührt und muss Wege finden, damit umzugehen. Die Beiträge betrachten die mit der Digitalisierung verbundenen Führungsanforderungen in Sportvereinen und eröffnen unter Bezugnahme auf den Sport in der Gesellschaft verschiedene Perspektiven zu diesem Thema. Die Beiträge untersuchen die Situation in Sportvereinen und –verbänden, in Bereichen des Profisports sowie in einigen ausgewählten Sportarten. Sie erörtern juristische Aspekte, Beiträge zum E-Sport sowie die Einbindung von Sport in der Smart City. Der Band stellt mögliche Zukunftsvision dar und öffnet den Blick darüber hinaus

'Disruption' is about radical change-why it happens and how. Drawing on case studies ranging from the fourth century AD through the twentieth century, we look at how long-established systems of government and thought are challenged, how new institutions are created, and new ideas become powerful. While paying attention to the underlying political, intellectual, economic, and environmental sources of social disruption, we will see that no matter what similarities there might be between forces that shake different societies, these underlying factors do not dictate specific outcomes.

This book explores how a range of innovative disruptive technologies is about to combine to transform the insurance industry, the products it produces, and the way the industry is managed. It argues that unless current insurance providers react to these waves of disruption they will be swept away by new innovators. The book describes what insurers need to do to survive. The main aim is to get insurers to reimagine their industry away from the sale of a one-off product, into the sale of a series of real-time, data-based risk services. While parts of these disruptions have been discussed, this book is the first to bring all the issues together and unites them using a theoretical framework. This book is essential reading for insurance industry participants as well as to academics interested in insurance and understanding the key issues the industry currently faces.

A timely and fascinating look at massive historical change across two millennia, from the Christianization of the Roman Empire to today's new economy. Disruption examines how fringe intellectual movements can change powerful institutions, and why those institutions are vulnerable to big changes.

This open access book offers an analysis of why preparations for digital disruption should become a stated goal of security policy and policies that aim to safeguard the continuity of critical infrastructure. The increasing use of digital technology implies new and significant vulnerabilities for our society. However, it is striking that almost all cyber-security measures taken by governments, international bodies and other major players are aimed at preventing incidents. But there is no such thing as total digital security. Whether inside or outside the digital domain, incidents can and will occur and may lead to disruption. While a raft of provisions, crisis contingency plans and legal regulations are in place to deal with the possibility of incidents in the 'real world', no equivalence exists for the digital domain and digital disruption. Hence, this book uniquely discusses several specific policy measures government and businesses should take in order to be better prepared to deal with a digital disruption and prevent further escalation.

Open Education explores the disruption of the traditional university as a result of the increasingly widespread provision of free online open education.