Author: Marvin S. Soroos
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
With the Earth's atmosphere increasingly being used as a convenient sink for myriad pollutants, humanity faces the daunting problem of conserving a vital resource that, like the oceans, outer space, and Antarctica, defies geographical boundary. In this comprehensive look at the atmosphere's deterioration - an issue that has emerged as a leading international concern - Marvin S. Soroos considers how it is being altered and degraded by a rapidly growing and industrializing human population and what is being done to preserve it. In case studies of four international atmospheric agreements - governing atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons, acid precipitation, ozone-layer depletion, and global climate change - Soroos demonstrates the uneven, piecemeal approach that the international community has taken. He draws conclusions regarding the circumstances favoring cooperation among states and ponders the likelihood that governments will pursue environmental security in a preventive, collaborative way rather than by depending on the self-reliant, defensive strategies that have proved so costly and counterproductive in the pursuit of military security.
The Endangered Atmosphere
Author: Marvin S. Soroos
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
With the Earth's atmosphere increasingly being used as a convenient sink for myriad pollutants, humanity faces the daunting problem of conserving a vital resource that, like the oceans, outer space, and Antarctica, defies geographical boundary. In this comprehensive look at the atmosphere's deterioration - an issue that has emerged as a leading international concern - Marvin S. Soroos considers how it is being altered and degraded by a rapidly growing and industrializing human population and what is being done to preserve it. In case studies of four international atmospheric agreements - governing atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons, acid precipitation, ozone-layer depletion, and global climate change - Soroos demonstrates the uneven, piecemeal approach that the international community has taken. He draws conclusions regarding the circumstances favoring cooperation among states and ponders the likelihood that governments will pursue environmental security in a preventive, collaborative way rather than by depending on the self-reliant, defensive strategies that have proved so costly and counterproductive in the pursuit of military security.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
With the Earth's atmosphere increasingly being used as a convenient sink for myriad pollutants, humanity faces the daunting problem of conserving a vital resource that, like the oceans, outer space, and Antarctica, defies geographical boundary. In this comprehensive look at the atmosphere's deterioration - an issue that has emerged as a leading international concern - Marvin S. Soroos considers how it is being altered and degraded by a rapidly growing and industrializing human population and what is being done to preserve it. In case studies of four international atmospheric agreements - governing atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons, acid precipitation, ozone-layer depletion, and global climate change - Soroos demonstrates the uneven, piecemeal approach that the international community has taken. He draws conclusions regarding the circumstances favoring cooperation among states and ponders the likelihood that governments will pursue environmental security in a preventive, collaborative way rather than by depending on the self-reliant, defensive strategies that have proved so costly and counterproductive in the pursuit of military security.
The Atmosphere
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air quality management
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air quality management
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Our Endangered Atmosphere
Author: Gary E. McCuen
Publisher: G E M/McCuen Publications, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Discusses global warming, the ozone layer, and the need for action.
Publisher: G E M/McCuen Publications, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Discusses global warming, the ozone layer, and the need for action.
The Atmosphere - Endangered and Endangering
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmosphere
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmosphere
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Endangered Species Act
Author: William Robert Irvin
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781604425802
Category : Endangered species
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
"As Secretary of the Interior, implementing the Endangered Species Act was one of my most important, and challenging, responsibilities. All who deal with this complex and critical law need a clear and comprehensive guide to its provisions, interpretation, and implementation. With chapters written by some of the foremost practitioners in the field, the new edition of Endangered Species Act: Law, Policy, and Perspectives is an essential reference for conservationists and the regulated community and the attorneys who represent them."---Bruce Babbbitt, former Secretary of the Interior --
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781604425802
Category : Endangered species
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
"As Secretary of the Interior, implementing the Endangered Species Act was one of my most important, and challenging, responsibilities. All who deal with this complex and critical law need a clear and comprehensive guide to its provisions, interpretation, and implementation. With chapters written by some of the foremost practitioners in the field, the new edition of Endangered Species Act: Law, Policy, and Perspectives is an essential reference for conservationists and the regulated community and the attorneys who represent them."---Bruce Babbbitt, former Secretary of the Interior --
Our Endangered Planet
Author: Mary King Hoff
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780822525097
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Describes the delicate ecological balance among all living things on land, the damage done by humanity in contributing to the extinction of various species, and ways of preventing further harm.
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780822525097
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Describes the delicate ecological balance among all living things on land, the damage done by humanity in contributing to the extinction of various species, and ways of preventing further harm.
The Endangered Environment
Author: Ashley Montagu
Publisher: Mason/Charter
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher: Mason/Charter
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Ill Winds
Author: The Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Constitution
Publisher:
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Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Endangered Planet
Author: David Burnie
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780753410639
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Examines the dangers to the environment from modern life, and possible solutions.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780753410639
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Examines the dangers to the environment from modern life, and possible solutions.
World on Fire
Author: George John Mitchell
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Senate Majority Leader discusses the global environmental crisis that is replacing the Cold War as our number one concern, then goes on to detail the responses of various nations.
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Senate Majority Leader discusses the global environmental crisis that is replacing the Cold War as our number one concern, then goes on to detail the responses of various nations.