Verlag: Advantage Media Group
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Darwin Comes to Town draws on eye-popping examples of adaptation to share a stunning vision of urban evolution in which humans and wildlife co-exist in a unique harmony. *Carrion crows in the Japanese city of Sendai have learned to use passing traffic to crack nuts.*Lizards in Puerto Rico are evolving feet that better grip surfaces like concrete.*Europe’s urban blackbirds sing at a higher pitch than their rural cousins, to be heard over the din of traffic.How is this happening?Menno Schilthuizen is one of a growing number of “urban ecologists” studying how our manmade environments are accelerating and changing the evolution of the animals and plants around us. In Darwin Comes to Town, he takes us around the world for an up-close look at just how stunningly flexible and swift-moving natural selection can be.With human populations growing, we’re having an increasing impact on global ecosystems, and nowhere do these impacts overlap as much as they do in cities. The urban environment is about as extreme as it gets, and the wild animals and plants that live side-by-side with us need to adapt to a whole suite of challenging conditions: they must manage in the city’s hotter climate (the “urban heat island”); they need to be able to live either in the semidesert of the tall, rocky, and cavernous structures we call buildings or in the pocket-like oases of city parks (which pose their own dangers, including smog and free-ranging dogs and cats); traffic causes continuous noise, a mist of fine dust particles, and barriers to movement for any animal that cannot fly or burrow; food sources are mainly human-derived. And yet, as Schilthuizen shows, the wildlife sharing these spaces with us is not just surviving, but evolving ways of thriving.This audiobook reveals that evolution can happen far more rapidly than Darwin dreamed, while providing a glimmer of hope that our race toward over population might not take the rest of nature down with us.Zum Buch
Climate science can seem dense, remote, and abstract. But through the lens of this one tree, it becomes immediate and intimate.In Witness Tree, environmental reporter Lynda V. Mapes takes us through her year living with one red oak at the Harvard Forest. We learn about carbon cycles and leaf physiology, but also experience the seasons as people have for centuries, watching for each new bud, and listening for each new bird and frog call in spring.Lynda takes us along as she climbs high into the oak's swaying boughs, and scientists core deep into the oak's heartwood, dig into its roots and probe the teeming life of the soil. She brings us eye-level with garter snakes and newts, and alongside the squirrels and jays devouring the oak's acorns. Season by season she reveals the secrets of trees, how they work, and sustain a vast community of lives, including our own.The oak is a living timeline and witness to climate change. While stark in its implications, Witness Tree is a beautiful and lyrical book, rich in detail, sweeps of weather, history, people, and animals. It is a story rooted in hope, beauty, wonder, and the possibility of renewal in people's connection to nature.Zum Buch
"Water Survival Guide: Mastering the Essence of Life" - Unleash Your Water Wisdom in the Wilderness and Beyond Are you ready to conquer one of nature's most vital resources? "Water Survival Guide" isn't just an audiobook; it's your essential toolkit in a world where water is both a lifeline and a challenge. Whether you're an outdoor enthusiast, a survivalist, or someone seeking independence from the grid, this guide transforms the way you interact with the element that is the essence of life: water. Discover Hidden Hydration Secrets: Unearth the art of detecting invisible aqua veins in diverse landscapes. Transform into a water whisperer, capable of unveiling nature's concealed springs and dewy treasures. Purify to Perfection: Learn to navigate the murky waters of purification with ease. Equip yourself with the knowledge to transform the most unassuming water sources into a crystal-clear elixir of health. Store & Sustain: Dive deep into innovative methods for storing your liquid gold. From time-tested techniques to futuristic approaches, ensure every drop you collect remains pristine and life-sustaining. Thrive in the Thirsty Terrain: Whether in arid deserts or humid rainforests, adapt your water strategies to thrive. Master the art of water conservation and become a steward of this precious resource. A Global Guide: Your journey through "Water Survival Guide" isn't confined to a single terrain. Traverse the globe through its pages, learning how different cultures and environments have conquered the water challenge. Begin your transformative journey today. Add "Water Survival Guide" to your collection and redefine your relationship with the most vital resource on our planet. Click 'Add to Cart' now!Zum Buch
Of all the unexploited resources in the world, seaweed is the greatest. Without it, there would be no crustaceans, nor fish. The ocean would be a desert without carbon or oxygen, and half of our atmosphere's oxygen would be gone. The most recent research tells us that seaweed is one possible solution for our future on the planet. It could feed human beings, reduce plastic pollution, absorb enough carbon to cool the atmosphere, reconstruct generative ecosystems, treat certain illnesses that are incurable today, replace land livestock farming that exhausts the environment, and give jobs to coastal populations. The seaweed revolution is a hope for tomorrow!Zum Buch
Cybernetics is one of the most famous Technologies which have been widely used across the globe. This technology has made a lot of things easier for the mankind. The domain of cybernetics is used in a variety of areas and Fields, which vary from the study of the living organism to the study of latest, improvised and more enhanced types of Machines. There are a lot of uses of cybernetics which is why this technology is popular in all types of areas of study. Since it is extended to almost each and every type of field cybernetics has certain objectives on the basis of which it gives performance and task. One of the most important priorities of the cybernetics technology is the processing of knowledge and information in an efficient way so that the processed information can be useful and effective in terms of future use. This is definitely something which everyone should know about, and a lot of answers of a number of different activities are found in cybernetics.Zum Buch
On April 20, 2010, the Macondo well blew out, costing the lives of 11 men, and beginning a catastrophe that sank the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and spilled over 4 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The spill disrupted an entire region's economy, damaged fisheries and critical habitats, and brought vividly to light the risks of deepwater drilling for oil and gas - the latest frontier in the national energy supply. Soon after, President Barack Obama appointed a seven-member Commission to investigate the disaster, analyze its causes and effects, and recommend the actions necessary to minimize such risks in the future. The Commission's report offers the American public and policymakers alike the fullest account available of what happened in the Gulf and why, and proposes actions - changes in company behavior, reform of government oversight, and investments in research and technology - required as industry moves forward to meet the nation's energy needs. (Summary from the report)Zum Buch
