Under pressure from governments, green groups, and investors, big businesses, such as the oil and coal companies, electric utilities, and automobile manufacturers, are promising to reshape their approach to the environment, climate change, and carbon emissions. Shows how some corporations around the world are fighting to fend off new regulations while others are repositioning themselves to meet these challenges. Visits the melting glaciers of the...

Two girls join a group of animals, who have all been affected by global warming, on a magical train journey to the White House where they plan to make their call for help heard.

When Nobel prize-winning physicist Michael Beard's personal and professional lives begin to intersect in unexpected ways, an opportunity presents itself in the guise of an invitation to travel to New Mexico. Here is a chance for him to extricate himself from his marital problems, reinvigorate his career, and very possibly save the world from environmental disaster.

"Retelling the story of humankind through our relationship to the natural resources"--

Me llamo Imarvaluk. En mi lengua, el inuktitut, esto quiere decir el canto de las olas. Amo mi nombre pero ya no amo al mar. Me cuido de él desde que un espíritu malvado lo hechizó. El mar se convirtió en un monstruo que lentamente devora nuestra isla: la isla de Sarichef. Es una isla pequeñita. Una mancha de tinta cerca del círculo polar, entre Rusia y Alaska. En unos días, nuestra casa será desplazada al centro de la isla. Pero, tarde o...

Discusses the peoples of the high Arctic, their traditions, and the changes they face in the modern world and from global warming, in a book that looks at languages, hunting traditions, and religious practices.

As global climate change proliferates, so too do the health risks associated with the changing world around us. This report summarizes scientific data in a concise and accessible fashion for the general public, providing executive summaries, key takeaways, and full-color diagrams and charts. Learn what health risks face you and your family as a result of global climate change and start preparing now with The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health....