Описание: Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first major book of nonfiction since In an Antique Land, Ghosh examines our inability--at the level of literature, history, and politics--to grasp the scale and violence of climate change.
The extreme nature of today's climate events, Ghosh asserts, make them peculiarly resistant to contemporary modes of thinking and imagining. This is particularly true of serious literary fiction: hundred-year storms and freakish tornadoes simply feel too improbable for the novel; they are automatically consigned to other genres. In the writing of history, too, the climate crisis has sometimes led to gross simplifications; Ghosh shows that the history of the carbon economy is a tangled global story with many contradictory and counterintuitive elements.
Ghosh ends by suggesting that politics, much like literature, has become a matter of personal moral reckoning rather than an arena of collective action. But to limit fiction and politics to individual moral adventure comes at a great cost. The climate crisis asks us to imagine other forms of human existence--a task to which fiction, Ghosh argues, is the best suited of all cultural forms. His book serves as a great writer's summons to confront the most urgent task of our time.
Описание: What if the harbinger of our greener future was a small power plant set in the middle of nowhere in West Texas? Longtime alternative energy executive Andy Bowman's book makes exactly this case, outlining what he suggests is a more sustainable future for American capitalism. The West Texas Power Plant that Saved the World takes the Barilla solar plant in Pecos County as a test case for the state of renewable energy in the twenty-first century United States.For author Andy Bowman, this is a very personal story. Bowman grew up in Galveston and acutely remembers watching stormwater climb up seawalls and wreak havoc on his home. He weaves these memories into his coming of age over two decades in the alternative energy industry, beginning in the 1990s, and tracks it's the industry's fits and starts that lead to the Barilla project. Barilla was the first solar project to be built "on spec": essentially, the plant was built without a contract in place and with the assumption that customers would come. That trailblazing wager represents a tidal shift in the alternative energy industry.In a clear voice, Bowman explains the climate science that necessitated this shift and makes business-based arguments for what the future should look like. The result is a book that tells a personal story of West Texan innovation, gumption, and vision, while also outlining how our society needs to equip itself to confront climate change.
Автор: Yadav A. S., Kumar Narendra, Arora Sanjay Название: Advances in Crop Production and Climate Change ISBN: 1032024291 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781032024295 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 30624.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book provides cutting edge scientific knowledge on the challenges facing the global agricultural production systems. Note: T& F does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This title is co-published with NIPA.
Автор: Kailash Rameshrao Malode Название: Climate Change Impact on Crop Productivity ISBN: 1774077159 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781774077153 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 22730.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Explores in detail the effect of climate change on various levels of biodiversity. The adaptation of agriculture against the climate change abnormalities is also discussed in detail.
Название: Climate Change and Crop Production ISBN: 0367895927 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367895921 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 11329.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book presents an overview of agroecology within the framework of climate change. It covers elements of the changing climate and their impacts on crop production and agroecosystems, reporting on how plants will cope with these changes, and how we can mitigate these negative impacts to ensure food production for the growing population.
Автор: Veerasamy Sejian; Raghavendra Bhatta; John Gaughan Название: Sheep Production Adapting to Climate Change ISBN: 9811352097 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811352096 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 26832.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: This book presents a compilation of the latest findings from reputed researchers around the globe, covering in detail climate change and its effects on sheep production.
Описание: In this brilliant reimagining of Marx`s concept of forces of production, Graham shows that the power of fossil capital, not technological deficiency, enfetter any green-transition.
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