Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&N=3+5535 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738431 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687222 Presents a scientists study of one family of orca whales in Prince William Sound, Alaska, and the devastating effects of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on their ability to reproduce and survive, as she considers the long-term implications the spill has for Alaskan wildlife. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1741954 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712764 Scrutinizes all-natural philosophies to consider the negative aspects of extreme approaches to health care, an investigation that explores potential sources of health-care paradoxes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713925 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1432334 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668190 The Arctic century is upon us. A great jockeying for power and influence has erupted among nations in the high north. At stake are trillions of dollars in profit or loss, US security, geopolitical influence and the fate of a fragile environment as well as the regions traditional people. As the ice melts and oil companies venture north, the polar regions may become the next Panama Canal, the next Arabian Peninsula-places on earth that remain relatively unknown in one century and become pivotal in the next. Now Shell oil plans to sink exploratory wells in the pristine waters off the North Slope of Alaska--a site that the company believes contains three times as much oil as the Gulf of Mexico. The Eskimo and the Oil Man tells this story through the eyes of two men, one an upiat Eskimo leader on Alaskas North Slope, the other the head of Shell Oils Alaska venture.--Jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681555 Provides a manual to break free from enslavement to jobs, bills, and the trap of civilization, sharing advice on survival skills and sustainable living. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683183 More people live in closer proximity to more wild animals, birds and trees in the eastern United States today than anywhere on the planet at any time in history. Perhaps you are one of more than 4,000 drivers who will hit a deer today, your childs soccer field is carpeted with goose droppings, coyotes are killing your pets, or bears are looting your garbage cans. As conservationists transplanted isolated species to restored habitats and imposed regulations on hunters and trappers, and people moved across a landscape once occupied by family farms, an animal-lovers dream-come-true often turns into a sprawl-dwellers nightmare. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681534 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1559155 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1284300 Ten years after her bestselling book on the Antarctic, Terra Incognita, Wheeler journeys to the opposite pole to take the measure of what is at once the most pristine place on Earth and the locus of global warming. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1263743 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1617660 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251267 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1272303 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392103 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1205427 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1482001 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1110554 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1129545 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1208422 In luminous prose, British writer McCarthy addresses the cultural significance of mitratory songbirds, from nightingales to turtle doves to the European Cuckoo, on the heart and soul....A stunning and profound book that will make readers realize how very much these amazing winged creatures matter. --Colleen Mondor, Booklist http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1170145 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252105 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1150314 The author of The Journey of Man examines our cultural inheritance in order to find the turning point that led us to the path we are on today, one he believes we must veer from in order to survive. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1055853 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1295255 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1305001 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1151216 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1191361 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1226494 A conservationist explores various global regions to investigate examples of environmental degradation and renewal while identifying a link between environmental dangers and human rights issues. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1112087 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1277103 Many of us live near the beach, and many more visit the beach on holidays. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1148832 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=930199 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=962892 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1047921 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1295250 Naturalist Heinrich brings us the same bottomless reserve of wonder and reverence for the teeming animal life of backwoods New England that he brought us in Winter World. Now he focuses on the animal kingdom in the extremes of the warmer months, with all its feeding, nesting, fighting, and mating. Whether presenting disquisitions on ant wars, the predatory characteristics of wasps, the mating rituals of woodpeckers, or describing an encounter with a road full of wood frogs, Heinrich never stops observing the beautifully complex interactions of animals and plants with nature, giving extraordinary depth to the relationships between habitat and the warming of the earth. --From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1295267 A noted environmental journalist discusses the possible ecological consequences beyond global warming resulting from modern human activity and describes the possibility of massive instability and climate swings, including a possible return to ice ages of the past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1034245 ...powerful, tender and humorous memoir about resiliency and love in the face of cancer. Mirriam-Goldberg braves breast cancer, the breast cancer genetic mutation and the loss of a parent by connecting with an eclectic Midwest community, the land and sky, and a body undergoing vast renovation--Cover, inside flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1007407 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=999148 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=997132 Author Basss account of life in Montanas Yaak Valley is a crowning achievement in his career. It begins with his family settling in for the long Montana winter, and captures all the harbingers of change that mark each passing month--the initial cruel teasing of spring, the splendor and fecundity of summer, and the bittersweet memories evoked by fall. It is full of rich observation about what it takes to live in the valley--ruggedness, improvisation and, of course, duct tape. Bass emerges not just as a writer but as a father, a neighbor, and a gifted observer, uniquely able to bring us close to the drama and sanctity of small things, ensuring that though the wilderness is increasingly at risk, the voice of the wilderness will not disappear.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1033988 This spectacular guide explores the mysteries of animal migration over land, in the oceans, and through the air. Lavishly illustrated with 200 photographs and maps, it highlights specific conservation issues while tracing the routes of some 100 species. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1088263 Evaluates the prospects of our near-future world in the face of dwindling fuel reserves, terrorism, and a decreasing capacity of everyday people to experience passion and connection. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=962897 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1036695 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1011368 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1394772 What are the skills people need to survive in the 21st century? Among the skills, attributes and values described in this volume are values reflection, coping with complexity, permaculture design, transition skills, advertising awareness, effortless action and ecological intelligence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1042073 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1136495 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=995808 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=709210 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=624963 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=661863 There is nothing out there. Such is the claim, at least, of politicians and oil company executives, amazed that anyone would fight to protect the miles of plateaus and canyon bottoms that stretch across southern Utah. Even tourists see this region as an empty spot on the map - an excuse to drive directly from Capitol Reef to Arches National Park. But it is precisely this - nothing - that writer Brooke Williams and photographer Chris Noble find captivating about Escalante. In this thoughtful and exquisitely illustrated rumination, the authors tour the intricate network of chasms and gorges that began forming millions of years ago on the Colorado Plateau and today constitute a desert paradise of mesas, buttes, and boundless solitude. At the center of this landscape is the region known as Escalante, 1.7 million mostly roadless acres, where silence, darkness, and emptiness have no intrusions. Part narrative, part poetry, and part meditation, this book charts the quiet places where the human spirit delights in solitude. It reminds us of our intimate connection with the wild and of the landscapes powerful pulse even when there is nothing to be found.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=655291 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=622010 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=660593 A well-illustrated survey of the geography, flora and fauna of New Zealand, an area of unique species and where work is being done to repair species destruction. The authors chronicle the successes and failures and pay tribute to the efforts behind them.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=660624 Guide to Deserts is an authoritative guide to the worlds deserts. Detailed illustrations accompany concise information on desert development, threats arising from increased desertification, and what can be done to counter the impact of climate change. This comprehensive resource explains the fascinating ecology of deserts with detailed sections on how plants, animals and human societies have adapted to survive in deserts and exploit their natural resources. Detailed, full color maps of the worlds major deserts, List of desert locations to visit for archeological, cultural and historic features, More than 170 color photographs and informative illustrations, Foreword by Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme. Book jacket.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=651463 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=647395 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=610700 First published in 1988, Islands in a Far Sea offers a comprehensive environmental history of Hawaii. This thoroughly revised edition begins with an up-to-date account of the geological formation and shaping of the Islands, their colonization by plants and animals, and the patterns of ecology and evolution that unfolded in nurturing seas and on breathtaking landscapes. This book tells the story of human interaction with Hawaii native landscapes and rich biological heritage. The authors accessible language allows readers to grasp basic geological and biological principles and to understand the perhaps surprising vulnerability of Hawaiian ecosystems - which have coevolved with volcanoes - to human impact. Islands in a Far Sea includes many well-documented historical examples of such impacts, featuring growth and greed, fears and foibles as humans confronted endemic nature in Hawaii. Citing a large array of sources, the author makes it possible for interested readers to probe more deeply the changes in natural systems that have ensued on all of the Hawaiian Islands. To date the result has been the tragic reduction of a unique and benign biota. However, the book holds out hope that current efforts to protect what is left of Hawaiis flora and fauna in their remaining wild settings may yet succeed.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=653226 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=642673 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=651652 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=689342 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=613909 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=653287 Gaia Theory tells us that the entire Earth, including the atmosphere, oceans, biosphere and upper layers of rock, functions as a single living superorganism, regulating its internal environment much as an animal regulates its body temperature and chemical balance. But now, says the theorys founder, James Lovelock, that organism is sick. It is running a fever born of a sun whose intensity is slowly growing over millions of years, and an atmosphere whose greenhouse gases have recently spiked due to human activity. Earth will adjust to these stresses, but on time scales measured in the hundreds of millennia - and in the meantime, humanity faces a severe test. It is already too late, Lovelock says, to prevent the global climate from flipping into an entirely new equilibrium state that will leave the tropics uninhabitable, force much of humanity to flee to the poles, and threaten civilization along the way. In the tradition of Silent Spring and The Diversity of Life, this is a call to action to address a major threat to our collective future.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=621555 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=568518 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=636785 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=606209 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=635301 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=596527 In this Gorgeous Homage to the grasslands of North America, photographer James R. Page takes us on a journey through the wild prairie, those areas of the prairie that look much as they did three hundred years ago. Traveling from Saskatchewan to Texas to photograph the splendor of the grasslands through the seasons, Page conveys the quintessential prairie as well as his passion for and knowledge of this vital landscape. Beginning in the summer, he shows us the sunlit world of grass stalks and sky, as well as the turbulence of fire and of pounding rain and blinding flashes of lightning. In autumn we see migrating sandhill cranes and grasses swirling in the wind. In winter hoarfrost cloaks trees along a river, and elk climb a snowy ridge. Finally, spring brings rattling winds, newly green trees, and an influx of birds. Through seasons of fire and ice, the prairie sparks the imagination, speaks of things long past, and makes your heart race with pure joy. It is a place to dream great dreams, but it is also real and awaits our future foolishness or wisdom. Book jacket.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=608151 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=593412 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=594588 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1170954 Aliens in the Backyard: Plant and Animal Imports into America recounts the origins and impacts of non-indigenous species on our environment and pays overdue tribute to the resolve of nature to survive in the face of challenge and change. Mixing natural history with engaging anecdotes, Leland cuts through patriotic and problematic myths coloring our grasp of the natural world and suggests that the stories of how these alien species have reshaped our landscape are as much a part of the continents heritage as tales of our presidents and politics. Simultaneously, he poses questions about which, if any, of our accepted icons are truly American (not apple pie or Kentucky bluegrass; not Idaho potatoes or Boston ivy).--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=581658 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=615019 In Desert Wetlands a distinguished photographer and passionate naturalist document sites in the American Southwest and Mexico that are gauges to the environment. The wetlands included are Cuatro Cienegas Basin in Coahuila, Mexico, the San Pedro River in Arizona, the Escalante River in Utah, the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico, the playas and wetlands in Arizona, the Mohave Desert in California, and the Big Bend National Park in Texas.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=584441 The Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch is a tract of 8,000 acres on the Sonoita Plain that was established in 1968 by the Appleton family and is now part of the sanctuary system of the National Audubon Society. To all appearances it is an ordinary piece of land, but for the last 35 years it has been treated in an extraordinary way - by leaving it alone. No grazing to influence grass production. No dam building to hold back flash floods. No pest control. No firefighting. By employing such nonaction, might we gain a glimpse of what this land was like hundreds, even thousands, of years ago? Through essays and photographs focusing on the Research Ranch Sanctuary and surrounding area, this book reveals the complex ecology and unique aesthetics of its grasslands and savannas. Carl and Jane Bock and Stephen E. Strom share a passion for the remarkable beauty found here, and in their book they describe its environment, biodiversity, and human history.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=609725 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=516754 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=544513 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=640587 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=582041 Thorough, Detailed, and scientifically up-to-date, Prairie: A Natural History provides a comprehensive, nontechnical guide to the biology and ecology of the prairies, or the Great Plains grasslands of North America. Extending from Alberta south to Texas and from the Rockies east to the Mississippi River, the prairies are among the largest ecosystems in North America. Until recently, they were also one of the richest and most magnificent natural grasslands in the world. Today, however, they are among the most altered environments on Earth. Beginning with the geological and biological evolution of the region, the book goes on to describe the relationship between the climate and the native grasses; the fertile prairie soil with its menagerie of microbes, worms, mites, and ants; and the ecology of the rangelands, aquatic habitats, woodlands, and croplands. The book ends with an assessment of the conservation status of the region and outlines the growing interest in restoring and conserving prairie ecosystems. Despite the many changes the Great Plains have undergone, Savage calls the prairies a land-scape of hope -- a place that has experienced the onslaught of modernization yet still inspires us with its splendor. Written in a personable, engaging style, Prairie introduces us to such beguiling creatures as ants that tend and rear butterfly larvae, mussels whose young must attach themselves to the gills or fins of passing fish before they mature, ancient orders of fish that grope through silty prairie rivers, and pronghorns that are the fastest runners on Earth. Then there are male spotted sandpipers, which rear their nestlings while the females pursue other mates, and striped skunks that slumber through the winter in groups of a dozen or more. Throughout the book, spectacular full-color photographs and elegant black-and-white line drawings illustrate the beauty and diversity of the North American heartland. Both an authoritative reference and an easy-to-read guide, Prairie: A Natural History is a must for anyone who wants to know more about the dazzling natural variety of the prairies. Book jacket.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=523915 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=631851 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=581655 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=521183 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=517750 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=546914 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=636964 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=548266 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=551991 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=568647 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=443077 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=540044 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=453469 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=518101