Browsing Sociology by Subject "Earth sciences"

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    • Climate Change and Society: Sociological Perspectives 

      Dunlap, Riley E.; Brulle, Robert J. (Oxford University Press, 2015)
      Climate change is one of the most critical issues of the twenty-first century, presenting a major intellectual challenge to both the natural and social sciences. While there has been significant progress in natural science ...

    • Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know 

      Romm, Joseph (Oxford University Press, 2015)
      Climate change will have a bigger impact on humanity than the Internet has had. The last decade's spate of superstorms, wildfires, heat waves, and droughts has accelerated the public discourse on this topic and lent credence ...

    • Climate-Challenged Society 

      Dryzek, John S.; Norgaard, Richard B.; Schlosberg, David (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      This book is an original, accessible, and thought-provoking introduction to the severe and broad-ranging challenges that climate change presents and how societies can respond. It synthesizes and deploys cutting-edge ...

    • The Mechanisms of Reactions Influencing Atmospheric Ozone 

      Calvert, Jack G. (Oxford University Press, 2015)
      Ozone, an important trace component, is critical to life on Earth and to atmospheric chemistry. The presence of ozone profoundly impacts the physical structure of the atmosphere and meteorology. Ozone is also an important ...

    • Restoring Layered Landscapes: History, Ecology, and Culture 

      Hourdequin, Marion; Havlick, David G. (Oxford University Press, 2015)
      Restoring Layered Landscapes brings together historians, geographers, philosophers, and interdisciplinary scholars to explore ecological restoration in landscapes with complex histories shaped by ongoing interactions between ...