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321) Life after people
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
What will the world be like when mankind is extinct? The pyramids may stand forever, but the cities will disappear. Our greatest masterpieces will fade and crumble. As global warming and the depletion of natural resources become ever more pressing issues it is critical to consider how we can reduce our impact on the planet. Journey to locations around the globe already going through the processes of a lack of human intervention. See the changes wrought...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The moth snowstorm, a phenomenon Michael McCarthy remembers from his boyhood when moths 'would pack a car's headlight beams like snowflakes in a blizzard,' is a distant memory. Wildlife is being lost, not only in the wholesale extinctions of species but also in the dwindling of those species that still exist. The Moth Snowstorm records in painful detail this rapid dissolution of nature's abundance and proposes a radical solution: that we recognize...
323) Human geography
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A graphic nonfiction volume that discusses Humans and their effect on Earth.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Humans seem to be destroying nature with incessant fiddling. We can use viruses to insert genes for pesticide resistance into plants, or to make the flesh of goldfish glow. We can turn bacteria into factories for millions of molecules, from vitamin A and insulin to diesel fuel. And this year's Nobel Prize went to the inventors of a tool called CRISPR, which lets us edit genomes almost as easily as we can edit the text in a computer document. The...
325) No impact man
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Colin Beavan is a New York City writer and self-proclaimed liberal. He has big plans for his new book. He decides on a grand experiment: to live one year with as little impact on the environment as possible. The problem is, the project requires his wife Michelle, an espresso-guzzling, Prada-worshipping business writer, and their young daughter to be fully on board. The family embarks on a year of no electricity, television, cars, toilet paper, elevators,...
326) Samsara
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
None
Description
Prepare yourself for an unparalleled sensory experience. Filmed over a period of almost five years and in twenty-five countries, it explores the wonders of the world from sacred grounds to industrial sites, looking into the unfathomable reaches of man's spirituality and the human experience. Photographed entirely in 70mm and transferred to 4K digital projection format, its mesmerizing images of unprecedented clarity illuminate the links between humanity...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A a compelling example of how every species is interconnected and of our potential to destroy or restore those connections, this documentary tells the story of the interdependence of the red knot shorebird and the horseshoe crab. Each year, the red knot winters on the southern tip of South America and then embarks on a 10,000-mile journey to its nesting grounds in the Arctic, timing its migration precisely to coincide with the annual spawning of the...
329) Nature's grave
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Peter and Carla are a married couple barely able to hide their contempt for each other. The two embark on a camping vacation over a holiday weekend to make use of the expensive gear Peter purchased, much to his wife's disgust. Heading off into the wilds of Australia, the couple bickers and stews in the hostile mood. While finding the campsite tricky to find, the pair finally arrive and hope to make the most out of the situation by engaging in ocean...
332) Earth
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Classroom edition.
Language
English
Description
This film should be lauded for preserving images of the wilds of nature while they were still around to preserve, the tacit message being it is up to humanity to save the planet from the ecological disaster of global warming. It follows three animal "families: on treks spanning continents and oceans: polar bears racing a melting icecap, elephants crossing a parched African plain, and whales swimming thousands of miles from warm-water breeding grounds...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Disc 1: How the earth was made. Examines the origin and geological evolution of the earth, focusing on the various cataclysmic transformations that occurred through time.
Disc 2 : A global warning? The History Channel answers the question: After 650 million years of climate change, is global warming simply a naturally occurring phenomenon, or the result of human activity?
Disc 3 : Life after people. What will the world be like when mankind is extinct?...
Author
Series
Princess Mononoke film comics volume 5
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
With the battle raging all around him, Ashitaka walks a line between the two factions. First he has to convince Princess Mononoke to trust him. Then, he has to reach Lady Eboshi before she eliminates the revered god of life and death.
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