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- BookHope Jahren.Summary: The author uses several the key inventions--from electric power to large-scale farming and automobiles--to illustrate that the science improves human life, but also releases untenable amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The author explains the current and projected consequences of greenhouse gases--from superstorms to rising sea levels--and shares the science-based tools that could help us fight back.
Contents:
Part one. Life
Our story begins
Who we are
How we are
Where we are
Part two. Food
Growing grain
Raising meat
Finding fish
Making sugar
Throwing it all away
Part three. Energy
Keeping the lights on
Moving around
The plants we burn
The wheels we turn
Part four. Earth
Altered air
Warming weather
Melting ice
Rising waters
The big good-bye
Another page
Appendix: The story of less
The action you take
The difference you make
An environmental catechism
Sources and suggested reading.Digital Access ProQuest Ebook Central 2020Limited to 1 simultaneous user - ArticleStolinsky DC.West J Med. 1978 Sep;129(3):169-76.Malignant neoplasms may cause life-threatening complications requiring prompt diagnosis and emergency therapy. Whether or not the underlying neoplasm is potentially curable, the physician can often provide worthwhile prolongation of life and dramatic symptomatic relief. Among the serious complications of neoplasia are superior vena cava obstruction, airway obstruction, pericardial tamponade, spinal cord compression, brain metastasis, meningeal involvement by cancer, hyperuricemia, hypercalcemia and hyperkalemia.