Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: Population and the Human Imprint on Earth: An Introduction -- The Earth's Ecosystem and Human Evolution -- Sidebar: Was the Mayan Population "Collapse" Caused by Climate? -- The Shift to Agriculture Intensifies Human Impact -- The Twentieth Century -- Graph: Global Population Growth Throughout History -- Notes -- Chapter 2: The Link Between Population Dynamics and Resources -- Theories About the Connection Between Population and Resources -- Population Changes: Birth and Death Rates -- Graph: The Demographic Transition Model -- Resource Consumption and Environmental Impact -- Carrying Capacity -- Sidebar: The Case for a New Human-Induced Epoch -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Population's Impact on Climate Change -- Population Growth -- Consumerism and Consumption -- Graph: Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil Fuel Consumption, 2006 -- Urbanization -- Sidebar: The Impact of US Households on Climate Change -- Poverty and Land Use -- Talking About Population and Climate Change -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Climate Change Impacts on Population and Resources -- Water-Related Impacts -- Map: Areas Vulnerable to Climate-Related Water Challenges -- The Significant Impact of Drought -- Floods: Swift and Deadly -- Storms and Sea-Level Rise -- Food Sources in a Warming Climate -- Sidebar: The "Sting" of Climate Change -- Climate-Induced Migration -- The Vulnerability Gulf -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Vulnerable Populations -- Defining Climate Change Vulnerability -- Sidebar: Climate Change Threatens to Leave Many People "Stateless" -- Marginalized Groups Are Especially Vulnerable -- Poverty and Inequality Contribute to the Vulnerability of Women -- Hot Spots -- Map: Hot Spots for Floods, Cyclones, and Droughts -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Climate Change and Conflicts -- Fighting over Water. , Fighting over Land -- The Link Between Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict -- Map: Locations at Risk of Conflict -- Climate Change Is a Threat Multiplier -- Sidebar: US Congressional Testimony on the Potential for Conflict in the Arctic -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Conclusion: Reducing the Human Imprint on the Natural World -- The Role of Population Policies in Mitigation -- Graph: Unmet Need for Contraception -- The Role of Population Policies in Adaptation -- Empowering Women -- Sidebar: The Sinsibere Project in Mali: Women as Environmental Stewards -- Sustainable Development -- Notes -- Glossary -- For Further Research -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.

Note: Intro -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Vorwort -- Warum wir das Buch übersetzt haben -- Einleitung -- Kapitel 1: Die Architekten der Fehlinformation und Irreführung -- Kapitel 2: Die Klimakriege -- Kapitel 3: Der »weinende Indianer« und die Geburtsstunde der Ablenkungskampagne -- Kapitel 4: DU bist schuld -- Kapitel 5: Legen Sie einen Preis fest. Oder auch nicht. -- Kapitel 6: Die Konkurrenz versenken -- Kapitel 7: Pseudolösungen -- Kapitel 8: Die Wahrheit ist schlimm genug -- Kapitel 9: Die Herausforderung annehmen -- Anmerkungen -- Nachwort -- Danksagungen -- Zum Autor -- Impressum.

Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: Carbon Footprints and Why They Matter -- The Case for Global Warming -- Questions Raised by Global Warming Skeptics -- Graph: CO2 Emissions and CO2 Concentrations, 1751-2004 -- The Carbon Cycle -- The Greenhouse Effect -- The GWP Factor -- The Focus on Carbon -- What Can Be Done? -- Sidebar: How Is a Carbon Footprint Calculated? -- Notes -- Chapter 2: House and Garden -- Home Energy Audit -- Chart: Energy Consumption by Sector, 2008 -- Increasing the Energy Efficiency of Existing Structures -- Renewable Energy Sources -- Add-On Solutions -- Air Leakage -- Green Building -- Sidebar: Impact of Green Building -- Yards and Gardens -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Daily Living at Home -- Heating and Cooling the Home -- Chart: How We Use Energy in Our Homes -- Lighting -- Sidebar: If a CFL or Other Fluorescent Bulb Breaks -- Monitoring Energy Use -- Working with Utility Companies to Reduce Energy Use -- Small Electronics -- Appliances -- Outdoor Grilling -- Cleaning House -- Reducing Water Consumption -- Paper Products -- Recycled Paper -- Reducing Waste -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Transportation and Travel -- Fuel-Efficient Automobiles -- Graph: Fuel Efficiency Correlates to Dramatic Reductions in CO2 Emissions -- Daily Commuting -- Sidebar: Calculating the Cost of Commuting -- Telecommuting and Videoconferencing -- Around-Town Transportation -- Vacationing -- Chapter 5: Food Choices -- Eating Locally: The Locavore Movement -- Graph: Distances Traveled by Fresh Produce -- Organic Foods -- Sidebar: Organic Foods: Myth and Reality -- Whole Foods -- Reducing Meat Consumption -- Reducing Food Waste and Excess Consumption -- Packaging -- In-Home Food Preparation -- Notes -- Chapter 6: At School and Work -- Reducing Kitchen and Lunchroom Waste -- Sidebar: Getting Rid of Trays. , Classroom and Office Waste -- Graph: Recycling Rates of Selected Materials, 2008 -- Choosing Recycled Paper Products -- Powering Off -- Growing a School Garden -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Activism -- Consuming Wisely -- Sidebar: Newsweek's Green Rankings -- Table: U.S. Imports and Exports, 1992-2009 -- Reducing Family Size -- Offsets -- Taking the Lead -- Resources for Information and Action -- Local, State, and Federal Law -- Putting Thought into Action -- Notes -- Glossary -- For Further Research -- Index -- About the Author -- Back cover.

Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: Global Warming, Nature and Wildlife: An Overview -- Scientists Search for Facts -- Global Warming as a Natural Process -- Climate-Change Deniers -- What Scientific Evidence Reveals -- Chart: Projected Impacts of Climate Change -- The Relationship Between Global Warming and Wildlife and Nature -- Habitat Loss -- Emerging Wildlife and Plant Diseases -- Animal Immunity and Reproduction -- Global Warming and Water Quality -- The Dangers of Ocean Acidification -- The Sixth Mass Extinction -- Sidebar: Climate Change and the "Evil Quartet" -- Life on Earth: The Importance of Biodiversity -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Shrinking Habitat: The Land -- Habitats as Complicated Ecosystems -- Causes of Habitat Loss and Fragmentation -- Chart: The Complicated Web of Habitat Loss and Fragmentation -- Requirements of a Suitable Habitat -- The Effects of Drought on Habitat -- Sidebar: Habitat Loss and Severe Weather Endanger Copperbelly Snakes -- Excessive Rain, Floods, and Storms -- Temperature Extremes and Habitat -- Wildfires Destroy Habitats -- Changes in the Climatic Envelope -- Human Encroachment and Invasive Species -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Shrinking Habitats: The Ocean, Ice, and Freshwater -- Causes of Water Habitat Loss -- Warming Ocean -- Sidebar: Antarctica's Penguins -- The Case of the Corals -- The Arctic: Warmer Waters, Disappearing Sea Ice -- Polar Bear Populations: Conflicting Assertions -- Map: Polar Bear Populations -- Rising Ocean Levels and Habitat Loss -- Freshwater Wetlands -- Eutrophication -- Global Warming and Great Lakes Habitats -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Plant and Wildlife Health -- Infectious Diseases Are Expanding -- Plant and Forest Health in a Warming World -- Tree Decline and Mortality -- Drought, Flood, and Air Pollution. , Wildlife Health and Global Warming -- Synergistic Effects of Global Warming on Wildlife -- Amphibians in Danger -- Map: The Range and Distribution of Wildlife Diseases Are Expanding -- Chytridiomycosis and Climate Change -- Sidebar: The Mystery of Costa Rica's Golden Toads -- Marine Plants and Wildlife -- Coral: Disease and Global Warming -- Chapter 5: Animal Immune and Reproductive Systems -- Animal Immune Systems and Weather-Related Events -- An Increased Risk of Infectious Disease -- The Effects of Habitat Loss and Fragmentation on Immunity -- Climate Change and Animal Reproduction -- Changing Seasons and Reproduction -- Chart: How the Changing Environment Affects Animal Immunity and Reproduction -- The Case of the Lemmings -- The Complications of Adaptation -- Some Species Cannot Adapt -- Migrating Birds and Changing Seasons -- The Road to Extinction -- Sidebar: The Life Cycle of the Mallard Duck -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Air and Water Quality -- The Carbon Cycle -- Global Warming and Ozone Formation -- Ozone, Global Warming, and Nature -- Acid Rain, Nature, and Wildlife -- Acid Rain and Soil -- Global Warming and Ocean Oxygen Depletion -- Habitat Loss and Fragmentation from Ocean Oxygen Depletion -- Harmful Algal Blooms -- Sidebar: The Invasion of the Jellyfish -- HABS and Global Warming -- Acidification of the Ocean -- Graph: Historical and Projected pH and Dissolved CO2 -- The Ocean as Carbon Sink -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Global Warming, Mass Extinctions, and Biodiversity -- Past Climate Change -- Gradual Versus Abrupt Climate Change -- Climate Change and Past Extinction Events -- What Caused the Pleistocene Extinctions? -- Chart: Extinction Rates Are Accelerating -- The Causes of Present-Day Extinctions -- The Connection Between Global Warming and Extinctions -- Mammals, Climate Change, and Extinction -- Birds in Danger. , Sidebar: From the Brink of Extinction: Kirtland's Warbler -- The Rapid Rate of Amphibian Extinctions -- The Case for Conservation: Protecting Biodiversity on Planet Earth -- Notes -- Chapter 8: The Impact of Global Warming on Nature and Wildlife: Conclusion -- Adaptation and Abrupt Climate Change -- Mitigating the Impact of Global Warming on Nature and Wildlife -- A Commitment to Biodiversity -- Notes -- Glossary -- For Further Research -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.

Note: Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather: An Introduction -- Air and Water Chemistry -- Components of Earth's Climate -- Solar Radiation and Global Climate -- The Milankovitch Cycles and Global Climate -- The Ice Ages -- The Medieal Warm Period and the Little Ice Age -- Measuring Carbon Dioxide -- Anthropogenic Climate Change -- The Climate Extremes Index -- 2008--An Exception to the Trend -- Climatologists Battle Kerry Emanuel Versus Bill Gray -- Extreme Weather: The Future Impact -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Heat Waves -- Rising Temperatures -- A Heat Wave in Europe -- A Warming Future -- The Hot Gets Hotter -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Drought -- The Dust Bowl -- Drought in the Sahel -- Australia's Big Dry -- The California Crisis -- Drought: Future Impacts -- Drought: The Civilization Killer -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Rainfall and Flooding -- Effects of a Faster Hydrolic Cycle -- Clouds and Warming -- Mumbai's July 26th, 2005, Rain Event -- Urban Pollution and the Heat Island -- The Consequences of Extreme Precipitation -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones -- Hurricane Katrina -- The Saffir-Simpson Scale -- Cyclone Nargis -- Monsoons and Cyclones -- Hurricane Formation -- The AMO and Other Natural Factors -- Witness to a Hurricane -- The Effect of Global Warming -- Wave Heights and Superstorms -- High-Risk Behavior -- Adapting to Hurricanes -- Notes -- Chapter 6 Extratropical Storms -- Tornadoes and Global Warming -- The Northward Storm Track -- The Superstorms -- The Enhanced Fujita Scale -- A Stormy Future -- Notes -- Chapter 7 Seasonal Variability -- Global Warming and Seasonal Variation -- Foliation: A Key Indicator of Seasonal Variation -- The Seasonal Monsoon -- El Nino -- The Real Danger: A Stronger La Nina -- Notes. , Chapter 8 Conclusion -- Glossary -- For Further Research -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.