Who Speaks for the Climate?
Rating: Boykoff MT. 2011. Who speaks for the climate? Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0978 0 521 13305 0 If we look back about 40 years ago, it was possible to teach environmental science with the one of two books available (and get a good understanding) and the guide to UK conservation groups was a slim publication. Both aspects have now been expanded to an extent inconceivable at the time. This is not to say that things should return to the […]
The Carbon Brief
The Carbon Brief is a small UK-based organisation comprised of a number of environmental writers whose intentions are to fact-check climate information and provide accurate material to press and other groups.
Climate Central
Climate Central is a US non-profit that started in 2005. It’s aim is to bring climate related news to the attention of the public.
Climate Commission
Climate Commission. Australia’s answer to the study of climate change. Tends to be controversial in Australia partly due to the composition of the commission. It’s worth looking at to see how other nations react to climate change.
Real Climate
Real Climate – A blog produced by those working in climate science as a reaction to some of the stories circulating about climate change. Aimed at media personnel to help find answers it often features in science round-ups on blogs worth seeing.
Global Environment Facility
Global Environment Facility – a group of 182 nations plus institutions etc. combining to tackle global issues on pollution, biodiversity etc. In May 2012 it released this useful guide to biodiversity conservation
The Great Energy Challenge
The Great Energy Challenge A great interactive site by National Geographic highlighting the issues we face in energy production, consumption and climate change.
Applied Urban Ecology
Rating: Matthias Richter and Ulrike Weiland. (eds). 2012. Applied Urban Ecology. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978 1 4443 3340 4. Given that urban areas frequently degrade ecosystem processes and that, as urban areas expand this problem will only get worse, it follows that we need to consider ways to improve existing conditions. The aim of this text is to show how it might be done. It is very clear that tackling urban ecological problems is not the same as doing the same […]
The Atlas of Human Migration
Rating: Russell King, Richard Black, Michael Collyer, Anthony Fielding, Ronald Skeldon. 2010. The Atlas of Human Migration. Earthscan. ISBN 978 1 84971 150 0 This is one of the impressive set of atlases that Earthscan have published. Previous topics have included water, food and endangered species which are of particular interest to us. The aim here is to demonstrate, through a series of maps, the major migration patterns and the reasons behind them. The text is divided into four parts. […]
