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Guidelines for remediation of soil contaminated by petroleum / by North Carolina.Groundwater Section.(CARDINAL)188488;

Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Oil pollution of soils; Soil pollution; Soil pollution;

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Atlas of environmental issues / by Middleton, Nick.(CARDINAL)747256; Downes, John,illustrator.(CARDINAL)742225; Weston, Steve,illustrator.(CARDINAL)517310;

Describes and explains major environmental issues of the world today including soil erosion, deforestation, mechanised agriculture, oil pollution of the oceans, acid rain, overfishing, and nuclear power.

Subjects: Conservation of natural resources; Environmental protection; Nature conservation; Nature; Pollution;

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Environmental science fair projects using water, feathers, sunlight, balloons, and more / by Rybolt, Thomas R.(CARDINAL)746738; Mebane, Robert C.(CARDINAL)746175;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-126) and index.Safety first -- Air-our amazing atmosphere: Oxygen from photosynthesis -- Melting ice -- Particles in the air -- Removing dust from air -- Greenhouse effect and global warming -- Water-the liquid of life: Cycle of water -- Purifying water -- Exploring acid rain -- Blooming algae -- Plants and salty water -- Soil-pieces of earth: Layers and types of soil -- Recipe for soil -- Acidity of soil -- Erosion-here today and gone tomorrow -- Pollution-problems of waste -- Oil spills-a messy problem -- Plants and air pollutants -- Plants and acid rain -- Effect of acid rain on materials -- Weather and air quality -- Energy resources-renewable and sustainable: Sun power -- Electricity from sunlight -- Electricity from wind -- Heat from decaying grass clippings -- Further reading -- Internet addresses -- Index.

Subjects: Environmental sciences; Science projects;

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The new encyclopedia of Southern culture. by Melosi, Martin V.,1947-(CARDINAL)142534; University of Mississippi.Center for the Study of Southern Culture.(CARDINAL)167359;

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Environmental policy;

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Principles of sustainability / by Lerner Media Group,editor.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Agricultural runoff -- Air pollution policy -- Alternative energy sources -- Antibiotics as environmental waste -- Aquaculture's environmental impact -- Automobile emissions -- Beach erosion -- Bees and other pollinators -- Bhopal disaster -- Biodiversity action plans -- Biomagnification -- Biomass conversion -- Biomes and environmental issues -- Biopesticides and the environment -- Biopiracy and bioprospecting -- Bioremediation -- Biotechnology and genetic engineering -- BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill -- Carbon dioxide -- Carbon dioxide air capture -- Carcinogens in the environment -- Carrying capacity -- Chernobyl nuclear accident -- Chlorofluorocarbons and the ozone -- Clean air act and amendments -- Clean water act and amendments -- Climate accommodation -- Climate change and human health -- Climate change and oceans -- Climate models -- Cogeneration power systems -- Commercial fishing -- Community gardens -- Coniferous forests -- Conservation movement -- Conservation policy -- Controlled burning -- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) -- Coral reefs and coral bleaching -- Dams and reservoirs -- Dead zones -- Destruction of the rain forests -- Detoxification (environmental) -- Detrimental health effects of smog -- Development Gap -- Earth Day -- Earth resources satellites -- Ecological footprint -- Ecotourism: pros and cons -- El Nino and La Nina -- Electronic waste -- Endangered species and species protection policy -- Energy-efficiency labeling -- Environmental causes of cancer clusters -- Environmental effects of coal mining and coal burning -- Environmental impact assessments and statements -- Environmental impacts of desalination -- Environmental impacts of raising cattle -- Environmental refugees -- Erosion and erosion control -- Eutrophication -- Extinctions and species loss -- Floodplains and environmental threats -- Forest management -- Fossil fuels and environmental degradation -- Genetically modified organisms and environmentalism -- Geoengineering -- Glacial melting -- Global biodiversity assessment -- Globalization -- Grazing and grasslands -- Great Barrier Reef and preservation efforts -- Green buildings -- Green marketing -- Greenbelts -- Greenhouse gases and air pollution -- Greenwashing -- Groundwater pollution -- Habitat destruction -- Hazardous and toxic substance regulation -- Hazardous waste -- Health problems caused by exposure to lead -- Hybrid vehicles -- Impact of ocean currents on global climate -- Incineration of waste products -- Indoor air pollution -- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) -- International environmental law -- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) -- Iron Fertilization -- Land clearance -- Land pollution -- Land-use policy -- Light pollution -- Logging and clear-cutting -- Nuclear power industry and the environment -- Ocean dumping -- Ocean pollution -- Oil drilling -- Oil spills -- Organic gardening and farming -- Our common future -- Overconsumption -- Overgrazing of livestock -- Pandemics -- Planned obsolescence -- Plastics -- Poaching -- Pollution permit trading -- Population growth and environmental impact -- Positive feedback and tipping points -- Precautionary principle -- Preservation -- Radon as a health hazard -- Rainwater harvesting -- Renewable energy -- Renewable resources -- Resource depletion -- Resource recovery -- Riparian rights -- Seed banks -- Sewage treatment and disposal -- Slash-and-burn agriculture -- Smart grids and renewable energy -- Soil conservation -- Solid waste management policy -- Spaceship Earth metaphor -- Stormwater management -- Strip and surface mining -- Superfund legislation -- Sustainable agriculture -- Sustainable development -- Sustainable forestry -- Tidal energy -- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) -- Urban ecology -- Urban planning -- Volcanoes and weather -- Waste management -- Water conservation -- Water pollution -- Water treatment -- Watershed management -- Whaling -- Wilderness areas -- Wildfires -- Wildlife refuges -- Zoning laws -- U.S. federal laws concerning the environment -- Directory of U.S. National Parks -- Major world national parks and protected areas -- Environmental organizations -- Sustainability timeline -- Key figures in sustainability.Provides students and researchers with a solid foundation to study of sustainability.

Subjects: Sustainable development.; Sustainability.; Pollution.; Climatic changes.; Environmental degradation.; Renewable energy sources.; Pollution.; sustainable development.; pollution.; Environmental degradation.; Pollution.; Climatic changes.;

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Environmental science : 49 science fair projects / by Bonnet, Robert L.(CARDINAL)773110; Keen, Dan.(CARDINAL)732862;

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- How to use this book -- Science projects -- Under your feet: projects in soil. Homemade topsoil: making nutrient-rich topsoil -- A slice of life. Comparing the thickness of soil to the dominant plant species -- Feed me, I'm hungry: nitrogen content in soil where carnivorous plants live -- It's leaking in: percolation of lake-bottom soil -- Rotten to the core: comparing amount of organic material in lake-bottom soil to forest soil -- Winter homes: temperature differences between lake surfaces and bottoms in winter -- Pile driver: the grabbing ability of sand -- Ecology: projects in habitat and life cycles. Cover up: determining relationships between habitat size and the number of organisms living there -- Longer in the womb, later in the tomb: comparing organism gestation period with longevity -- "Wood" it burn well: comparing tree decomposition with position -- Hair helps: animal hair as a natural thermal insulator -- Blubber is beautiful: animal fat as a natural thermal insulator -- Chicken feed is for the birds: animal populations and food supply -- Who comes to drink: organism attraction to sweetness -- Pests and controls: projects in weeds and insects. Insect picnic: developing insect pest lures -- Nighttime flyers: the effect of heat and light on flying insects -- Window box protection: testing marigolds to control insect pests -- Scare bottles: objects in motion to repel bird pests -- Crabby grass: varying watering levels as natural weed control -- Netting your food: determining the number of insects trapped in spider webs -- Nature's herbicide: using acid from black walnut trees to prevent weeds -- Recycling: projects in resources and conservation. Garbage away!: determining the amount of daily unrecyclable household trash -- Rip it, tear it, decompose it: comparing the decomposition rate of paper made from recycled paper to standard paper -- My old shirt: the affect of discarded clothing on the environment -- How does your garden grow: evaluating constructed from man-made substances -- It's in the bag: aerobic and anaerobic organisms that aid in decomposition -- Trees please (many organisms): trees naturally recycle themselves -- Making gardens out of ant hills: evaluating the nutrient content of ant hills -- Waste products: projects in decomposition. Buried but not forgotten: decomposition of common materials -- Plastic graveyard: comparing decomposition of plastics -- Above or below: decomposition above and below the ground -- Preserving our goods: developing a defense against iron rust -- Soak it up: soaking solutions for wood preservation -- Compact campfire: making fuel bricks from tree litter -- Soap box opera: determining the ratio of a container to the quantity -- Indoor environment: projects in microscopic organisms. My walls are weeping: locating humid areas in a home -- Air garbage: scattering of particulate matter by vacuum cleaners -- Dusting the air: airborne particulate matter in the home -- No noise is good noise: shrubs as natural sound barriers -- Lead into hot water: lead in dinnerware -- No smoking area: detecting particulate matter in cigarette smoke -- The nose knows: how odors affect people -- Man affects the environment: projects in mankind and the environment. Outdoor air conditioning: changing the reflectivity of the Earth's surface affects temperature -- Particular particulates: airborne particulate matter blocks sunlight and affects temperatures on Earth -- Every litter bit burns: evaluating moisture content in ground-tree litter for retarding forest fires -- Clean up your act : water purification -- Flying fly ash: chimney air polluters -- Oil and water don't mix: water pollution by petroleum products -- Group rates: mass transit efficiency -- Resource list: a list of mail-order suppliers of laboratory materials -- Glossary -- About the authors -- Index.Suggests forty-nine projects in environmental science, suitable for the classroom or a science fair.

Subjects: Literature.; Environmental sciences; Pollution; Science projects; Ecology; Experiments;

Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7

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Entangled life : how fungi make our worlds, change our minds & shape our futures / by Sheldrake, Merlin,author.(CARDINAL)831810;

Includes bibliographical references and index.What is it like to be a fungus? -- a lure -- living labyrinths -- the intimacy of strangers -- mycelial minds -- before roots -- wood wide webs -- radical mycology -- making sense of fungi -- this compost."Living at the border between life and non-life, fungi use diverse cocktails of potent enzymes and acids to disassemble some of the most stubborn substances on the planet, turning rock into soil and wood into compost, allowing plants to grow. Fungi not only help create soil, they send out networks of tubes that enmesh roots and link plants together in the "Wood Wide Web." Fungi also drive many long-standing human fascinations: from yeasts that cause bread to rise and orchestrate the fermentation of sugar into alcohol; to psychedelic fungi; to the mold that produces penicillin and revolutionized modern medicine. And we can partner with fungi to heal the damage we've done to the planet. Fungi are already being used to make sustainable building materials and wearable leather, but they can do so much more. Fungi can digest many stubborn and toxic pollutants from crude oil to human-made polyurethane plastics and the explosive TNT. They can grow food from renewable sources: edible mushrooms can be grown on anything from plant waste to cigarette butts. And some fungi's antiviral compounds might be able to ease the colony collapse of bees. Merlin Sheldrake's revelatory introduction to this world will show us how fungi, and our relationships with them, are more astonishing than we could have imagined. Bringing to light science's latest discoveries and ingeniously parsing the varieties and behaviors of the fungi themselves, he points us toward the fundamental questions about the nature of intelligence and identity this massively diverse, little understood kingdom provokes"--

Subjects: Fungi.; Nature.; Renewable natural resources.;

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Environmental protection : what everyone needs to know / by Hill, Pamela,1949-author.(CARDINAL)414847;

Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Environmental protection : an introduction -- What is the environment? -- What is environmental protection? -- Why does the environment need protection? -- How did protecting the environment become a societal concern? -- What is the Environmental Protection Agency? -- Do most countries have environmental agencies similar to the EPA? -- What values drive environmental policy? -- What is sustainability? -- Why is environmental protection so hard to achieve? -- What does the idea of unintended consequences have to do with environmental protection? -- 2. Pollution -- What is pollution? -- What are pollutants? -- What are persistent organic pollutants? -- What are endocrine disruptors? -- What are bioaccumulation and biomagnification? -- How do we know what a safe level of pollution is? -- What is noise pollution? -- What is light pollution? -- What is nanopollution? -- What is the precautionary principle? -- What are the most dangerous pollutants? -- 3. Environmental laws -- What is environmental law in the United States? -- What does the US Constitution say about protecting the environment? -- Why did Congress enact environmental laws? -- What are the most important US environmental laws? -- What is the National Environmental Policy Act? -- Do environmental laws protect Native American lands and populations? -- Is US environmental law out of date? -- What are the environmental laws of other countries? -- 4. Environmental protection and the global community -- Is protecting the environment a global concern? -- Is there international environmental law? -- What is the role of the United Nations in global environmental protection? -- What are the main obstacles to achieving global environmental agreements? -- Should developing countries be asked to help solve environmental problems? -- What is the connection between international trade and the environment? -- Which countries are best at protecting the environment? -- Is the United States a global leader in environmental protection? --5. Water -- Why is clean water important? -- What is a watershed? -- What is groundwater? -- What are aquifers? -- What is water pollution? --Why is water pollution a problem? -- What are the main kinds of water pollutants? -- How can nutrients cause water pollution? -- What are algal blooms? -- How do excess nutrients get into the aquatic environment? -- What are pathogens? -- Why are sediments water pollutants? -- Which chemicals are the most harmful water pollutants? -- What are contaminants of emerging concern? -- Are plastics in water a serious problem? -- Why is heat a water pollutant? -- How does noise cause water pollution? -- What are the main sources of water pollution? -- Is sewage treated before its gets into water? -- What is stormwater pollution? -- Which industries pollute the water most? -- Why are oil spills so bad? -- What was the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill? -- How can cars pollute water? -- What kinds of pollutants go down the drain? -- How is water pollution controlled in the United States? -- How is water pollution controlled in other countries? -- What are wetlands? -- What are regulated wetlands? -- Why are wetlands important? -- Do wetlands contribute to disease? -- Are wetlands disappearing? -- How can we protect wetlands? -- How is drinking water protected? -- Is water becoming scarce? -- How can water quality be further improved? -- 6. Air -- Why is clean air important? -- What is air pollution? -- Why is air pollution a problem? -- Why are children especially vulnerable to air pollutions? -- What are the major air pollutants? -- What is ozone? -- What are volatile organic compounds? -- Why is ground-level ozone harmful? -- What is the ozone hole? -- What is particulate matter? -- Why is particulate matter harmful? -- What is asthma, and what does it have to do with air pollution? -- What is smog? -- What is a temperature inversion? -- Why is carbon monoxide a major air pollutant? -- Why are nitrogen oxides major air pollutants? -- Why is sulfur dioxide a major air pollutant? -- What is acid rain? -- Is lead too heavy to be an air pollutant? -- What are the toxic air pollutants? -- What is indoor air pollution? -- What are the main sources of air pollution? -- What are fossil fuels, and why are they so harmful? -- What are mobile sources of air pollution? -- What are stationary sources of air pollution? -- What are fugitive emissions? -- How is air pollution controlled in the United States? -- How much has the Clean Air Act helped reduce air pollution? -- What are other countries doing to control air pollution? -- How can air quality be further improved? --7. Ecosystems -- What is an ecosystem? -- What do ecosystems do for us? -- What is biodiversity? -- What is a species? -- How many species live on Earth? -- How fast is the planet losing species? -- Why should we be concerned about species lost? -- If there are millions of species, can the planet spare some of them? -- Why is the spotted owl so controversial? -- What is the Endangered Species Act? -- How many species are endangered? -- What are invasive species? -- Why is genetic diversity important? -- Is agriculture a clean, even "green" activity? -- How is pollution from large-scale animal farms controlled? -- Is soil an ecosystem? -- Why is ecosystem diversity important? -- How are ecosystems protected? -- What is the relationship between sustainability and ecosystems? -- Is biodiversity loss as important as other environmental problems? -- 8. Climate change -- What is climate change? -- Are weather and climate the same? -- Are climate change and global warming the same? -- What is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change? -- How do we know that the Earth is getting warmer? -- Are humans really the main cause of climate change? -- Why is climate change such a big problem? -- What is the greenhouse effect? -- What are greenhouse gases? -- What is climate change feedback? -- What do trees have to do with climate change? -- What is a carbon footprint? -- What are climate change deniers thinking? -- Is it too late to reverse climate change? -- What is climate change adaptation? -- What is climate change mitigation? -- Why is energy efficiency an important climate change mitigation tool? -- What are renewables? -- Is nuclear a viable mitigation option? -- Is hydrofracking part of the solution? -- What is carbon capture and sequestration? -- What is geoengineering? -- How does a tax on carbon mitigate climate change? -- Are there laws that address climate change? -- What is the Kyoto Protocol? -- What is the Paris Climate Change Conference? -- What is climate justice? -- What does climate change have to do with world peace? --9. Waste -- What is waste? -- Why is solid waste a problem? -- What do Americans discard? -- Where does garbage go? -- What is the difference between an open dump and a landfill? -- How is waste controlled in the United States? -- What are household hazardous wastes? -- What about abandoned hazardous waste sites? -- What is Superfund? -- How hard is it to clean up groundwater? -- What are brownfields? -- How is wast controlled in other countries? -- What more can be done to reduce waste? -- Why is recycling important? -- Is it possible to eliminate waste altogether? -- 10. The built environment? -- What does the built environment have to do with environmental protection? -- What is smart growth? -- What is wrong with NIMBY? -- What special environmental challenges do cities present? -- Can landowners do anything they want on their property? -- Is there anything a landowner in the United States cannot do? -- How do public lands help protect the environment? -- 11. Environmental justice -- How is justice a part of environmental protection? -- When does an environmental justice concern arise? -- What is an environmental justice population? -- How is environmental justice defined? -- What is the environmental justice movement? -- How is environmental justice promoted in the United States? -- What are the main barriers to achieving environmental justice in the United States -- What more can be done to achieve environmental justice? -- 12. Are environmental protection and economic growth compatible? -- How accurate is the gross domestic product as an economic measurement tool? -- What is an externality? -- What is cost-benefit analysis and why is it difficult to apply? -- Does environmental regulation kill jobs? -- Can environmental regulation be good for business? -- What economic tools can be used to protect the environment? -- What are subsidies and how do they work in the environmental context? -- What is cap and trade? -- What does market disclosure have to do with environmental protection? -- What economic steps to protect the environment are most promising? -- 13. The future -- What are the greatest threats to the environment today? -- Why is climate change one of the greatest environmental threats? -- How serious is the future climate change threat? -- Why is biodiversity loss such a great threat? -- Are the oceans really dying? -- Why are new pollutants such a great threat? -- What does population growth have to do with environmental protection? -- How is poverty connected to environmental protections? -- What solutions are most promising? -- Does individual action matter? -- What is the prognosis for future generations?

Subjects: Environmental policy.; Environmental protection.; Environmental law; Environmental degradation;

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Taiga / by Day, Trevor,1955-(CARDINAL)378679; Garratt, Richard,illustrator.(CARDINAL)687303;

Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Taigas;

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The complete handbook of science fair projects / by Bochinski, Julianne Blair,1966-; Bochinski-DiBiase, Judy J.,illustrator.;

Discusses various aspects of science fair projects including advice on choosing a topic, doing research, developing experiments, organizing data results, and presenting a project to the judges.

Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Science projects; Science projects; Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc.; Science projects;

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