Nick Middleton

In "Going to Extremes", writer, presenter and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton visits the world''s hottest, coldest, wettest and driest inhabited places. He visits Oymyakon in Siberia, where the average winter temperature is -47 degrees and 40 per cent of the population have lost their fingers to frostbite while changing the car wheel. Next, he travels to Arica in Chile where there have been fourteen consecutive years without a drop of rain and so fog is people''s only source of water. From the driest to the wettest: Mawsynram in India which annually competes for the title with its neighbour Cherrapunji. However, Nick discovers that during the dry season there is water shortage and one entrepreneur has started selling it bottled! Finally, his journey takes him to Dalol in Ethiopia known as the ''hell hole of creation'' where the temperature remains at 94 degrees year round. Here, Nick will join miners who work all day with no shade, limited water and no protective clothing. The book and series consider how and why people lives in these harsh environments. How does Nick''s body react to these contrasting extremes? He looks at the geographical and meteorological conditions.He meets local characters and discover the history of these settlements to find out how they ever became populated. He looks at the way both the population, and the flora and fauna, have adapted physically to the climate, and also considers the psychological impact of living under such conditions. The series also considers global climatic conditions.

The Global Casino is an introduction to environmental issues which deals both with the workings of the physical environment and the political economic and social frameworks in which the issues occur Using examples from all over the world the book highlights the underlying causes behind environmental problems the human actions which have made them issues and the hopes for solutions It is a book about the human impact on the environment and the ways in which the natural environment impacts human society The seventh edition has been fully revised and updated throughout with new case studies figures and online resources comprising a complete lecture course for tutors and multiple choice questions for students New concepts and topics covered for the first time in this edition include the blue economy marine heatwaves Africa s Great Green Wall rewilding net zero commitments nature based solutions emerging contaminants in global rivers green infrastructure in sustainable cities initiatives promoting zero emission vehicles and zoonotic diseases including the COVID 19 pandemic New case studies include gender impact assessment of big dams in Laos and Vietnam reducing food loss and waste liming sugar maple trees in North America to counteract soil acidifica

Un compendio de cincuenta estados no reconocidos y en gran medida inadvertidos.Un libro muyactual que ayudará a reflexionar sobre elconcepto de país, un término que puede resultar muy resbaladizo, y que en ocasiones conduce adiscrepancias, excepciones y anomalias. Un termino, ademas, que no deja de estar siempre de plena actualidad.Este atlas esta planteado con elmaximo rigor y rebatiendo posibles demagogias sobre un tema tan conflictivo.