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Very Short Introductions Brilliant Sharp InspiringEnergy is vital for a good standard of living and affordable sources of power that do not cause climate change or pollution are crucial Renewable energy is recognised as providing the answer with countries from around the world deciding at COP28 in 2023 to aim to triple the global renewable energy capacity by 2030 for the transition away from fossil fields to be on track for net zero emissions by 2050 This Very Short Introduction describes the main sources of renewable energy solar PV wind hydropower and biomass their innovative technologies and what each could deliver It also discusses the relatively small contributions expected from tidal wave geothermal and nuclear power and from carbon capture and storage Nick Jelley presents how the variability of solar PV and wind power can be handled in an electricity grid predominantly powered by renewables and discusses recent innovations in batteries and other energy storage technologies Jelley goes on to explain the importance of decarbonising the huge global heat demand by using heat pumps hydrogen from electrolysers and electricity directly and of changing to electric vehicles which will decarbonise most of transport Electrification of buildings

La crisis ecológico-social contemporánea es tan profunda que nos invita a reconsiderar los fundamentos mismos de las ideologías y el sentido común dominante. ¿No resultará a la postre contraproducente la busqueda de dominacion sobre la naturaleza? ¿Tiene sentido considerarnos como individuos separados de sus semejantes y de los ecosistemas? ¿El antropocentrismo no nos esta descarriando mucho? ¿Cabe decir, a estas alturas de la historia humana, que sabemos habitar la Tierra? Quiza podamos avanzar hacia lo que se podria llamar una simbioetica para seres terrestres, para Homo sapiens que de verdad decidan asumir la condicion humana terrestre en la biosfera del tercer planeta del Sistema solar. Los ensayos reunidos en este volumen tratan de profundizar en esa idea.

Fred Vargas hace un llamamiento para que cambiemos el rumbo que nos lleva hacia la destrucción del planeta: «Debemos tener el valor de mirar de frente esta convulsión sin negarla y con todas sus cons

Love them or hatethem what if squirrels are actually the key to understanding our planet s future

Accompanying the landmark BBC natural history documentary and featuring stunning full colour photography Five years four powerful animal families Who will rule the Kingdom Zambia s spectacular Luangwa Valley contains ideal leopard territory It also hosts one of the highest densities of wild dogs ever recorded one of the ten remaining strongholds of lions left in Africa and is home to one of the few hyena populations to be studied in depth Kingdom chronicles the real life saga of four animal families as each one stakes their claim here for a territory called Nsefu Over the course of five years this story follows the twists and turns of their interconnected lives Leopard mother Olimba is busy bringing up her two cubs when wild dog Storm arrives fiercely determined to make this place home for her pack Hyenas Tenta and Tandala walk a tightrope between following their rivals for food whilst keeping themselves and their cubs safe and the lion pride strive to secure their control of this territory for generations to come Featuring stunning full colour photography Kingdom charts the uplifting highs of these real animal characters as well as their heart rending lows as they jostle for power and their family s survival

This book offers a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in understanding the complex interplay between language discourse and environmental issues

In Habitat Roger Dennis further explores and expands his hugely influential resource based approach to understanding how organisms fit in to their environment and how best to conserve them This important book is essential reading for all ecologists and conservation scientitsts