{"product_id":"earth-a-tenants-manual-paperback-softback-9780801478239","title":"Earth; A Tenant's Manual (Paperback \/ softback) 9780801478239","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEarth\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Tenant's Manual\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrank H. T. Rhodes (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801478239\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 June 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages, 81 halftones, 12 tables - 81 Halftones, black and white - 20 Illustrations, black and white\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 1.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eRhodes reviews earth science, identifies and discusses the major environmental issues currently facing societies, and describes and promotes pathways for sustainable use of Earth and its resources.... Overall, the book is highly readable. Although science is a focus, the presentation is such that anyone with an interest in environmental issues will enjoy and learn from the work. It could serve well as a text for students in an upper-division environmental issues class. Summing Up: Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e (Choice)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's impossible to grasp the whole planet or integrate all the descriptions of it. But because we live here, we have to try. This is not just an artistic compulsion or an existential yearning, still less an academic exercise. It's a survival issue. This is the only planet we have. We're stuck here, and we don't own the place—it would be the height of arrogance to assume that we do. We're tenants here, not owners, but we're tenants with hope for a long-term tenancy. We want to extend our lease just as far as we can.\"—from Earth: A Tenant's Manual\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEarth: A Tenant's Manual,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e the distinguished geologist Frank H. T. Rhodes, President Emeritus of Cornell University, provides a sweeping, accessible, and deeply informed guide to the home we all share, showing us how we might best preserve the Earth's livability for ourselves and future generations. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRhodes begins by setting the scene for our active planet and explaining how its location and composition determine how the Earth works and why it teems with life. He emphasizes the changes that are of concern to us today, from earthquakes to climate change and the clashes over the energy resources needed for the Earth's exploding population. He concludes with an extended exploration of humanity's prospects on a complex, protean, and ultimately finite world. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is not a question of whether the planet is sustainable; the challenge facing life on Earth—and the life of the Earth—is whether an expanding and high-consumption species like ours is sustainable. Only new resources, new priorities, new policies and, most of all, new knowledge, can reverse the damage that humanity is doing to our home—and ourselves. A sustainable human future, Rhodes concludes in this eloquent, sobering, but ultimately optimistic book, will require a sense of responsible stewardship, for we are not owners of this planet; we are tenants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurveying the systems, large and small, that govern Earth's processes and influence its changes, Rhodes addresses the negative consequences of human activities for the health of its regulatory systems but offers practical suggestions as to how we might effect repairs, or at least limit further damage to our home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Earth Present: The Third Planet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Third Planet\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Home Planet\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Rocky Planet\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Blue Planet\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Veiled Planet\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Hazardous Planet\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Ancient Planet\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Bountiful Planet\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Finite Planet\u003cb\u003ePart II. Earth Past: The Changing Planet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Singular Planet\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Uninhabitable Planet\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Living Planet\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Warming Planet\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Polluted Planet\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Crowded Planet\u003cb\u003ePart III. Earth Future: The Sustainable Planet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Sustainable Planet\u003cbr\u003e 17. Water as Sustenance\u003cbr\u003e 18. Air as Sustenance\u003cbr\u003e 19. Soil as Sustenance\u003cbr\u003e 20. Food as Sustenance\u003cbr\u003e 21. Energy as Sustenance\u003cbr\u003e 22. Materials as Sustenance\u003cbr\u003e 23. Prospects for Sustenance\u003cbr\u003e 24. 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