Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Forecast Subtitle: The Consequences of Climate Change Author: Stephan Faris Narrator: Mel Foster Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 01-21-09 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 14 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: America's coasts are already more difficult places to live, as increasing insurance rates make the Gulf Coast and other gorgeous spots prohibitively expensive. Crops will fail in previously lush places and thrive in some formerly barren zones, altering huge industries and remaking traditions. Water scarcity in India and Pakistan have the potential to inflame the conflict in Kashmir to unprecedented levels and draw the United States into the troubles there and elsewhere. Told through the narratives of current, past, and future events, the result of astonishingly wide travel and reporting, Forecast is a powerful, gracefully written, eye-opening account of this most urgent issue and how it has altered and will alter our world. Critic Reviews: "An intelligent, nuanced report on the complex relationships between increasingly unstable weather patterns and politics, ecology and lifestyles." ( Publishers Weekly )"A globe-spanning look at the effects of climate change, already apparent in our time.... Faris writes deftly about the developing world." ( Kirkus)

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dignity, Pleasures, Vulgarity Subtitle: Philosophy + Animal Rights Author: James Brusseau Narrator: James Brusseau Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 33 mins Language: English Release date: 02-17-17 Publisher: Overflow Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: While writing a chapter on animal rights for a philosophy textbook, James Brusseau began asking how the animal studies could reflect back to reveal human truths. Dignity, Pleasures, Vulgarity pursues that question as it ranges from an accessible look at today's philosophy of animal ethics, to an investigation of what we can learn about ourselves in the midst of thinking about animals. Set against the backdrop of the wine, sex, love, and blood-soaked running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, this short narrative nonfiction explores how animals - human and nonhuman - exist together.

Ascolta questo libro audio completo gratuitamente su https://hotaudiobook.com Titolo: Ritorno allorigine [Back to the Origin] Sottotitolo: Levoluzione non è a senso unico [Evolution Is Not a One-Way] Autore: Luca Madiai Narratore: Lorenzo Visi Formato: Unabridged Durata: 4 hrs and 31 mins Lingua: Italiano Data di pubblicazione: 03-12-15 Editore: Area51 Publishing Categoria: Science & Technology, Environment Riepilogo Editore: Capire l'oggi per creare il domani. Un percorso di trasformazione su tre livelli: spirituale, culturale e tecnico. L'Uomo si è ormai perso nella sua rincorsa feroce al progresso, tutti gli ambiti delle sue attività danno continui messaggi d'allarme. L'ecosistema terrestre e la vita dell'Uomo stesso non sono mai stati messi a rischio come in questi ultimi decenni di enorme sviluppo industriale ed economico. Ritornare all'origine di-venta un ripensamento indispensabile di tutti gli ambiti della nostra vita, diven-ta il ritorno alla terra, alla natura e a tutte le sue manifestazioni, alla semplicità, alla tradizione antica e dimenticata, all'essenziale, a ciò che conta veramente, al-la contemplazione, alla vita, all'assoluto e all'eterno: a ciò che, comunque si vo-glia chiamare, è origine ultima dell'esistente. Understanding today to create tomorrow. A path of transformation on three levels: spiritual, cultural, and technical. Man has now lost in his run ferocious progress; all areas of its activities give continuous alarm messages. The terrestrial ecosystem and the life of man have never been put at risk as in the latter decades of huge industrial and economic development. Back to the Origin becomes an afterthought essential to all areas of our life, becomes the return to the earth, nature, and all its manifestations, the simplicity, the ancient tradition, and forgotten essentials, to what really matters: contemplation, life, the absolute, and eternal. Whatever you call it, it is the ultimate origin of what exists. Please note: This audiobook is in Italian.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: High Tide on Main Street Subtitle: Rising Sea Level and the Coming Coastal Crisis Author: John Englander Narrator: John Englander Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 12-21-12 Publisher: The Science Bookshelf Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 18 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Did you know that... Rising sea level is the most profound long-term aspect of climate change. Yet, the public is almost completely unaware of the magnitude of the problem. For three million years sea level regularly moved up and down almost 400 feet with the ice age cycles. Now, after 6,000 years of minimal change, we are entering a new era of rapid sea level rise. In clear, easy-to-understand language, this book explains:

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Animal Wise Subtitle: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures Author: Virginia Morell Narrator: Kirsten Potter Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins Language: English Release date: 02-26-13 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 195 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Noted science writer Virginia Morell explores the frontiers of research on animal cognition and emotion, offering a surprising and moving exploration into the hearts and minds of wild and domesticated animals. Did you know that ants teach, earthworms make decisions, rats love to be tickled, and chimps grieve? Did you know that some dogs have thousand-word vocabularies and that birds practice songs in their sleep? That crows improvise tools, blue jays plan ahead, and moths remember living as caterpillars? Animal Wise takes us on a dazzling odyssey into the inner world of animals, from ants to elephants to wolves, and from sharp-shooting archerfish to pods of dolphins that rumble like rival street gangs. With 30 years of experience covering the sciences, Morell uses her formidable gifts as a story-teller to transport us to field sites and laboratories around the world, introducing us to pioneering animal-cognition researchers and their surprisingly intelligent and sensitive subjects. She explores how this rapidly evolving, controversial field has only recently overturned old notions about why animals behave as they do. She probes the moral and ethical dilemmas of recognizing that even "lesser animals" have cognitive abilities such as memory, feelings, personality, and self-awareness - traits that many in the 20th century felt were unique to human beings. By standing behaviorism on its head, Morell brings the world of nature brilliantly alive in a nuanced, deeply felt appreciation of the human-animal bond, and she shares her admiration for the men and women who have simultaneously chipped away at what we think makes us distinctive while offering a glimpse of where our own abilities come from. Critic Reviews: "After you read this book, you will be convinced that many different animal species have true thoughts and emotions. You will take a journey to the center of the animal mind." (Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation and Animals Make Us Human) "From real-estate appraising ants and wife-beating parrots to laughing rats, grieving elephants, and dogs that play Simon Says, Virginia Morells Animal Wise is a fascinating and intellectually sweeping overview of the new science of animal cognition. With Morells unusual ability to capture the passion and humanity of these scientists, this extraordinary book is an impressive treatment of animal minds and a must read for anyone who has ever wondered what is going on in the heads of the creatures we share our world with." (Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat) "Why is it that until very recently, many scientists claimed that animals cant think? Every pet owner knows better, and Virginia Morell is our champion. But shes not going on guesswork and opinion - Animal Wise is thoroughly and meticulously researched. And its a page-turner - a window to the natural world that will change the way we view other species. We place ourselves at the top of the evolutionary ladder. Of course we do. We invented the ladder. In her marvelous book, Morell displays the folly of this viewpoint. Animal Wise is fabulous!" (Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs)

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Harvest for Hope Subtitle: A Guide to Mindful Eating Author: Jane Goodall, Gary McAvoy, Gail Hudson Narrator: Tippi Hedren Format: Abridged Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 12-14-05 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 70 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Renowned scientist and best-selling author Jane Goodall delivers an eye-opening and empowering book that explores the social and personal significance of what we eat. In Harvest for Hope, Jane Goodall presents an empowering and far-reaching vision for social and environmental transformation through the way we produce and consume the foods we eat. In clear, well-organized chapters that include "The Organic Boom" and "Thinking Globally, Eating Locally", readers will discover the dangers behind many of today's foods, along with the extraordinary individual and worldwide benefits of eating locally grown, organic produce. For anyone who has ever wanted to know how they can take a stand for a more sustainable world, Harvest for Hope reveals the healthy choices that will support the greater good. ©2005 Jane Goodall and Gary McAvoy. All Rights Reserved.; (P)2005 Time Warner AudioBooks. A division of Time Warner Book Group. Critic Reviews: "Jargon-free and anecdote-rich....A useful primer for grassroots activists." (Publishers Weekly)

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Undersea Network Author: Nicole Starosielski Narrator: David H. Lawrence XVII Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins Language: English Release date: 05-24-16 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 12 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: In our "wireless" world it is easy to take the importance of the undersea cable systems for granted, but the stakes of their successful operation are huge, as they are responsible for carrying almost all transoceanic Internet traffic. In The Undersea Network, Nicole Starosielski follows these cables from the ocean depths to their landing zones on the sandy beaches of the South Pacific, bringing them to the surface of media scholarship and making visible the materiality of the wired network. In doing so, she documents the cable network's cultural, historical, geographic, and environmental dimensions. Starosielski argues that the environments the cables occupy are historical and political realms, where the network and the connections it enables are made possible by the deliberate negotiation and manipulation of technology, culture, politics and geography. Accompanying the book is an interactive digital mapping project, where listeners can trace cable routes and hear stories about the island cable hubs.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Scatter, Adapt, and Remember Subtitle: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction Author: Annalee Newitz Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins Language: English Release date: 05-14-13 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 70 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: In its 4.5 billionyear history, life on Earth has been almost erased at least half a dozen times: shattered by asteroid impacts, entombed in ice, smothered by methane, and torn apart by unfathomably powerful megavolcanoes. And we know that another global disaster is eventually headed our way. Can we survive it? How? As a species, Homo sapiens is at a crossroads. Study of our planets turbulent past suggests that we are overdue for a catastrophic disaster, whether caused by nature or by human interference. Its a frightening prospect, as each of the Earths past major disastersfrom meteor strikes to bombardment by cosmic radiationresulted in a mass extinction, where more than 75 percent of the planets species died out. But in Scatter, Adapt, and Remember, Annalee Newitz, science journalist and editor of the science Web site io9.com explains that although global disaster is all but inevitable, our chances of long-term species survival are better than ever. Life on Earth has come close to annihilationhumans have, more than once, narrowly avoided extinction just during the last million yearsbut every single time a few creatures survived, evolving to adapt to the harshest of conditions. This brilliantly speculative work of popular science focuses on humanitys long history of dodging the bullet, as well as on new threats that we may face in years to come. Most important, it explores how scientific breakthroughs today will help us avoid disasters tomorrow. From simulating tsunamis to studying central Turkeys ancient underground cities; from cultivating cyanobacteria for living cities to designing space elevators to make space colonies cost-effective; from using math to stop pandemics to studying the remarkable survival strategies of gray whales, scientists and researchers the world over are discovering the keys to long-term resilience and learning how humans can choose life over death. Newitzs remarkable and fascinating journey through the science of mass extinctions is a powerful argument about human ingenuity and our ability to change. In a world populated by doomsday preppers and media commentators obsessively forecasting our demise, Scatter, Adapt, and Remember is a compelling voice of hope. It leads us away from apocalyptic thinking into a future where we live to build a better worldon this planet and perhaps on others. Readers of this book will be equipped scientifically, intellectually, and emotionally to face whatever the future holds.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Every Creeping Thing Subtitle: True Tales of Faintly Repulsive Wildlife Author: Richard Conniff Narrator: Richard Davidson Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 06-04-14 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Popular natural history writer Richard Conniff received much acclaim for his earlier book, Spineless Wonders: Strange Tales from the Invertebrate World. In the same vein, Every Creeping Thing is a fascinating look at some of natures most misunderstood creatures. Traveling the world over, Conniff shatters popular myths and shares extraordinary truths about unfairly maligned animals. For instance, little brown bats help curb mosquito numbers by eating one every six seconds. Despite a reputation as maneaters, sharks ignore all but two or so of the 20 million people who use Hawaiian beaches each year. And about once per week, the three-toed sloth - vicarious host to thousands of bugs - descends 100 feet from its perch to fastidiously relieve itself. With his astute observations and sharp wit, Conniff astounds you one moment, only to have you laughing aloud the next. Richard M. Davidsons lively narration captures all the wonder of this entertaining and informative book, allowing you to develop a new appreciation for these animals.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Voice of the Natural World Author: Bernie Krause Narrator: Bernie Krause Format: Original Recording Length: 14 mins Language: English Release date: 09-15-15 Publisher: TED Talks Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Bernie Krause has been recording wild soundscapes -- the wind in the trees, the chirping of birds, the subtle sounds of insect larvae -- for 45 years. In that time, he has seen many environments radically altered by humans, sometimes even by practices thought to be environmentally safe. A surprising look at what we can learn through nature's symphonies, from the grunting of a sea anemone to the sad calls of a beaver in mourning.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Zoo Story Subtitle: Life in the Garden of Captives Author: Thomas French Narrator: John Allen Nelson Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins Language: English Release date: 08-03-10 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 141 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Welcome to the savage and surprising world of Zoo Story, an unprecedented account of the secret life of a zoo and its inhabitants, both animal and human. Based on six years of research, the book follows a handful of unforgettable characters at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo: an alpha chimp with a weakness for blondes, a ferocious tiger who revels in Obsession perfume, and a brilliant but tyrannical CEO known as El Diablo Blanco. Zoo Story crackles with issues of global urgency: the shadow of extinction, humanity's role in the destruction or survival of other species. More than anything else, though, it's a dramatic and moving true story of seduction and betrayal, exile and loss, and the limits of freedom on an overcrowded planet - all framed inside one zoo reinventing itself for the 21st century. Thomas French, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, chronicles the action with vivid power: Wild elephants soaring above the Atlantic on their way to captivity. Predators circling each other in a lethal mating dance. Primates plotting the overthrow of their king. The sweeping narrative takes the listener from the African savannah to the forests of Panama and deep into the inner workings of a place some describe as a sanctuary and others condemn as a prison. All of it comes to life in the book's four-legged characters. Zoo Story shows us how these remarkable individuals live, how some die, and what their experiences reveal about the human desire to both exalt and control nature. Critic Reviews: "The book captures the fascination humans have with animals, and vice versa, and raises questions about the purpose and management of zoos." (Kirkus) "A thoughtful and moving but unsentimental portrait of life in captivity and a broad introduction to some of its most salientand intractabledilemmas." (Publishers Weekly)

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Lesser Beasts Subtitle: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig Author: Mark Essig Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 05-05-15 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 583 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Unlike other barnyard animals, which pull plows, give eggs or milk, or grow wool, a pig produces only one thing: meat. Incredibly efficient at converting almost any organic matter into nourishing, delectable protein, swine are nothing short of a gastronomic godsend - yet their flesh is banned in many cultures, and the animals themselves are maligned as filthy, lazy brutes. As historian Mark Essig reveals in Lesser Beasts, swine have such a bad reputation for precisely the same reasons they are so valuable as a source of food: they are intelligent, self-sufficient, and omnivorous. What's more, he argues, we ignore our historic partnership with these astonishing animals at our peril. Tracing the interplay of pig biology and human culture from Neolithic villages 10,000 years ago to modern industrial farms, Essig blends culinary and natural history to demonstrate the vast importance of the pig and the tragedy of its modern treatment at the hands of humans. Pork, Essig explains, has long been a staple of the human diet, prized in societies from Ancient Rome to dynastic China to the contemporary American South. Yet pigs' ability to track down and eat a wide range of substances (some of them distinctly unpalatable to humans) and convert them into edible meat has also led people throughout history to demonize the entire species as craven and unclean. Today's unconscionable system of factory farming, Essig explains, is only the latest instance of humans taking pigs for granted, and the most recent evidence of how both pigs and people suffer when our symbiotic relationship falls out of balance. An expansive, illuminating history of one of our most vital yet unsung food animals, Lesser Beasts turns a spotlight on the humble creature that, perhaps more than any other, has been a mainstay of civilization since its very beginnings - whether we like it or not.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Ecotechnic Future Subtitle: Envisioning a Post-Peak World Author: John Michael Greer Narrator: Tony Craine Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins Language: English Release date: 02-27-10 Publisher: Polity Audio LLC Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 74 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: The industrial age made possible by fossil fuels will surely decline as these fuels run out. In The Ecotechnic Future John Michael Greer alerts the listener to possible changes future generations may face as these dwindling fuel supplies lead first to a deindustrial age, then to a society which salvages the remnants of our current plenty, and eventually to a time in which people may learn to live in balance with the environment: an ecotechnic society. Critic Reviews: "Greer's work is nothing short of brilliant. He has the multidisciplinary smarts to deeply understand our human dilemma as we stand on the verge of the inevitable collapse of industrialism. And he wields uncommon writing skills, making his diagnosis and prescription entertaining, illuminating, and practically informative. Not to be missed." (Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute)

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Biohazard Author: Jesse Craignou Narrator: David George Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 08-19-13 Publisher: Jesse CRAIGNOU Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Climate change is an inherent condition to the development of life as we know it. This is precisely what has to a great extent contributed to our world and why our world is our world...that of man....Yet if man persists in his endeavors to use and abuse it he can be sure that one day he will have to facts the facts... Modern man wears and tears the resources of our planet where his forefathers had merely gleaned...

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Hidden Life of Trees Subtitle: What They Feel, How They Communicate - Discoveries From a Secret World Author: Peter Wohlleben Narrator: Mike Grady Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins Language: English Release date: 09-13-16 Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: A forester's fascinating stories backed by the latest scientific research illustrate how trees nurture and talk to each other. Are trees social beings? In this international best seller - which has sold more than 320,000 copies in Germany alone - forester and author Peter Wohlleben convincingly makes the case that, yes, the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and even warn each other of impending dangers. Wohlleben also shares his deep love of woods and forests, explaining the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in his woodland. After you have heard The Hidden Life of Trees, a walk in the woods will never be the same again. Critic Reviews: "The matter-of-fact Mr. Wohlleben has delighted readers and talk-show audiences alike with the news long known to biologists that trees in the forest are social beings." (The New York Times) "In this spirited exploration, [Wohlleben] guarantees that readers will never look at these life forms in quite the same way again." (Library Journal)

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Good Rain Subtitle: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest Author: Timothy Egan Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins Language: English Release date: 12-27-16 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 16 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: A fantastic book! Timothy Egan describes his journeys in the Pacific Northwest through visits to salmon fisheries, redwood forests and the manicured English gardens of Vancouver. Here is a blend of history, anthropology and politics.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Apocalyptic Planet Subtitle: Field Guide to the Everending Earth Author: Craig Childs Narrator: Craig Childs Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins Language: English Release date: 06-24-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 87 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: The earth has died many times, and it always comes back looking different. In an exhilarating, surprising exploration of our planet, Craig Childs takes listeners on a firsthand journey through apocalypse, touching the truth behind the speculation. Apocalyptic Planet is a combination of science and adventure that reveals the ways in which our world is constantly moving toward its end and how we can change our place within the cycles and episodes that rule it. In this riveting narrative, Childs makes clear that ours is not a stable planet, that it is prone to sudden, violent natural disasters and extremes of climate. Alternate futures, many not so pretty, are constantly waiting in the wings. Childs refutes the idea of an apocalyptic end to the earth and finds clues to its more inevitable end in some of the most physically challenging places on the globe. He travels from the deserts of Chile, the driest in the world, to the genetic wasteland of central Iowa to the site of the drowned land bridge of the Bering Sea, uncovering the micro-cataclysms that predict the macro: forthcoming ice ages, super-volcanoes, and the conclusion of planetary life cycles. Childs delivers a sensual feast in his descriptions of the natural world and a bounty of unequivocal science that provides us with an unprecedented understanding of our future.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Weather 101 Subtitle: From Doppler Radar and Long-Range Forecasts to the Polar Vortex and Climate Change, Everything You Need to Know About the Study of Weather Author: Kathleen Sears Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 09-12-17 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Learn the science behind weather and weather prediction in this clear and straightforward new guide. Weather is everywhere, and while it's typically not thought about most of the time, it can get everyone's attention in an instant - whether it's the swirling destruction of a tornado, the wreckage from a hurricane, or the havoc of climate change on the environment. Weather 101 gives you the basics on weather, from blue skies to hail to dust storms, with information on the science of how weather works, how to predict the weather in your area, how to be ready for natural disasters, and how climate change is affecting weather patterns across the world. With this guide you'll be a weather expert in no time!

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Unquenchable Subtitle: America's Water Crisis and What to do About it Author: Robert Glennon Narrator: J. Paul Guimont Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 10-29-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 35 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: In the middle of the Mojave Desert, Las Vegas casinos use billions of gallons of water for fountains, pirate lagoons, wave machines, and indoor canals. Meanwhile, the town of Orme, Tennessee, must truck in water from Alabama because it has literally run out.Robert Glennon captures the irony - and tragedy - of Americas water crisis in a book that is both frightening and wickedly comical. From manufactured snow for tourists in Atlanta to trillions of gallons of water flushed down the toilet each year, Unquenchable reveals the heady extravagances and everyday inefficiencies that are sucking the nation dry.The looming catastrophe remains hidden as government diverts supplies from one area to another to keep water flowing from the tap. But sooner rather than later, the shell game has to end. And when it does, shortages will threaten not only the environment, but every aspect of American life: we face shuttered power plants and jobless workers, decimated fi sheries and contaminated drinking water.We cant engineer our way out of the problem, either with traditional fixes or zany schemes to tow icebergs from Alaska. In fact, new demands for water, particularly the enormous supply needed for ethanol and energy production, will only worsen the crisis. America must make hard choices - and Glennons answers are fittingly provocative. He proposes market-based solutions that value water as both a commodity and a fundamental human right. One truth runs throughout Unquenchable: only when we recognize waters worth will we begin to conserve it. Editorial Reviews: Robert Glennon's point is clear: America has a water problem. Though we may not yet recognize it, America is slowly running dry. In Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What to Do About It, Robert Glennon meticulously and humorously tackles this looming threat. Performed by J. Paul Guimont, Unquenchable is the perfect resource for anyone interested in the history and possible policy solutions for our country's long and tumultuous relationship with water. Guimont is informative and lighthearted. It is amazing how entertaining and exciting Glennon and Guimont are able to make a topic as seemingly simple as water.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Radiation Nation: The Fallout of Modern Technology Subtitle: Complete Guide to EMF Protection - Proven Health Risks of EMF Radiation and What You Can Do to Protect Yourself & Family Author: Daniel DeBaun, Ryan DeBaun Narrator: Dan Culhane Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins Language: English Release date: 03-23-17 Publisher: Icaro Publishing Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: An invisible danger on the rise. You eat organic and non-GMO food. You only drink purified water. You take care of yourself and your family's health. But could there be a silent, invisible danger causing potential harm to you and your loved ones? There could. And it's called electromagnetic frequency (EMF) radiation and its one of fastest growing health issues facing our society. EMF radiation produced by modern technology such as cell phones, tablets, laptops, Wi-Fi, and smart meters is an emerging health threat, and we are all guinea pigs in a giant experiment with many unknown consequences. But aren't these technologies regulated and safe? Surely the government and other regulatory agencies make sure these technologies are completely safe before they are approved for wide-spread use, right? Think again. Ninety-five percent of American adults use cell phones regularly. Most households have Wi-Fi. And even schools are increasingly becoming dependent on wireless devices. And yet none of these technologies have been proven safe to humans for long-term exposure. In fact, science confirms that the EMF emitted from common electronic devices can cause definite biological changes in the body, and mounting research has already shown it can lead to a long list of health concerns - some of which can be pretty serious. The explosive use of mobile devices only occurred over the last 20 years, yet we have only scratched the surface of what technology is yet to come. Children born today will be exposed to much higher doses of EMF radiation than those born just 10 years ago. What are the ramifications and what can we do now to minimize the fallout? Is there a solution? Fortunately, there are simple and effective steps you can take to minimize the risks. Education is key. With a foreword by Bulletproof's Dave Asprey, Radiation Nation is info-packed with all the essential education you need to make smart choices to stay

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Moral Ground Subtitle: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril Author: Kathleen Dean Moore (editor), Michael P. Nelson (editor), Desmond Tutu (foreword) Narrator: Kevin Stillwell Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 38 mins Language: English Release date: 12-04-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Moral Ground brings together the testimony of over eighty visionaries, theologians and religious leaders, scientists, elected officials, business leaders, naturalists, activists, and writers to present a diverse and compelling call to honor our individual and collective moral responsibility to our planet. In the face of environmental degradation and global climate change, scientific knowledge alone does not tell us what we ought to do. The missing premise of the argument and much-needed center piece in the debate to date has been the need for ethical values, moral guidance, and principled reasons for doing the right thing for our planet, its animals, its plants, and its people. Contributors from throughout the world (including North America, Africa, Australia, Asia, and Europe) bring forth a rich variety of heritages and perspectives. Their contributions take many forms, illustrating the rich variety of ways we express our moral beliefs in letters, poems, economic analyses, proclamations, essays, and stories. In the end, their voices affirm why we must move beyond a scientific study and response to embrace an ongoing model of repair and sustainability. These writings demonstrate that scientific analysis and moral conviction can work successfully side-by-side. This is an audiobook that can speak to anyone, regardless of his or her worldview, and that also includes a section devoted to what next thinking that helps the listener put the words and ideas into action in their personal lives. Thanks to generous support from numerous landmark organizations, such as the Kendeda Fund and Germeshausen Foundation, the audiobook is just the starting point for a national, and international, discussion that will be carried out in a variety of ways, from online debate to town hall meetings, from essay competitions for youth to sermons from pulpits in all denominations. The Moral Ground movement will result in a newly discovered, or rediscovered, commitment on a personal and community level to consensus about our ethical obligation to the future.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Optimistic Environmentalist Subtitle: Progressing Towards a Greener Future Author: David R. Boyd Narrator: Graham Winton Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 01-05-16 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: A hopeful, inspiring, and honest take on the environment. Yes, the world faces substantial environmental challenges - climate change, pollution, and extinction. But the surprisingly good news is that we have solutions to these problems. In the past 50 years, a remarkable number of environmental problems have been solved while substantial progress is ongoing on others. The Optimistic Environmentalist chronicles these remarkable success stories. Endangered species - from bald eagles to gray whales - pulled back from the precipice of extinction. Thousands of new parks, protecting billions of hectares of land and water. The salvation of the ozone layer, vital to life on Earth. The exponential growth of renewable energy powered by wind, water, and sun. The race to be the greenest city in the world. Remarkable strides in cleaning up the air we breathe and the water we drink. The banning of dozens of the world's most toxic chemicals. A circular economy where waste is a thing of the past. Past successes pave the way for even greater achievements in the future. Providing a powerful antidote to environmental despair, this audiobook inspires optimism, leading listeners to take action and exemplifying how change can happen.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Exploring Creation with General Science: 2nd Edition Author: Dr. Jay L. Wile Narrator: Candice Jones Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins Language: English Release date: 04-23-12 Publisher: Apologia Educational Ministries Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 42 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: The perfect accompaniment to the textbook for students who are auditory learners or have reading challenges. This audiobook contains an audio recording of the text and "On Your Own" questions for the course Exploring Creation with General Science, second edition. "On Your Own" answers, study guide questions and answers, tests, and test solutions are not included.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Upstream Subtitle: Searching for Wild Salmon, from River to Table Author: Langdon Cook Narrator: John H. Mayer Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins Language: English Release date: 05-30-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Upstream is an in-depth and timely look at salmon - one of the last wild foods on our table - for fans of Susan Orlean, Mark Kurlansky and John McPhee. As the author travels to meet a variety of colorful people associated with this unique species, from Alaskan anglers to fish farm owners to four-star chefs, he reports on its remarkable place at the intersection of nature, commerce, cuisine, and human history.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Quarterly Essay 44: Man Made World Subtitle: Choosing Between Progress and Planet Author: Andrew Charlton Narrator: Grant Cartwright Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins Language: English Release date: 06-04-12 Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: In QE44, Andrew Charlton exposes the rift that will shape our future progress versus planet; rich versus poor. Who, then, will save us? Charlton shows there are two leading candidates: economists and environmentalists. Each says they know what is best for our grandchildren. Yet environmentalists see economists as merchants of greed with a blind faith in markets. And economists see environmentalism as an indulgence for the middle class of richer nations; those who enjoy the lifestyle afforded by economic growth, but take its source for granted. In Australia, this battle has plunged our politics into one of its most tumultuous periods, splitting the business community; driving a wedge between the left and right of the Liberal Party; separating Labor's working-class from its progressive supporters; propelling the rise of the Greens and stirring up their counterweight in rural protest. Across the globe, economists and environmentalists vie over who has the right response to climate change, population, or food security issues. In this groundbreaking essay Charlton argues that our descendants will only thank us if we find a way to preserve both the natural world and human progress.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Why Are Planets Round? Author: Ask Smithsonian Narrator: Eric Schulze Format: Unabridged Length: Not Yet Known Language: English Release date: 05-05-16 Publisher: Smithsonian Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: The answer has everything to do with falling flat on your face. ©2015 Smithsonian Digital Studio (P)2015 Smithsonian Digital Studio

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Moonbird Subtitle: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 Author: Phillip Hoose Narrator: Phillip Hoose Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 01-16-13 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Meet rufa red knot B95. Scientists call him the Moonbird because, in the course of his astoundingly long lifetime, this robin-sized shorebird has flown the distance to the moon - and halfway back! Each February he joins a flock that lifts off from Tierra del Fuego, headed for breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic, 9,000 miles away. Late in the summer, he begins the return journey. B95 can fly for days, but eventually he must descend to refuel and rest. However, recent changes at stopover sites along his migratory circuit - changes caused mostly by human activity - have reduced the food available and made it harder for the birds to reach. During B95s lifetime, the worldwide rufa population has collapsed by nearly 80 percent. Still, the Moonbird wings on; he is now nearly 20 years old. Shaking their heads, scientists ask themselves: How can this one bird make it year after year when so many others fall? National Book Award-winning author Phillip Hoose shows the obstacles rufa red knots face, introduces a worldwide team of scientists and conservationists trying to save them, and offers insights about what we can do to help shorebirds before its too late. With inspiring prose, thorough research, and stirring images, Hoose explores the tragedy of extinction through the triumph of a single bird.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Exploring Creation with Marine Biology Author: Sherri Seligson Narrator: Marrisa Leinart Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 05-04-12 Publisher: Apologia Educational Ministries Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 16 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: This course concentrates on marine wildlife and marine habitats. It provides a survey of members of each biological kingdom that live in marine environments. The student will learn about the microscopic organisms that make life in the ocean possible, including details about their interesting habits and life cycles. The student will also learn about the anatomy of many macroscopic marine creatures such as clams, starfish, and sharks. The student will then learn how these creatures and their physical surroundings form marine ecosystems such as intertidal zones, estuaries, coral reefs, continental shelf communities, epipelagic communities, and deep-ocean communities. The course ends with a study of marine resources and our relationship with the sea.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Moby-Duck Subtitle: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them Author: Donovan Hohn Narrator: Christopher Evan Welch Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins Language: English Release date: 03-11-11 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 110 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and read up on Arctic science and geography. But questions can be like ocean currents: wade in too far, and they carry you away. Hohn's accidental odyssey pulls him into the secretive world of shipping conglomerates, the daring work of Arctic researchers, the lunatic risks of maverick sailors, and the shadowy world of Chinese toy factories. Moby-Duck is a journey into the heart of the sea and an adventure through science, myth, the global economy, and some of the worst weather imaginable. With each new discovery, Hohn learns of another loose thread, and with each successive chase, he comes closer to understanding where his castaway quarry comes from and where it goes. In the grand tradition of Tony Horwitz and David Quammen, Moby-Duck is a compulsively readable narrative of whimsy and curiosity.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Unnatural History of the Sea Author: Callum M. Roberts Narrator: Callum M. Roberts Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins Language: English Release date: 02-24-10 Publisher: Caravan Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 25 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Humanity can make short work of the oceans' creatures. In 1741, hungry explorers discovered herds of Steller's sea cow in the Bering Strait, and in less than 30 years, the amiable beast had been harpooned into extinction. It's a classic story, but a key fact is often omitted. Bering Island was the last redoubt of a species that had been decimated by hunting and habitat loss years before the explorers set sail. Critic Reviews: "Thoughtful, inspiring, devastating, and powerful, Roberts' comprehensive, welcoming, and compelling approach to an urgent subject conveys large problems in a succinct and involving manner. Readers won't be able to put it down." (Booklist)

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Wicked Bugs Subtitle: The Louse That Conquered Napoleons Army and Other Diabolical Insects Author: Amy Stewart Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins Language: English Release date: 05-23-11 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 351 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: In this darkly comical look at the sinister side of our relationship with the natural world, Stewart has tracked down over one hundred of our worst entomological foes - creatures that infest, infect, and generally wreak havoc on human affairs. From the world's most painful hornet, to the flies that transmit deadly diseases, to millipedes that stop traffic, to the Japanese beetles munching on your roses, Wicked Bugs delves into the extraordinary powers of many-legged creatures. With wit, style, and exacting research, Stewart has uncovered the most terrifying and titillating stories of bugs gone wild. It's an A to Z of insect enemies, interspersed with sections that explore bugs with kinky sex lives, creatures lurking in the cupboard, militant ants, and phobias that feed our (sometimes) irrational responses to bugs. Wicked Bugs is a fascinating mixture of history, science, murder, and intrigue that begins - but doesn't end - in your own backyard. Editorial Reviews: Award-winning author Amy Stewart's Wicked Bugs is a compendium of every little critter you never want to run into, with interesting history lessons thrown in along the way. Ever hear the one about the guy who committed suicide by Black Widow? How about the time Darwin got some beetle juice squirted into his mouth? Bonus: have enemies? This book will teach you how to coat an arrowhead with poison from various insects and other potentially toxic compounds. From spiders to stink bugs, this book is not for the faint of heart. Want to have nightmares forever? Picture a locust swarm larger than the state of California. One of the most compelling chapters is one that focuses on zombie bugs, particularly the parasitic Jewel Wasp, which injects venom directly into the brain of a cockroach, then forces the roach to do its bidding. Coleen Marlo handles the text with an encyclopedic accuracy, narrating swiftly through all manner of latin phylum, order, class, and species with the greatest of ease. In the end, you're thankful that she can keep it clinical, just for the sake of minimizing the sometimes graphic nature of the content. A big part of the message here is that bugs are more powerful than we give them credit for. Stewart posits that lice, not the harsh Russian winter, may have been the downfall of Napoleon's army. She also implies that Formosan termites may have been responsible for breaking the levies and causing the widespread devastation of Hurricane Katrina. If you had any doubt about it before, you can put it to rest now; bugs really are wicked. Creepy? Yes. Morbid? Sometimes. Informative? Most definitely. Critic Reviews: "Stewart amusingly but analytically profiles the baddest bugs around in quick but attention-grabbing snapshots of little creatures that pack a lot of punch." (Booklist)

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Healthy Eating, Healthy World Subtitle: Unleashing the Power of PlantBased Nutrition Author: J. Morris Hicks, J Stanfield Hicks Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins Language: English Release date: 10-06-11 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 93 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: This book is all about the single most powerful move that humans can make to promote health, reduce obesity, lower the cost of health care, nurture our fragile environment, conserve our energy resources, feed the worlds steadily growing population, and greatly reduce the suffering of animals in factory farms all over the world. As Dr. T. Colin Campbell says, It turns out that if we eat the way that promotes the best health for ourselves, we also promote the best health for the planet. Like a blinding flash of the obvious, the single most viable solution to all of these issues is an aggressive move in the direction of consuming much more whole, plantbased foodsnot necessarily becoming vegetarian or vegan. This book clearly explains how and why we began eating the wrong food for our species and provides helpful guidelines for getting us back on the road to vibrant health and effortless weight loss. Fortunately, despite the incredible complexity of our current dilemma, the solution is refreshingly simple. It merely requires educating yourself, making better choices in what you eat, and then sharing all that you have learned with everyone you care about. There has never been anything more important in the history of the world. Critic Reviews: A timely contribution, explaining in clear, easytoread languagehow you can make simple choices that will improve your health, longevity, and quality of lifeA mustread. (Raymond Francis, best-selling author of Never Be Sick Again)

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Tropic of Chaos Subtitle: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence Author: Christian Parenti Narrator: Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 03-10-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 36 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: From Africa to Asia and Latin America, the era of climate wars has begun. Extreme weather is breeding banditry, humanitarian crisis, and state failure. In Tropic of Chaos, investigative journalist Christian Parenti travels along the front lines of this gathering catastrophe - the belt of economically and politically battered postcolonial nations and war zones girding the planet's mid-latitudes. Here he finds failed states amid climatic disasters. But he also reveals the unsettling presence of Western military forces and explains how they see an opportunity in the crisis to prepare for open-ended global counterinsurgency. Parenti argues that this incipient "climate fascism" - a political hardening of wealthy states - is bound to fail. The struggling states of the developing world cannot be allowed to collapse, as they will take other nations down as well. Instead, we must work to meet the challenge of climate-driven violence with a very different set of sustainable economic and development policies.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dangerous Years Subtitle: Climate Change, the Long Emergency, and the Way Forward Author: David W. Orr Narrator: Danny Campbell Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins Language: English Release date: 01-03-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 16 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: This gripping, deeply thoughtful book considers the future of civilization in the light of what we know about climate change and related threats. David Orr, an award-winning, internationally recognized leader in the field of sustainability and environmental education, pulls no punches: Even with the Paris Agreement of 2015, Earth systems will not reach a new equilibrium for centuries. Earth is becoming a different planet - more threadbare and less biologically diverse, with more acidic oceans and a hotter, more capricious climate. Furthermore, technology will not solve complex problems of sustainability. Yet we are not fated to destroy the Earth, Orr insists. He imagines sustainability as a quest and a transition built upon robust and durable democratic and economic institutions, as well as changes in heart and mindset. The transition, he writes, is beginning from the bottom up in communities and neighborhoods. He lays out specific principles and priorities to guide us toward enduring harmony between human and natural systems. Critic Reviews: "David Orr has written a perfectly marvelous book, a deep and wide-ranging reflection on the human condition. It's a winner, and a rare one at that." (James Gustave Speth, author of Red Sky at Morning)

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Boom Subtitle: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World Author: Russell Gold Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 04-08-14 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 187 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Russell Gold, a brilliant and dogged investigative reporter at The Wall Street Journal, has spent more than a decade reporting on one of the biggest stories of our time: the spectacular, world-changing rise of "fracking". Recognized as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and a recipient of the Gerald Loeb Award for his work, Gold has traveled along the pipelines and into the hubs of this countrys energy infrastructure; he has visited frack sites from Texas to North Dakota; and he has conducted thousands of interviews with engineers and wildcatters, CEOs and roughnecks, environmentalists and politicians. He has also sifted through reams of engineering reports, lawsuit transcripts, and financial filings. The result is an essential audiobook - a commanding piece of journalism, an astounding study of human ingenuity, and an epic work of storytelling. Fracking has vociferous critics and fervent defenders, but the debate between these camps has obscured the actual story: Fracking has become a fixture of the American landscape and the global economy. It has upended the business models of energy companies around the globe, and it has started to change geopolitics and global energy markets in profound ways. Gold tells the story of this once-obscure oilfield technology - a story with an incredible cast of tycoons and geologists, dreamers and drillers, speculators and skeptics, a story that answers a critical question of our time: Where will the energy come from to power our world - and what price will we have to pay for it?

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: How to Get to the Future Before It Gets to You Author: Shepherd Mead Narrator: Randy Hames Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 05-23-12 Publisher: Edward Shepherd Mead Estate Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: In this challenging book, the author of the celebrated best-selling How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying (which inspired the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical), provides a daring and amusing antidote to those Doomsday prophets who believe that man is destined to destroy himself and planet earth. Shepherd Mead quickly proves that "natural" isn't necessarily good; demonstrates how to use "population" against people (or just how many can we stand?); and describes how to become a scourge of environment-busters. Highlighting his narrative with amusing and telling anecdotes, Mr. Mead discusses new energy concepts, sophisticated waste disposal systems that reclaim everything (even the garbage), frozen and instant electricity, multispectral photography, and some far-out ideas of his own in the area of communications and do-it-yourself ecology. In a lighter vein, he suggests a Pleasure Index as a replacement for GNP (Gross National Product); describes how we can keep people from a future that's already in the past; how the future home can be an electric and electronic paradise (or hell, depending on the individual viewer); electric education and the university in decades to come; improving people through "germinal choice"; benevolent brainwashing; the Shepherd Mead Symbiotic Super Box, transduction, and advanced cloning. Then there's the very special Magical Population-Reducing People Crib (it's really wild and guaranteed to discourage childbearing); Super Sports Heroes of the Future (part man and part animal - like the greatest middle distance runner in history who won an Olympic gold medal and the Kentucky Derby. And he can run with or without a jockey. Or the great Australian female high jumper who qualified with two kids in her pouch, but was later disbarred when she was caught shaving). Sexual-social problems in the future also come under the keen scrutiny of Mr. Mead. What will become of sin when we have pleasures (outlined in intimate detail) that are not sinful according to the current rules - but are many times more ecstatic than those associated with sex? Mr. Mead presents an exciting new Sexual Bill of Rights; provides tips on how to condition your wife/husband to get him/her to bow to your will; how to make a mistress of your computer - and how Doomsday can help us all.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Seven Modern Plagues Subtitle: And How We Are Causing Them Author: Mark Jerome Walter Narrator: Brian Troxell Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 02-19-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 47 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Epidemiologists are braced for the big one: the strain of flu that rivals the pandemic of 1918-1919, which killed at least 20 million people worldwide. In recent years, we have experienced scares with a host of new influenza viruses: bird flu, swine flu, Spanish flu, Hong Kong flu, H5N1, and most recently, H5N7. While these diseases appear to emerge from thin air, in fact, human activity is driving them. And the problem is not just flu, but a series of rapidly evolving and dangerous modern plagues. According to veterinarian and journalist Mark Walters, we are contributing to - if not overtly causing - some of the scariest epidemics of our time. Through human stories and cutting-edge science, Walters explores the origins of seven diseases: Mad Cow Disease, HIV/AIDS, Salmonella DT104, Lyme Disease, Hantavirus, West Nile, and new strains of flu. He shows that they originate from manipulation of the environment, from emitting carbon and clear-cutting forests to feeding naturally herbivorous cows recycled animal protein. Since Walters first drew attention to these ecodemics in 2003 with the publication of Six Modern Plagues, much has learned about how they developed. In this new, fully updated edition, the author presents research that precisely pinpoints the origins of HIV, confirms the link between forest fragmentation and increased risk of Lyme Disease, and expands knowledge of the ecology of West Nile Virus. He also explores developments in emerging diseases, including a new chapter on flu, examining the first influenza pandemic since the Hong Kong flu of 1968; a new tick-borne infection in the Mid-West; a second novel bird flu in China; and yet a new SARS-like virus in the Middle East. Readers will not only learn how these diseases emerged but the conditions that make future pandemics more likely. This knowledge is critical in order to prevent the next modern plague.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Thirst for Power: Energy, Water, and Human Survival Author: Michael E. Webber Narrator: Tom Pile Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins Language: English Release date: 11-15-17 Publisher: University Press Audiobooks Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: How changing the way we think about water and energy can secure the long-term sustainability of both precious resources. Although it is widely understood that energy and water are the worlds two most critical resources, their vital interconnections and vulnerabilities are less often recognized. This farsighted audiobook offers a new, holistic way of thinking about energy and water - a big picture approach that reveals the interdependence of the two resources, identifies the seriousness of the challenges, and lays out an optimistic approach with an array of solutions to ensure the continuing sustainability of both. Michael Webber, a leader and teacher in the field of energy technology and policy, explains how energy and water supplies are linked and how problems in either can be crippling for the other. He shows that current population growth, economic growth, climate change, and shortsighted policies are likely to make things worse. Yet, Webber asserts, more integrated planning with long-term sustainability in mind can avert such a daunting future. Combining anecdotes and personal stories with insights into the latest science of energy and water, he identifies a hopeful path toward wise, long-range water-energy decisions and a more reliable and abundant future for humanity. Published by Yale University Press. This is an important and deeply readable book. - Susan Tierney, Analysis Group A wide-ranging, nuanced view of difficult but important issues that require serious consideration at every level, from policymakers, opinion shapers, and educators down to everyday citizens. - Kirkus Reviews Concise, relevant, and engaging - Choice

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Galapagos Subtitle: Exploring Darwin's Tapestry Author: John Hess Narrator: Michael Brooks Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 08-13-13 Publisher: University Press Audiobooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Charles Darwin arrived at the Galapagos Islands some three centuries after their discovery. Thousands of seafarers had been there before him, but in these islands Darwin found something more enduring than fresh water and tortoise meat. He found nourishment for an idea - an idea so powerful that its implications revised the place of humans in the universe and enriched every facet of science. Darwin tested and refined his idea for decades before he was persuaded to go public in 1859 by publishing The Origin of Species. Today this remote archipelago is the destination of vast numbers of visitors who hope to see what Darwin saw and to experience the aura of this extraordinary place. The Galapagos ecosystem, a tapestry of living things, is probably the best preserved of any in the world. Like all ecosystems, it is made of many components that are interwoven and interdependent; Darwin's idea explains how such tapestries are organized as well as how they are created. Now, in spectacular pictures and insightful prose, The Galapagos: Exploring Darwin's Tapestry opens the Galapagos experience to general listeners. With an extensive background in ornithology and evolutionary ecology, a lifetime of experience as naturalist and photographer, and a deep respect for his subjects, John Hess has produced a celebration of these 'Enchanted Islands'. After describing the islands' origins and the complex of physical forces that make the Galapagos so remarkable, Hess turns his attention to the most prominent habitats on the islands and to the plants and animals encountered in them. He then focuses on the animals most encountered by visitors, animals that Hess presents as Galapagos Royalty: the flightless cormorant, the marine iguana, the Galapagos tortoise, and others. For Hess, the Galapagos are more than a tourist attraction, more than a shrine to science - they are a place of breathless awe. His book invites readers to share his affection for the islands and his appreciation of the exquisite beauty of Darwin's tapestry. Critic Reviews: "This is a beautifully illustrated and informative introduction to the life of Galápagos. It's just the book to get the overall picture, and to use as a guide if the reader is fortunate enough to visit this amazing archipelago." (Edward O. Wilson, University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard University, and author of Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth) "I found the book to be a delight to read, as it brought back so many memories of a place where I worked hard and long, but haven't visited in over a decade. This book will serve to both stimulate folks to visit those islands and remind them of what a special visit they had. It was fun to read, and the pictures are spectacular! (John R. Faaborg, Professor of Biological Sciences and author of Ornithology: An Ecological Approach)

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Rooftop Revolution Subtitle: How Solar Power Can Save Our Economy-and Our Planet-from Dirty Energy Author: Danny Kennedy Narrator: Kevin Pierce Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins Language: English Release date: 08-26-13 Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 44 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: The Biggest Untold Economic Story of Our Time Here is the truth that the powerful Dirty Energy public relations machine doesn't want you to know: the ascent of solar energy is upon us. The production of solar-generated electricity has risen exponentially in the last few years, and employment in the solar industry has doubled since 2009. Meanwhile, electricity from coal has declined to pre-World War II levels as the fossil fuel industry continues to shed jobs. Danny Kennedy systematically refutes the lies spread by solar's opponents-that it is expensive, inefficient, and unreliable; that it is kept alive only by subsidies; that it can't be scaled; and many other untruths. He shows that we need a rooftop revolution to break the entrenched power of the coal, oil, nuclear, and gas industries. Solar energy can create more jobs, return our nation to prosperity, and ensure the sustainability and safety of our planet. Now is the time to move away from the dangerous energy sources of the past and unleash the amazing potential of the sun.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: American Catch Subtitle: The Fight for Our Local Seafood Author: Paul Greenberg Narrator: Christopher Lane Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins Language: English Release date: 06-26-14 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 74 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Best-selling author of Four Fish Paul Greenberg looks to New York oysters, gulf shrimp, and Alaskan salmon to tell the surprising story of why Americans no longer eat from local waters. In 2005, the United States imported 12 billion dollars' worth of seafood, nearly double what we had imported ten years earlier. During that same period, our seafood exports rose by a third. In American Catch, our foremost fish expert Paul Greenberg looks to New York oysters, gulf shrimp, and Alaskan salmon to reveal how it came to be that 91 percent of the seafood Americans eat is foreign. As recently as 1928 the average New Yorker ate 600 local oysters a year. Today, the only edible oysters lie outside city limits. Looking at the trail of environmental desecration, Greenberg comes to view the New York City oyster as a reminder of what is lost when local waters are not valued as a food source. To understand the complications of our current moment, Greenberg visits the Gulf of Mexico. He arrives expecting to learn of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill's lingering effects on shrimpers, but instead finds that the more immediate threat to business comes from overseas. Asian farmed shrimp - cheap, abundant, and a perfect vehicle for the frying and sauces Americans love - have flooded the American market. Despite the challenges, hope abounds. In New York, Greenberg connects with an oyster restoration project with a vision for how the bivalves might save the city from rising tides; in the gulf, shrimpers band together to offer local catch direct to consumers. And in Bristol Bay, fishermen, environmentalists, and local Alaskans gather to roadblock Pebble Mine. In American Catch Paul Greenberg proposes there is a way to break the current destructive patterns of consumption and return the American catch back to American consumers.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dreams of a Final Theory Subtitle: The Scientist's Search for the Ultimate Laws of Nature Author: Steven Weinberg Narrator: Stuart Langton Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 04-23-09 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 65 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Intellectually daring, rich in anecdote and aphorism, Dreams of a Final Theory launches us into a new cosmos and helps us make sense of what we find there. Critic Reviews: "A splendid introduction to the nature and ambitions of modern physics and a brilliant and...moving essay on its philosophical implications." (San Francisco Chronicle) "Listening to this audiobook, one feels as if one has entered the classroom of a popular physics professor. With a clear tenor voice, [Langton] never falters in this reading, even when tackling the many difficult physics terms." (AudioFile) "This splendid book is as good reading about physics and physicists as this reviewer can name...clear, honest, and brilliantly instructive." (Scientific American)

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Global Weirdness Subtitle: Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas, and the Weather of the Future Author: Climate Central Narrator: J. Charles Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 07-24-12 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 15 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Produced by Climate Central a highly regarded, independent, nonprofit journalism and research organization founded in 2008 and reviewed by scientists at major educational and research institutions the world over, Global Weirdness summarizes, in clear and accessible prose, everything we already know about the science of climate change. It explains what is likely to happen to the climate in the future and lays out in practical terms what we can and cannot do to avoid further shifts. Sixty easy-to-read entries tackle such questions as: Is climate ever "normal"? Why and how do fossil-fuel burning and other human practices produce greenhouse gases? What natural forces have caused climate change in the past? What risks does climate change pose for human health? What accounts for the diminishment of mountain glaciers and small ice caps around the world since 1850? What are the economic costs and benefits of reducing carbon emissions? Global Weirdness enlarges our understanding of how climate change affects our daily lives and arms us with the incontrovertible facts we need to make informed decisions about the future of the planet and of humankind.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Denialism Subtitle: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives Author: Michael Specter Narrator: Richard Poe Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins Language: English Release date: 03-17-10 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 133 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: New Yorker staff writer Michael Specter has twice won the Global Health Councils Excellence in Media Award, as well as the Science Journalism Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In Denialism, he fervently argues that people are turning away from new technologies and engaging in a kind of magical thinking that is hindering scientific progress.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Let There Be Water Subtitle: Israel's Solution for a Water-Starved World Author: Seth M. Siegel Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins Language: English Release date: 12-31-15 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 65 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: As every day brings urgent reports of growing water shortages around the world, there is no time to lose in the search for solutions. The United States government predicts that 40 of our 50 states - and 60 percent of the earth's land surface - will soon face alarming gaps between available water and the growing demand for it. Without action, food prices will rise, economic growth will slow, and political instability is likely to follow. Let There Be Water illustrates how Israel can serve as a model for the United States and countries everywhere by showing how to blunt the worst of the coming water calamities. Even with 60 percent of its country made of desert, Israel has not only solved its water problem; it also has an abundance of water. Israel even supplies water to its neighbors - the Palestinians and the Kingdom of Jordan - every day. Based on meticulous research and hundreds of interviews, Let There Be Water reveals the methods and techniques of the often offbeat inventors who enabled Israel to lead the world in cutting-edge water technology. Let There Be Water also tells unknown stories of how cooperation on water systems can forge diplomatic ties and promote unity. Remarkably, not long ago, now-hostile Iran relied on Israel to manage its water systems, and access to Israel's water know-how helped to warm China's frosty relations with Israel. Beautifully written, Let There Be Water is and inspiring account of the vision and sacrifice by a nation and people that have long made water security a top priority. Despite scant natural water resources, a rapidly growing population and economy, and often hostile neighbors, Israel has consistently jumped ahead of the water innovation curve to assure a dynamic, vital future for itself. Every town, every country, and every listener can benefit from learning what Israel did to overcome daunting challenges and transform itself from a parched land into a water superpower.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman Subtitle: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland Author: Miriam Horn Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 08-01-17 Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Many of the men and women doing today's most consequential environmental work - restoring America's grasslands, wildlife, soil, rivers, wetlands, and oceans - would not call themselves environmentalists; they would be too uneasy with the connotations of that word. What drives them is their deep love of the land - the iconic terrain where explorers and cowboys, pioneers, and riverboat captains forged the American identity. They feel a moral responsibility to preserve this heritage and natural wealth. Unfolding as a journey down the Mississippi River, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman tells the stories of five representatives of this stewardship movement: a Montana rancher, a Kansas farmer, a Mississippi riverman, a Louisiana shrimper, and a Gulf fisherman. In exploring the essential geographies they protect as well as their work and family histories, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman challenges pervasive and powerful myths about both American and environmental values.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: 21st Century Dodos Subtitle: An Endangered List of Inanimate Objects (and Other Stuff) Author: Steve Stack Narrator: Steve Stack Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins Language: English Release date: 09-29-11 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: A fond farewell to the many inanimate objects, cultural icons and general stuff around us that find themselves on the verge of exctinction. There are many thousands of endangered species on the planet. If you include animals, insects and plants then about 3 species become extinct every hour of every day. That's almost 27,000 a year. Every single one of these is, of course, a tragedy but, let's be honest, we haven't really noticed. When the last Bolivian centipede pops his hundred clogs it is sad but makes bugger all difference to our daily lives. So this book isn't about them. Steve Stack instead investigates the many inanimate objects, the unsung cultural icons of society, which don't feature on any endangered list, don't have people raising money on street corners on their behalf, don't feature in documentaries narrated by David Attenborough, but are just as likely to become extinct. Many already have.Coke can ring pulls, telephone boxes, VHS, cassette tapes, village post offices, the test card, hand-written letters, Spangles, classic telly ads of yesteryear, Whizzer & Chips - all of these and many many more are bid a fond farewell in this affectionate, but slightly irreverent tribute.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Plastic-Free Subtitle: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too Author: Beth Terry Narrator: Beth Terry Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins Language: English Release date: 03-12-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 18 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: Like many people, Beth Terry didn't think an individual could have much impact on the environment. But while laid up after surgery, she read an article about the staggering amount of plastic polluting the oceans and decided then and there to kick her plastic habit. Now she wants to teach you how you can too. In her quirky and humorous style - well known to the fans of her popular blog, My Plastic-Free Life - Terry provides personal anecdotes, stats about the environmental and health problems related to plastic, and personal solutions and tips on how to limit your plastic footprint. Terry includes handy lists and charts for easy reference, ways to get involved in larger community actions, and profiles of individuals - Plastic-Free Heroes - who have gone beyond personal solutions to create a change on a larger scale. Plastic-Free also includes chapters on letting go of eco-guilt, strategies for coping with overwhelming problems, and ways to relate to other people who aren't as far along on the plastic-free path. Both a practical guide and the story of a personal journey from helplessness to empowerment, Plastic-Free is a must-listen for anyone concerned about the ongoing health and happiness of themselves, their children, and the planet. Editorial Reviews: Beth Terry was once, like everyone else, addicted to plastic. After reading an article describing plastic pollution in our oceans, she became determined to live a plastic-free life. Beth Terry's candid and emotional narration make listening to Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too a shared experience with the author. Packed with information, anecdotes, and advice, Terry gives the listener convincing reasons to trade the convenience of plastic for more responsible solutions. From sweatshirts to toothpaste, from old glasses to packaged food, Terrys upbeat and heartfelt guide challenges listeners to become activists in the fight to reduce pollution.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Galápagos Subtitle: A Natural History Author: Henry Nicholls Narrator: James Adams Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins Language: English Release date: 04-08-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 34 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: The natural and human history of the Galapagos Islands - beloved vacation spot, fiery volcanic chain, and one of the critical sites in the history of science The Galapagos were once known to the sailors and pirates who encountered them as Las Encantadas: the enchanted islands, home to exotic creatures and dramatic volcanic scenery. In The Galapagos, science writer Henry Nicholls offers a lively natural and human history of the archipelago, charting its evolution from deserted wilderness to scientific resource (made famous by Charles Darwin) and global ecotourism hot spot. He describes the island chains fiery geological origins as well as the long history of human interaction with it, and draws vivid portraits of the Galapagos diverse life forms, capturing its awe-inspiring landscapes, its understated flora, its stunning wildlife and, crucially, the origin of new species. Finally, he considers the immense challenges facing the islands and what lies ahead. Nicholls shows that what happens in the Galapagos is not merely an isolated concern, but reflects the future of our species relationship with nature - and the fate of our planet.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Human Age Subtitle: The World Shaped by Us Author: Diane Ackerman Narrator: Barbara Caruso Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins Language: English Release date: 09-10-14 Publisher: Recorded Books Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 39 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Environment Publisher's Summary: "Our relationship with nature has changed - radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable." Our finest literary interpreter of science and nature, Diane Ackerman is justly celebrated for her unique insight into the natural world and our place (for better and worse) in it. In this landmark book, she confronts the unprecedented fact that the human race is now the single dominant force of change on the planet. Humans have "subdued 75 percent of the land surface, concocted a wizardry of industrial and medical marvels, strung lights all across the darkness." We now collect the DNA of vanishing species in a "frozen ark," equip orangutans with iPads, create wearable technologies and synthetic species that might one day outsmart us. Ackerman takes us on an exciting journey to understand this bewildering new reality, introducing us to many of the people and ideas now creating - perhaps saving - our future. The Human Age is a beguiling, optimistic engagement with the earth-shaking changes now affecting every part of our lives and those of our fellow creatures - a wise book that will astound, delight, and inform intelligent life for a long time to come.