Toxic Skies

2014-03-25 Nature

Author : Michael Fleming
Release : 2014-03-25
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 615/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Toxic Skies written by Michael Fleming. This book was released on 2014-03-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1800s, Americans have experimented with cloud seeding and weather-modification. The tornado in Joplin, MO and Hurricane Sandy are two small examples of many man-made (not "natural") disasters. We will never know the true death toll caused by cloud seeding, otherwise known as "treason."

The Rise of the Dondorale

2020-12-01 Fiction

Author : Jake Thomas
Release : 2020-12-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 306/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Rise of the Dondorale written by Jake Thomas. This book was released on 2020-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Saga continues as Dondorale rises from the terrible Maze of Autozar unscathed. Not only is she returning from the world of the dead a Queen with a master plan to take over the world. Dondorale creates an awful plague sweeping the globe stealing the lives of thousands in hopes to bring the world to extinction with a evil plan to take over Camalore. Kingdoms and heroes rise against her in a global war to save humanity from total Annihilation. Can Dondorale be stopped before the world plunges into darkness?

Going Viral

2018-03-09 Performing Arts

Author : Dahlia Schweitzer
Release : 2018-03-09
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 182/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Going Viral written by Dahlia Schweitzer. This book was released on 2018-03-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outbreak narratives have proliferated for the past quarter century, and now they have reached epidemic proportions. From 28 Days Later to 24 to The Walking Dead, movies, TV shows, and books are filled with zombie viruses, bioengineered plagues, and disease-ravaged bands of survivors. Even news reports indulge in thrilling scenarios about potential global pandemics like SARS and Ebola. Why have outbreak narratives infected our public discourse, and how have they affected the way Americans view the world? In Going Viral, Dahlia Schweitzer probes outbreak narratives in film, television, and a variety of other media, putting them in conversation with rhetoric from government authorities and news organizations that have capitalized on public fears about our changing world. She identifies three distinct types of outbreak narrative, each corresponding to a specific contemporary anxiety: globalization, terrorism, and the end of civilization. Schweitzer considers how these fears, stoked by both fictional outbreak narratives and official sources, have influenced the ways Americans relate to their neighbors, perceive foreigners, and regard social institutions. Looking at everything from I Am Legend to The X Files to World War Z, this book examines how outbreak narratives both excite and horrify us, conjuring our nightmares while letting us indulge in fantasies about fighting infected Others. Going Viral thus raises provocative questions about the cost of public paranoia and the power brokers who profit from it. Supplemental Study Materials for "Going Viral": https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/going-viral-dahlia-schweitzer Dahlia Schweitzer- Going Viral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xF0V7WL9ow

Aquarian's Mind

2012-01-26 Poetry

Author : Justin Forrest
Release : 2012-01-26
Genre : Poetry
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Book Rating : 401/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Aquarian's Mind written by Justin Forrest. This book was released on 2012-01-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: none yet

Poisonous Skies

2019-07-11 Science

Author : Rachel Emma Rothschild
Release : 2019-07-11
Genre : Science
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Download or read book Poisonous Skies written by Rachel Emma Rothschild. This book was released on 2019-07-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The climate change reckoning looms. As scientists try to discern what the Earth’s changing weather patterns mean for our future, Rachel Rothschild seeks to understand the current scientific and political debates surrounding the environment through the history of another global environmental threat: acid rain. The identification of acid rain in the 1960s changed scientific and popular understanding of fossil fuel pollution’s potential to cause regional—and even global—environmental harms. It showed scientists that the problem of fossil fuel pollution was one that crossed borders—it could travel across vast stretches of the earth’s atmosphere to impact ecosystems around the world. This unprecedented transnational reach prompted governments, for the first time, to confront the need to cooperate on pollution policies, transforming environmental science and diplomacy. Studies of acid rain and other pollutants brought about a reimagining of how to investigate the natural world as a complete entity, and the responses of policy makers, scientists, and the public set the stage for how societies have approached other prominent environmental dangers on a global scale, most notably climate change. Grounded in archival research spanning eight countries and five languages, as well as interviews with leading scientists from both government and industry, Poisonous Skies is the first book to examine the history of acid rain in an international context. By delving deep into our environmental past, Rothschild hopes to inform its future, showing us how much is at stake for the natural world as well as what we risk—and have already risked—by not acting.

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