The Environment and Science: Social Impact and InteractionBloomsbury Academic, 2005 M04 25 - 299 páginas A fascinating look at the historical relationship between environmental issues and scientific study, social attitudes, and public policy from the 17th century to the present. |
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... observed that trees offered more surface area than bare ground for the collection of radiant heat from the sun . This , they reasoned , could lead to higher temperatures over a given area . On the other hand , less of that heat reached ...
... observed the appearance of pio- neer plants that managed to hold their own on the shifting dune . In time , shallow soils developed where other plants could take root . Over the course of several years , if new sand did not sweep in and ...
... observe a flexible chain - artificially wrought for the sake of flexure - communicating the action of the spring from ... observed and understood - the inference we think is inevitable , that the watch must have had a maker - that there ...
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Ecology and the Foundations of Environmental Science | 83 |
The Succession of Communities | 91 |
Protecting Species | 100 |
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