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My  book on   Understanding Different Environmental and Geological Issues From Past to Present. Product Details Paperback:  280 pages Publisher:  Bloggingbooks (April 20, 2012) Language:  English ISBN-10:  3841770339 ISBN-13:  978-3841770332 Product Dimensions:  8.7 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches Price: $64.00 Book Description Publication Date:  April 20, 2012 Our planet is at risk. The current explosion in the human population is forcing us to a simple but pivotal choice: stabilize the planet or perish. The coming years will bring grave crisis-environmental, economic, human. Only if we achieve a close understanding of the system of which we are part- how it came about and how it works- will the next generation be positioned to cope with the emerging problems. Geology and environment has a remarkable influence on our lives today, as it has on all life since the beginning billions of years ago. Perhaps the clearest influence we see of this is through the ...

Increase in the number of reactors will increase the the possibility of exposure to radiation hazards. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi Japan has raised its assessment of the accident at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to the worst rating on an international scale, putting the disaster on par with the 1986 Chernobyl explosion. The decision to raise the alert level to 7 from 5 on the scale amounts to an admission that the accident at the nuclear facility, is likely to have substantial and long lasting consequences for health and for the environment. Living with radiation can in fact be frightening. Plants making nuclear-weapons materials also pollute our environment. Three Mile Island and Chernobyl , as well as other nuclear power plant accidents, have alarmed us. Nuclear waste is piling up. What is radiation anyway? Although the term is broad enough to include sunlight and heat, radio waves and microwaves, it is most often used to mean ionizing radiation. ...