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Further reading

further reading

Want to read more about Pollution?

We have created a collection of reading materials by week for even more depth. Hopefully you will enjoy it.

Mcneill, J.R. Something new under the sun, 2001, W.W. Norton & co
On of the first books looking at the environmental history of human societies – especially in the 20th century.

Weisman, A. The World Without Us, Thomas Dunne Books (St Martin’s Press): New York, 2007
An interesting premise looking at how nature, geology, and climate would develop if humans disappeared today.

Carson, R. Silent Spring, Houghton Mifflin, 1962
A classic environmental science book that describes how pesticides causes harm in the ecosystem. The book catalysed an environmental movement that, in part, lead to the establishing of the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States.

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