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2008, 2007., History Channel Call No: DVD 363.73 GLO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: ScienceSummary Note: The History Channel answers the question: After 650 million years of climate change, is global warming simply a naturally occuring phenomenom, or the result of human activity? Arctic ice is melting, sea levels are rising and glaciers are shrinking at alarming rates. And the Earth is getting unmistakably warmer. But is this vast potentially catastrophic climate change the result of human behavior? Or is it simply the Earth's natural cycle of warming and cooling periods that have occurred since the planet formed? An in-depth study of the science behind this controversial hot-button issue. Scientists explore the skies to examine the warming effects of the sun and dig deep into the Earth to study continental movement and the volatile activity at the planet's core. Experts speculate on how natural events including volcanic eruptions and massive meteor impacts have affected temperatures and weather systems over the planet's 600-million-year history.--Container.
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[2008]., General, History Channel : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Call No: ENVIRONMENT NF Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The History Channel answers the question: After 650 million years of climate change, is global warming simply a naturally occurring phenomenon, or the result of human activity? Arctic ice is melting, sea levels are rising and glaciers are shrinking at alarming rates. And the Earth is getting unmistakably warmer. But is this vast potentially catastrophic climate change the result of human behavior? Or is it simply the Earth's natural cycle of warming and cooling periods that have occurred since the planet formed? An in-depth study of the science behind this controversial hot-button issue. Scientists explore the skies to examine the warming effects of the sun and dig deep into the Earth to study continental movement and the volatile activity at the planet's core. Experts speculate on how natural events including volcanic eruptions and massive meteor impacts have affected temperatures and weather systems over the planet's 600-million-year history.--Container.
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2005, 1997., National Geographic Home Video Call No: DVD 303.4 GUN Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: PsychologySummary Note: An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? Diamond dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history's broadest patterns.
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2006., DK Call No: 599.9 Hum Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Divided into seven main sections along with an introduction and a section on the future, this book introduces human evolution and history, discusses human life from birth to death, examines the way we behave, and profiles more than 250 peoples across the globe.
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c2012., Running Press Call No: 909 Tol Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Provides a chronicle of the entirety of human history, from our earliest origins through our modern achievements. Details great innovations and accomplishments that have contributed to mankind's mastery of the planet and includes full-color photographs and illustrations.
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c2007., Sleeping Bear Press : Thomson/Gale Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When legendary logger Paul Bunyan falls in love with Lucette Diana Kensack, he will do whatever it takes to win her heart, including trying to restore the Minnesota environment to its previous condition as part of Lucette's "love test."
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2015., Harper Call No: SCI027000 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Explores how humans have evolved over the last 70,000 years from six different species into one, homo sapiens. Includes a look at the future of homo sapiens and what is currently being done in laboratories that could affect that future.
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-- Birth of humankind[2020]., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: GN-HISTORY SAP Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one--homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? In this first volume of the full-color illustrated adaptation of his . . . book, . . . historian Yuval Harari tells the story of humankind's creation and evolution, exploring the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be 'human'. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, [this book] challenges us to reconsider accepted beliefs, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and view specific events within the context of larger ideas"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Pillars of civilization[2021]., Harper Perennial Call No: GN-HISTORY SAP Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In the second 'Sapiens' volume, Yuval Noah Harari tells the story of how we took over the world; how an unlikely marriage between a god and a bureaucrat created the first empires; and how war, famine, disease, and inequality became a part of the human condition. The origins of modern farming are introduced through Elizabethan tragedy, the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are tracked in the columns of the Daily Business News, and the story of urbanization is told as a travel brochure offering discount journeys to ancient Babylon and China"--OCLC.
