Career Opportunities in Science
Career Opportunities in Science

Author: Susan Echaore-McDavid

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2010-04-21

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1438117159

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Discusses more than ninety career possibilities in the field of science, including information on education, training, and salaries.

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Author: United States. 59th Congress, 2d. session, 1906-1907 House. [from old catalog]

Publisher:

Published: 1907

Total Pages: 1194

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250 Best-paying Jobs
250 Best-paying Jobs

Author: J. Michael Farr

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13:

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The Biggest Paychecks-Plus Details Beyond the Dollars: This new book opens your eyes to the economy's best-paying jobs. But it doesn't stop there! The authors combine information on high-wage jobs with other factors to help you make the best career decision. Plus, you'll discover the jobs in which almost everyone is well-paid, metro areas and industries that pay more than $100,000 for certain jobs, and jobs in which there is little or no pay gap between men and women. Helpful Facts About the Best-Paying Jobs: The authors used the most up-to-date facts from government sources in this volume. Besides the best-paying jobs lists, the book includes in-depth descriptions of 250 occupations that met the best-paying jobs criteria. Among this book's many helpful facts: The best-paying job with the fastest growth is Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts. It has average annual earnings of $61,750, is growing at a rate of 54.6 percent, and has 43,000 openings per year. Among the best-paying jobs with a high percentage of part-time workers are Pharmacists (number 7), Art Directors (number 15), and Commercial Pilots (number 28). The best-paying jobs requiring an associate degree include Dental Hygienists (number 4), Nuclear Medicine Technologists (number 5), and Funeral Directors (number 12). Book jacket.

False Alarm
False Alarm

Author: Bjorn Lomborg

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2020-07-14

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 1541647483

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An “essential” (Times UK) and “meticulously researched” (Forbes) book by “the skeptical environmentalist” argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than good Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Artic. Politicians, activists, and the media espouse a common message: climate change is destroying the planet, and we must take drastic action immediately to stop it. Children panic about their future, and adults wonder if it is even ethical to bring new life into the world. Enough, argues bestselling author Bjorn Lomborg. Climate change is real, but it's not the apocalyptic threat that we've been told it is. Projections of Earth's imminent demise are based on bad science and even worse economics. In panic, world leaders have committed to wildly expensive but largely ineffective policies that hamper growth and crowd out more pressing investments in human capital, from immunization to education. False Alarm will convince you that everything you think about climate change is wrong -- and points the way toward making the world a vastly better, if slightly warmer, place for us all.

Ecological Climatology
Ecological Climatology

Author: Gordon B. Bonan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-09-18

Total Pages: 1209

ISBN-13: 1107268869

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This book introduces an interdisciplinary framework to understand the interaction between terrestrial ecosystems and climate change. It reviews basic meteorological, hydrological and ecological concepts to examine the physical, chemical and biological processes by which terrestrial ecosystems affect and are affected by climate. The textbook is written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying ecology, environmental science, atmospheric science and geography. The central argument is that terrestrial ecosystems become important determinants of climate through their cycling of energy, water, chemical elements and trace gases. This coupling between climate and vegetation is explored at spatial scales from plant cells to global vegetation geography and at timescales of near instantaneous to millennia. The text also considers how human alterations to land become important for climate change. This restructured edition, with updated science and references, chapter summaries and review questions, and over 400 illustrations, including many in colour, serves as an essential student guide.