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Every year, droughts, floods, and fires impact hundreds of millions of people and cause massive economic losses. Climate change is making these catastrophes more dangerous. Now. Not in the future: now. This book describes how and why climate change is already fomenting dire consequences and will certainly make climate disasters worse in the near future.

Świat coraz gwałtowniej się zmienia, ale wciąż zaprasza nas do odkrywanie jego piękna i podejmowania działań na rzecz jego ochrony. Tomasz Ulanowski–laureat Grand Presse 2022 za esej „Ziemia”–„zabiera nas w podróż przez odległe lądy, morskie głębiny, gabinety naukowców i meandry własnych przemyśleń. To wyprawa niezapomniana i pouczająca. Dzięki niej trochę mniej będziemy się bać nieuniknionego końca”.

From food packaging to toys, plastic has become an integral part of society, but what is it doing to our planet? Are we able to make alternatives or cut out plastic altogether? Listen in to this best-of collection from Seeker as they take you through the crazy laboratory accident that helped create plastic, the scientists who are creating infinitely recyclable plastic, and what the world would look like without plastic.

Many consider Theodore Roosevelt to be America’s most conservation-minded president. Throughout his presidency, he worked to preserve endangered animals and their habitats. In this 1907 speech to Congress, he states, “The conservation of our natural resources and their proper use constitute the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of our national life.” Hear this speech to experience Roosevelt’s conservationist fervor firsthand.