@BOOK{NAP author = "National Academy of Sciences", editor = "Cheryl Simon Silver and Ruth S. DeFries", title = "One Earth, One Future: Our Changing Global Environment", isbn = "978-0-309-04632-9", abstract = "Written for nonscientists, One Earth, One Future can help individuals understand the basic science behind changes in the global environment and the resulting policy implications that the population of the entire planet must face.\nThe volume describes the earth as a unified system\u2014exploring the interactions between the atmosphere, land, and water and the snowballing impact that human activity is having on the system\u2014and presents perspectives on policies and programs that can both develop and protect our natural resources.\nOne Earth, One Future discusses why such seemingly diverse issues as historical climate change, species diversity, and sea-level rise are part of a single picture\u2014and how human activity is the critical element in that picture.\nThe book concludes with practical examinations of economic, security, and development questions, with a view toward achieving improvements in quality of life without further environmental degradation.\nOne Earth, One Future is must reading for anyone interested in the interrelationship of environmental matters and public policy issues.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/1435/one-earth-one-future-our-changing-global-environment", year = 1990, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP title = "(NAS Colloquium) Geology, Mineralogy, and Human Welfare", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9470/nas-colloquium-geology-mineralogy-and-human-welfare", year = 1999, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }