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by Little Green Apples Publishing, LLC ™
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
The Physical Geography Study Brief is ideal as a convenient quick reference guide to fundamental elements, processes and occurrences within Earth’s natural environment, including human intervention. Quick access to definitions of key terms and explanations of foundational principles are supported...
Mission: Planet Earth
Our World and Its Climate--and How Humans Are Changing Them
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
From an American hero and dedicated scientist: A compelling introduction to the changes taking place in Earth's climate, written for the audience that matters most to our planet's future.
Beginning with Sally Ride's unique, astronaut's-eye view of Earth's fragile atmosphere, Mission: Planet...
Basher Science: Planet Earth
What planet are you on?
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Basher Science: Planet Earth, What planet are you on? Created & illustrated by Simon Basher, written by Dan Gilpin
From Basher, the illustrator who showed the periodic table in a whole new light and gave us his fresh spin on physics, biology, astronomy and rocks and minerals, comes Planet...
The Goldilocks Planet
The 4 billion year story of Earth's climate
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Climate change is a major topic of concern today, scientifically, socially, and politically. It will undoubtedly continue to be so for the foreseeable future, as predicted changes in global temperatures, rainfall, and sea level take place, and as human society adapts to these changes. In this remarkable...
by Scott Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
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Round About the Earth
Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
In this first full history of around-the-world travel, Joyce E. Chaplin brilliantly tells the story of circumnavigation. Round About the Earth is a witty, erudite, and colorful account of the outrageous ambitions that have inspired men and women to circle the entire planet.
For almost five...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
One of the fundamental goals of earth system science research is to adopt a more holistic view of the earth as a ‘system’ comprising different domains. The Society of Earth Scientists has brought out this multidisciplinary publication to emphasize the need of an integrated approach to understand...
Reconstructing Earth
Technology and Environmin the Age of Humans
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
The Earth's biological, chemical, and physical systems are increasingly shaped by the activities of one species-ours. In our decisions about everything from manufacturing technologies to restaurant menus, the health of the planet has become a product of human choice. Environmentalism, however, has...
Interdisciplinarités entre Natures et Sociétés
Colloque de Cerisy
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Comment appréhender les phénomènes reliant faits de nature et faits de société qui constituent la majeure partie des problèmes critiques et irrésolus contemporains ? Comment dépasser le grand partage fondateur de la modernité et surmonter la division du travail scientifique en disciplines...
Ocean Worlds
The story of seas on Earth and other planets
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Oceans make up most of the surface of our blue planet. They may form just a sliver on the outside of the Earth, but they are very important, not only in hosting life, including the fish and other animals on which many humans depend, but in terms of their role in the Earth system, in regulating climate,...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
This volume integrates the latest findings on earliest life forms, identified and characterised in some of the oldest rocks on Earth. New material from prominent researchers in the field is presented and evaluated in the context of previous work. Emphasis is placed on the integration of analytical...
Remote Sensing Advances for Earth System Science
The ESA Changing Earth Science Network: Projects 2011-2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2016
This book presents cutting-edge remote sensing research, outlining the advanced use of European Space Agency (ESA) satellite data in the context of climate change. The ESA, through its Support to Science Element (STSE) Programme, funds a network of young post-doc scientists pursuing 2-year cutting-edge...
by Young-Seuk Park, Sovan Lek, Christophe Baehr
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Advanced Modelling Techniques Studying Global Changes in Environmental Sciences discusses the need for immediate and effective action, guided by a scientific understanding of ecosystem function, to alleviate current pressures on the environment.
Research, especially in Ecological Modeling,...
The Oceans
A Deep History
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
The 4.4-billion-year history of the oceans and their role in Earth's climate system
It has often been said that we know more about the moon than we do about our own oceans. In fact, we know a great deal more about the oceans than many people realize. Scientists know that our actions today are...