Covers more than 700 minerals with a useful glossary, an introduction to mineral collecting, printed front and back flaps that offer quick reference in the field, and a measuring rule on the back cover. This is a superior reference for rockhounds, geology students and outdoors people with an interest in what's under their feet.
This book is primarily intended for students and scientists in agriculture and related fields, who require a foundational understanding of soil science and its application in crop growth.
Drawing on his decades of field research and up-to-the-minute understanding of the latest science, renowned geologist Andrew H. Knoll delivers a rigorous yet accessible biography of Earth, charting our home planet's epic 4.6 billion-year story.
Of instant appeal to geologists and other earth scientists interested in how their science evolved over time by means of a number of revolutionary ideas, this book also serves as a paradigm for the history of science across many disciplines.
The book is illustrated with striking maps, diagrams, and pictures, allowing her to dissect everything from how a roiling, molten planet cooled to how the first cyanobacteria began to oxygenate the atmosphere to how the atmosphere has changed over time.
Relatively small climate fluctuations occur over periods of tens and hundreds of years, and are called near-term climate fluctuations. More significant climate changes occur over periods of tens of thousands of years, and they are called long-term climate changes.
With the extreme weather events caused by climate change becoming increasingly common and many natural resources used for energy becoming increasingly rare, scientists, politicians, and corporate leaders have made an effort to find renewable forms of energy.
This one-hour documentary special from decorated polar explorer and award-winning environmental documentary filmmaker Mark Terry, chronicles these changes and more during his 2018 circumnavigation of the island nation.
One of Africa's biggest fossil caches has sparked dreams of a world-class exhibition in Niger. The rare discovery is vulnerable to looters and collapsing dunes. But excavation must wait due to the coronavirus pandemic and escalating Islamist insurgencies.
The orbiting satellites are giving scientists insight into deep water supplies on Earth.
Much like a cell membrane, our atmosphere forms a protective boundary between outer space and the biosphere that allows for all life to exist on Earth's surface.
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