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  • Elemental

    How Five Elements Changed Earth’s Past and Will Shape Our Future

    by Stephen Porder ...
    An ecologist explores how life itself shapes Earth using the elemental constituents we all shareIt is rare for life to change Earth, yet three organisms have profoundly transformed our planet over the long course of its history. Elemental reveals how microbes, plants, and people used the fundamental building blocks of life to alter the climate, and with it, the trajectory of life on Earth in the ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Elemental

    How Five Elements Changed Earth's Past and Will Shape Our Future

    by Stephen Porder ...
    Narrated by Christopher Ragland ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours

    This audiobook narrated by Christopher Ragland reveals how life itself shapes Earth using the elemental constituents we all shareIt is rare for life to change Earth, yet three organisms have profoundly transformed our planet over the long course of its history. Elemental reveals how microbes, plants, and people used the fundamental building blocks of life to alter the climate, and with it, the ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

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  • The Story of Earth

    The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet

    by Robert M. Hazen ...
    Hailed by The New York Times for writing “with wonderful clarity about science . . . that effortlessly teaches as it zips along,” nationally bestselling author Robert M. Hazen offers a radical new approach to Earth history in this intertwined tale of the planet’s living and nonliving spheres.With an astrobiologist’s imagination, a historian’s perspective, and a naturalist’s eye, Hazen calls upon ... Read more

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  • Global Weirdness

    Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas and the Weather of the Future

    by Climate Central ...
    **Sixty easty-to-read essays that enlarge our understanding of how climate change affects our daily lives, and arms us with the incontrovertible facts we need to make informed decisions about the future of the planet, and of humankind.“A breath of fresh air: just the facts, efficient and easy to understand.” —Scientific American**Global Weirdness summarizes everything we know about the science of ... Read more

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  • Environmental Science and Engineering (Second Edition)

    by Aloka Debi ...
    Environmental Science and Engineering has been specially designed to explain what the environment is, how it is polluted and destroyed, the effects of pollution, and how effectively the damage to the environment can be controlled. The second edition of the book incorporates more insights into prevention against pollution, new case studies, as well as a chapter on Recent Sources of Pollution that ... Read more

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  • Comprehending the Climate Crisis

    Everything You Need to Know About Global Warming and How to Stop It

    by Bradley J. Dibble ...
    Global warming and climate change are complex environmental issues with varying opinions and endless facts available from numerous sources. In Comprehending the Climate Crisis, author Dr. Bradley J. Dibble provides a comprehensive overview of the climate issues facing the world today.Written for the layperson, Comprehending the Climate Crisis discusses the background science, the problem of global ... Read more

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  • Global Warming For Beginners

    by Dean Goodwin ...
    Series series For Beginners
    The science is in: Global warming is for real. But what does it all really mean, and what can or should we do about it? This clear, fluid narrative by a leading scientist and educator takes a scrupulously balanced approach in explaining for the reader the history of global climate monitoring and change, and the who's, how's, what's, when's, where's and why's of the interaction between human ... Read more

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  • Environmental Science

    An In-Depth Look at Earth's Ecosystems and Diverse Inhabitants

    by James Dauray M.Ed ...
    Series series Idiot's Guides
    Environmental science is an integrated, interdisciplinary field that combines the study of ecology, physics, chemistry, biology, soil science, geology, atmospheric science, and geography. It is among the top 10 most popular Advanced Placement examinations taken by high school seniors in an effort to receive postsecondary college credit.Idiot's Guides: Environmental Science provides a step-by-step ... Read more

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  • "And Gulliver Returns" Book 2 --Are We Digging Our Ecological Crypt?

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    This book briefly examines some of the changes included in the reality of climate change. Climate change is just one of the problems brought on by overpopulation. ... Read more

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  • Environmental Science for Engineering Undergraduates - As per AICTE notified syllabus

    by DRS. SUSHMITHA, R. BASKAR ...
    This book on Environmental Science is strictly designed on the basis of the model curriculum prescribed by the AICTE for engineering undergraduate courses. It has been divided into six units. The first unit covers environment, its components and an overview of the environmental problems today. Second unit introduces ecology, and the principles of environmental impact assessment. Unit three covers ... Read more

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  • Minerals

    by John P Rafferty ...
    Series series Geology: Landforms, Minerals, and Rocks
    Anyone who has marveled at the glimmer of a perfectly cut diamond, tended a garden, or consumed a nutritious meal has appreciated some of the many roles that minerals play in our lives. Present in many natural substances, minerals are highly structured entities, each with a unique chemical composition and set of properties. Accompanied by detailed tables, diagrams, and sidebars, this informative ... Read more

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