Earth Sciences category: 10037 books
How to Build a Habitable Planet
The Story of Earth from the Big Bang to Humankind - Revised and Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012
Since its first publication more than twenty-five years ago, How to Build a Habitable Planet has established a legendary reputation as an accessible yet scientifically impeccable introduction to the origin and evolution of Earth, from the Big Bang through the rise of human civilization. This classic...
Energy and Climate Change
An Introduction to Geological Controls, Interventions and Mitigations
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Energy and Climate Change: An Introduction to Geological Controls, Interventions and Mitigations examines the Earth system science context of the formation and use of fossil fuel resources, and the implications for climate change. It also examines the historical and economic trends of fossil fuel...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 198.
Climates, Landscapes, and Civilizations brings together a collection of studies on the history of complex interrelationships between humans and their environment by integrating Earth science...
Water from Heaven
The Story of Water from the Big Bang to the Rise of Civilization, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2003
From where—and what—does water come? How did it become the key to life in the universe? Water from Heaven presents a state-of-the-art portrait of the science of water, recounting how the oxygen needed to form H2O originated in the nuclear reactions in the interiors of stars, asking whether microcomets...
by Charles Lyell
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Charles Lyell's argument in this classic volume is that the processes of nature are slow and uniform, and that the Earth is in consequence hundreds of millions of years old. This work includes his prediction that if our nearest relatives are great apes, then the places to look for human fossils will be central Africa and Indonesia.
Environmental Sensing
Analytical Techniques for Earth Observation
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2011
Remote sensing has witnessed a renaissance as new sensor systems, data collection capabilities and image processing methodologies have expanded the technological capabilities of this science into new and important applications areas. Perhaps nowhere has this trend been more evident than in the study...
by Cornelia Schmitt-Riegraf, Hans Pichler
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Identificationof rock-forming minerals in thin section is a key skill needed by all earth science students and practising geologists. This translation of the completely revised and updated German second edition (by Leonore Hoke, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand) provides a...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Partial melting occurs in a variety of geological environments, from granitic partial melts in the continental crust, to basaltic or carbonate partial melts in the upper mantle. Partial melting is the first stage of magmatism and therefore plays a role of primary importance in the chemical differentiation...
Advances in Geosciences
Volume 30: Planetary Science (PS) and Solar & Terrestrial Science (ST)
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
This invaluable volume set of Advances in Geosciences continues the excellent tradition of the Asia-Oceania scientific community in providing the most up-to-date research results on a wide range of geosciences and environmental science. The information is vital to the understanding of the effects...
The Interdisciplinary Role of Space Geodesy
Proceedings of an International Workshop held at “Ettore Majorana” Center for Scientific Culture, International School of Geodesy — Director, Enzo Boschi-. Erice, Sicily, Italy, July 23–29, 1988
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2006
This volume is the result of the dedicated effort undertaken by an international group of scientists and administrators, who have contemplated the challenge of the future of space-based earth science for the next decade. Recognizing the need for defining new milestones both in science and technology,...
Advances in Geosciences
Volume 28: Atmospheric Science (AS) & Ocean Science (OS)
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
This invaluable volume set of Advances in Geosciences continues the excellent tradition of the Asia-Oceania scientific community in providing the most up-to-date research results on a wide range of geosciences and environmental science. The information is vital to the understanding of the effects...
by Car Ingman
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Amidst the beauty of their serene and self-sufficient lifestyle aboard their sloop 'Wind Drifter,' as Car Ingman and his wife sail and explore the choice locations of thousands of miles of the coastal United States and islands, they are startled at the massive blatant pollution ruining the shores...
by Simon J. Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
‘Our Incredible Shrinking Planet’ explores the possibility that gravity slowly increases over millennia forcing the Earth to become more massive and crush itself under the pressure. Scientists cannot explain how the dinosaurs managed to attain their huge sizes or how enormous pterodactyls were...
by Geoffrey K. Vallis
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2011
The oceans exert a vital moderating influence on the Earth's climate system. They provide inertia to the global climate, essentially acting as the pacemaker of climate variability and change, and they provide heat to high latitudes, keeping them habitable. Climate and the Oceans offers a short, self-contained...