Pocket Study Guide to Accompany Modern Physical Geology, 2nd Edition

THOMPSON

Desonie, Dana

Türk

Reference

Harcourt College Pub.

Explores the possibility that an asteroid strike may wipe out humanity, but stresses that such events occur at enormous intervals, and that humans may not be around for the next one

Cosmic Collisions (Scientific American Focus Book)

Science & Math

Henry Holt Co.

Holt Paperbacks

Earth's atmosphere supports and protects all of its life, giving the planet its blue skies, mild temperatures, and weather. But people use the atmosphere for another purpose: as a dump for waste gases and particles. Air pollution obscures vistas, damages ecosystems, and compromises human health. Combined with water in the atmosphere, air pollutants create acid rain. In the upper atmosphere, air pollutants damage the ozone layer, which protects life from the sun's harmful rays. Excess emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane push global temperatures higher, creating global warming. While some pollutants are successfully regulated, as population grows and industries expand, more intensive solutions are needed to deal with the many types of air pollution and its consequences. This provocative book tackles these issues in a straightforward manner and shows readers what they can do to help conserve our planet's atmosphere.

Atmosphere: Air Pollution and Its Effects (Our Fragile Planet)

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Chelsea House Pub

Discusses the issue of global warming and what we can do to prevent its rise. This book addresses how people must use energy more efficiently, develop alternative energy sources, and lower emissions technologies.

Climate: Causes and Effects of Climate Change (Our Fragile Planet)

Science, Nature & How It Works

Earth's seas play a tremendous role in the planet's systems: Ocean currents transfer water and heat around the globe. Offering photographs and illustrations, this work shows how protecting the oceans requires protecting the entire planet, and describes the importance of setting aside marine reserves to save vital ecosystems.

Oceans: How We Use the Seas (Our Fragile Planet)

Details how sustainability is gaining ground with individuals, communities, regions, and even nations, and shows readers how they, too, can become involved.

Geosphere: The Land and Its Uses (Our Fragile Planet)

Pollutants released in developed lands travel on air and water currents into these regions, the ozone hole has widened over Antarctica, and global warming is causing its greatest damage. This book explains how scientists are providing forewarning of the changes that can come to the entire planet if society continues on its current trajectory.

Polar Regions: Human Impacts (Our Fragile Planet)

Earth's astonishing diversity of life - in coral reefs, Arctic tundra, tropical rainforests, deep-sea hot springs, and many others - is amazing for its beauty and for the ecosystem services it provides. This book discusses how ecosystems must be set aside, habitats restored, and global warming thwarted.

Biosphere: Ecosystems and Biodiversity Loss (Our Fragile Planet)

Chelsea House Publications

No other species in Earth's history has been able to disregard the natural laws that govern population size quite like humans have. And as a result we have experienced an unfathomable population explosion: a nearly 7-fold increase in three centuries and from 3 billion to 6.6 billion in just 45 years (1961 to 2006). But population growth has come with an increase in resource consumption, which has created a number of environmental problems: Farmland is being degraded, fresh water is becoming polluted, fish are being overharvested, forests are being flattened, fossil fuel emissions are driving global warming, and the list goes on. Many scientists suggest that society must now develop sustainably, improving the current economic and social circumstances while protecting the environment for future generations.The insightful Humans and Natural Environment presents these eye-opening facts in a manner accessible to young readers, thanks to its abundant full-color photographs and illustrations, readable text, and helpful sidebars.

Humans and the Natural Environment: The Future of Our Planet (Our Fragile Planet)

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Pocket Study Guide to Accompany Modern Physical Geology, 2nd Edition

Cosmic Collisions (Scientific American Focus Book)

Cosmic Collisions (Scientific American Focus Book)

Atmosphere: Air Pollution and Its Effects (Our Fragile Planet)

Climate: Causes and Effects of Climate Change (Our Fragile Planet)

Oceans: How We Use the Seas (Our Fragile Planet)

Geosphere: The Land and Its Uses (Our Fragile Planet)

Polar Regions: Human Impacts (Our Fragile Planet)

Biosphere: Ecosystems and Biodiversity Loss (Our Fragile Planet)

Humans and the Natural Environment: The Future of Our Planet (Our Fragile Planet)