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Findings published in 1998 from a study of microfossils This detailed study publication, Cambrian Acritarchs from Upper Silesia, Poland - Biochronology and Tectonic Implications, is Number 46 within the Fossils and Strata series. The study described..
47.33£
Brand: Wiley
People have been interested in caves for a very long time. Our distant ancestors used them for shelter, as sources of water, and as places in which to conduct essential rituals. They adorned their walls with quite sophisticated artwork depicting bot..
68.30£
Brand: Birlinn Ltd
The written history and archaeological records of Central Scotland takes us back to Pictish times some 5,000 years ago. The geology of the area stretches back a further 400 million years. The oldest rocks are found near Lesmahagow and in the Pentlan..
12.52£
Brand: Wiley
Chemical principles are fundamental to the Earth sciences, and geoscience students increasingly require a firm grasp of basic chemistry to succeed in their studies. The enlarged third edition of this highly regarded textbook introduces the student t..
53.68£
Brand: Princeton University Press
Thirty-five million years ago, a meteorite three miles wide and moving sixty times faster than a bullet slammed into the sea bed near what is now Chesapeake Bay. The impact, more powerful than the combined explosion of every nuclear bomb on Earth, b..
29.53£
Brand: Hachette Book Group USA
New materials, techniques, and technologies To meet the ever-increasing demands of worldwide energy consumption, new technologies are needed to develop a stable supply of clean and affordable energy. This work explores recent advancements in and ap..
148.47£
Brand: Princeton University Press
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 hab..
29.48£
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Under one cover, Frank P. Incropera provides a comprehensive, objective and critical assessment of all issues germane to the climate change debate: science, technology options, economic ramifications, cultural and behavioural issues, the influence o..
36.21£
California is synonymous with opportunity, prosperity, and natural beauty, but climate change will certainly influence the state's future. Changes will affect the economy, natural resources, public health, agriculture, and the livelihoods of its res..
30.73£
Brand: Princeton University Press
A concise introduction to climate system dynamicsClimate Dynamics is an advanced undergraduate-level textbook that provides an essential foundation in the physical understanding of the earth's climate system. The book assumes no background in atmosp..
61.41£
Brand: Cambridge University Press
This book presents a comprehensive summary of research on tropical cyclone variability at various time scales, from intraseasonal and interannual to interdecadal and centennial. It covers the fundamental theory, statistics and numerical modelling te..
75.59£
Brand: Wiley
The coastal zone is one of the most dynamic environments on our planet and is much affected by global change, especially sea-level rise. Coastal environments harbour valuable ecosystems, but they are also hugely important from a societal point of vie..
65.87£
Brand: Wiley
Gives a comprehensive treatment of coastal evolution and dynamics, providing background for the study of coastal landforms and how and why they are changing, with up to date information, world-wide coverage of examples, numerous illustrations and ex..
80.09£
Brand: Wiley
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Coastal and Estuarine Studies, Volume 58.Hypoxia is a condition that occurs when dissolved oxygen falls below the level necessary to sustain most animal life. In U.S. coastal waters, and in ..
79.66£
Coastal regions around the world have become increasingly crowded, intensively developed, and severely exploited. Hundreds of millions of people living in these low-lying areas are subject to short-term coastal hazards such as cyclones, hurricanes, ..
30.70£
Brand: Indiana University Press
Collector's Guide to Fort Payne Crinoids and Blastoids is the first comprehensive guide for identifying the fossils of echinoderms from hundreds of millions of years ago, when North America was covered by a warm, equatorial sea. Crinoids and blastoi..
63.29£
Brand: CRC Press
An increment of urban flood risk in many areas around the globe is expected, accentuated due to climate change and urbanisation. Thus, appropriate flood risk management is crucial. Conventional approaches focus on grey infrastructure, which frequent..
77.05£
Brand: Amazon Digital Services LLC
What flash froze the woolly mammoths in a matter of minutes? Was Earth inundated by water from Mars? What series of catastrophic events caused the advent of the Younger Dryas? Is there evidence to support the existence of an ongoing 3,600-year Earth..
27.87£
Brand: Wiley
Part of an international series of monographs in palaeontology and biostratigraphyThe publication, Conodont Biostratigraphy and Taxonomy of the Ordovician Shelf Margin Deposits in the Scandinavian Caledonides, is Number 48 in the Fossils and Strata ..
59.87£
Brand: Wiley
Loss of biodiversity is among the greatest problems facing the world today. Conservation and the Genetics of Populations gives a comprehensive overview of the essential background, concepts, and tools needed to understand how genetic information can..
71.99£
Brand: Wiley
This important new text introduces conservation criminology as the interdisciplinary study of environmental exploitation and risks at the intersection of human and natural systems. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the book enhances understandin..
79.90£
Brand: Wiley
Population ecology has matured to a sophisticated science with astonishing potential for contributing solutions to wildlife conservation and management challenges. And yet, much of the applied power of wildlife population ecology remains untapped b..
68.27£
Brand: Wiley
People are inseparable from natural ecosystems, and understanding how people think about, experience, and interact with nature is crucial for promoting environmental sustainability as well as human well-being. This is the new edition of what is now..
58.20£
Brand: Wiley
Conservation Science and Action is intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in conservation biology. This book reviews the latest thinking and approaches, and in doing so provides a readily accessible reference work for conservatio..
83.21£