Earth Sciences

The new York Times Bestselling Author Of 1421 Offers Another Stunning Reappraisal Of History, Presenting Compelling New Evidence That Traces The Roots ...

How climate change ushered in the collapse of one of history’s mighty empires\In 1644, after close to three centuries of relative stability and prosperity...

This introduction to world regional geography uses fundamental concepts to organize the world around developed and less developed regions, while also provid...

In this beautifully crafted collection of essays, Cole Harris reflects on the strategies of colonialism in British Columbia during the first 150 years after...

Shortlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year award\A renowned climate scientist shows how fossil fuel companies have waged a thirty-year campai...

In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South ...

Chaos surrounds us. Seemingly random events -- the flapping of a flag, a storm-driven wave striking the shore, a pinball's path -- often appear to have no...

this Newly Designed Field Guide Features Descriptions Of 524 Species Of Butterflies. One Hundred Color Photographs As Well As 348 Color Range Maps Accompa...

Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for thr...

Epoch-making political events are often remembered for their spatial markers: the fall of the Berlin Wall, the storming of the Bastille, the occupation of T...

"This is the roadmap out of climate crisis that Canadians have been waiting for." -- Naomi Klein, activist and New York Times bestselling author of This C...

How does a rainbow form? What causes it to snow? What makes the wind blow? This adorable reference book introduces young children to every aspect of weather...

In Jared Diamond’s follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author explores how climate change, the population explosion and po...

The shifting continents of the Earth are heading for inevitable collision. Two hundred and fifty million years from now, all the landmasses on this planet w...

An essential tool for crime analysts looking to enhance the quality and efficiency of their crime mapping using ArcGIS Pro. Modern Policing Using ArcGIS ...

The New York Times Bestselling Author Jonathan Safran Foer Re-evaluated His Meat-based Diet--and His Conscience--in His Powerful Memoir And Investigative Re...

One of the great works of American exploration literature, this account of a scientific expedition forced to survive famine, attacks, mutiny, and some of t...

Instant New York Times BestsellerClimate investor and activist Tom Steyer shows us how we can win the war on climate.The climate is changing more rapidly th...

Nearly Thirty Years After The End Of The Cold War, Its Legacy And The Accompanying Russian-american Tension Continue To Loom Large. Russia's Access To Detai...

In 1915 Alfred Wegener's seminal work describing the continental drift was first published in German. Wegener explained various phenomena of historical geol...

In The Coming Famine, Julian Cribb Lays Out A Vivid Picture Of Impending Planetary Crisis--a Global Food Shortage That Threatens To Hit By Midcentury--which...

"This book comes at just the right moment. It is NOT too late if we get together and take action, NOW." --Jane Goodall A gift to enlighten and restore hop...

The fourth edition of the highly successful The City Reader brings together the very best of publications on the city. Classic writings by such authors as...

Confronting harsh ecological realities and the multiple cascading crises facing our world today, An Inconvenient Apocalypse argues that humanity's future ...

Product Description This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the central challenge of our time.\If all goes...

this Magisterial Survey Of The Historical Geography Of The West Indies Is At Bottom Concerned With The Causes And Consequences Of Three Complex And Inter-...

In Underland, Macfarland Delivers His Masterpiece: An Epic Exploration Of The Earth's Underworlds As They Exist In Myth, Literature, Memory, And The Land It...

Legends, questions and theories abound about Oak Island, Nova Scotia, and tales of buried treasure there. For more than two centuries, the island has been ...

For anyone who has pondered the vastness of our universe, the rich variety of our planet, and the endlessly fascinating world of knowledge that surrounds us...

Natural Hazards focuses on hazards as the interface between humanity and its needs for space and resources, as well as on the ongoing geologic processes of ...

Fundamental change occurs most often in one of two ways: as a "fatal discontinuity," a sudden catastrophic event that is potentially world changing, or as a...

An introduction to one of the most awe-inspiring spectacles on Earth--with the Cat in the Hat as your guide! With a little help from Thing One and Thing Two...

This Fully Illustrated, Nonfiction Book For Middle Readers Focuses On Earthquakes, How They Happen And What You Need To Know.--Categories: Science & Mat...

The fourth edition of this highly regarded and successful text continues to provide a clear and accessible introduction to the world of GIS for students an...

Bringing together contributions from over two dozen specialists in the field, this text explains how the resource and environmental management process works...

describes Physical And Statistical Aspects Of Waves For Graduates, Researchers And Engineers.Categories: Science & Math Earth SciencesGeology

This book addresses the problem of inferring the state of ocean circulation, understanding it dynamically, and forecasting it through a quantitative combina...

Covers a wide spectrum of remote sensing techniques as applied to earth and planetary atmospheres and surface sciences. Examines the basic physics of wave/m...

Radiative Transfer Is Important To A Range Of Disciplines, From The Study Of Greenhouse Warming To Stellar Atmospheres And Ocean Optics. This Text Provides ...

At last, a book that has what every atmospheric science and meteorology student should know about satellite meteorology: the orbits of satellites, the instr...

Gravity waves exist in all types of geophysical fluids, such as lakes, oceans, and atmospheres. They play an important role in redistributing energy at dist...

Introduction By Simon Winchester National Bestseller With A New Afterword By The Author On The 2011 Tohoku Disaster Cascadia’s Fault Is Virtually Identica...

The Old Farmer's Almanac for Kids, Volume 11Categories: Science & Math Earth SciencesAtmospheric Sciences

Less Freedom. More Regulation. Higher Costs. Make No Mistake: Those Are The Surefire Consequences Of The Modern Global Warming Campaign Waged By Political A...

In 1999, Photojournalist Gary Braasch Began A Journey Around The World To Observe And Document Environmental Changes Resulting From The Warming Of Our Plane...

Douglas H. Erwin. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [275]-292) And Index.Categories: Science & Math Earth SciencesGeology

Tom Piazza’s sharp intelligence, insight, and passion fuel this new collection of writings on music, literature, New Orleans, and America itself in despe...

The Former Secretary Of The Department Of Homeland Security Offers An Insightful Analysis Of American Security At Home And A Prescription For The Future. Pa...