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  • Satellite-based Applications on Climate Change

    Edited by John Qu, Alfred Powell, M.V.K. Sivakumar ...
    Climate and other environmental changes are drawing unprecedented concern and attention from national governments, international organizations and local communities. Global warming has left noticeable impacts on the environment and the ecosystems it supports (including humans), and has important implications for sustainable economic and social development in the future. Satellite observations of ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

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    A Four Billion Year History

    by Donald E. Canfield ...
    Series series Science Essentials
    The remarkable scientific story of how Earth became an oxygenated planetThe air we breathe is twenty-one percent oxygen, an amount higher than on any other known world. While we may take our air for granted, Earth was not always an oxygenated planet. How did it become this way? Donald Canfield—one of the world's leading authorities on geochemistry, earth history, and the early oceans—covers this ... Read more

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  • The Sun's Influence on Climate

    by Joanna D. Haigh, Peter Cargill ...
    Series series Princeton Primers in Climate
    The Earth's climate system depends entirely on the Sun for its energy. Solar radiation warms the atmosphere and is fundamental to atmospheric composition, while the distribution of solar heating across the planet produces global wind patterns and contributes to the formation of clouds, storms, and rainfall. The Sun’s Influence on Climate provides an unparalleled introduction to this vitally ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Turbulence and Dispersion in the Planetary Boundary Layer

    by Francesco Tampieri ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book offers a comprehensive review of our current understanding of the planetary boundary layer, particularly the turbulent exchanges of momentum, heat and passive scalars between the surface of the Earth and the atmosphere.It presents and discusses the observations and the theory of the turbulent boundary layer, both for homogeneous and more realistic heterogeneous surface conditions, as ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Weather We Like It or Not!: Cool Games to Play During Winter

    Weather for Kids - Earth Sciences

    by Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's Weather Books
    If it's too cold to play outside, turn the heat up inside the house! These games will definitely get your adrenaline rushing and your heart thumping! Playing games together strengthens the bond of families and friends. How you play will determine how well you deal with stress and failures, too. Grab a copy of this picture book today! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • An Introduction to Lightning

    by Vernon Cooray ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book about lightning summarizes the essence of physics and effects of lightning in a non-technical manner and provides an up-to-date description of the phenomenon of lightning in simple language. Starting with the myths related to lightning, the reader is introduced to the mechanism of lightning flashes and their interactions with humans, human-made systems and Earth’s environment. Most of ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Handbook of Slope Stabilisation

    Edited by J. A. R. Ortigao, Alberto Sayao ...
    This book is aimed at the practising engineer and engineering geologist working in tropical environments, where lands lides are mainly triggered by rain fall. This book is based on a similar work published in 1999 in Portuguese, which became the Rio de Janeiro Slope Manual. This book is an engineering guide for the design of slopes and stabilisation works in rocks and residual soils. It evolves ... Read more

    $206.99 USD

  • Storm Chaser

    by Mike Olbinski ...
    "Olbinski chases storms . . . capturing lightning, tornadoes and dramatic cloud formations in images that convey the awesome power and beauty of nature." — International Business TimesThe storms that cross the Great Plains of North America each spring are some of nature's most spectacular. They can also be some of the most dangerous. Most people who live in areas susceptible to these storms keep a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mineral Dust

    A Key Player in the Earth System

    Edited by Jan-Berend W. Stuut, Peter Knippertz ...
    This volume presents state-of-the-art research about mineral dust, including results from field campaigns, satellite observations, laboratory studies, computer modelling and theoretical studies. Dust research is a new, dynamic and fast-growing area of science and due to its multiple roles in the Earth system, dust has become a fascinating topic for many scientific disciplines. Aspects of dust ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Climate Change Modeling Methodology

    Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology

    Edited by Philip J. Rasch ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    The Earth's average temperature has risen by 1.4°F over the past century, and computer models project that it will rise much more over the next hundred years, with significant impacts on weather, climate, and human society. Many climate scientists attribute these increases to the build up of greenhouse gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels and to the anthropogenic production of short-lived ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Characterizing Stellar and Exoplanetary Environments

    Edited by Maxim Khodachenko, Helmut Lammer ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    In this book an international group of specialists discusses studies of exoplanets subjected to extreme stellar radiation and plasma conditions. It is shown that such studies will help us to understand how terrestrial planets and their atmospheres, including the early Venus, Earth and Mars, evolved during the host star’s active early phase. The book presents an analysis of findings from Hubble ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Persistent Pollution – Past, Present and Future

    School of Environmental Research - Organized by Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht

    Edited by Markus Quante, Ralf Ebinghaus, Götz Flöser ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book evolved from the 5th School of Environmental Research entitled„Persistent Pollution – Past, Present and Future", which has set a focus on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), heavy metals and aerosols.-reconstruction of past changes based on the scientific analysis of natural archives such as ice cores and peat deposits,-evaluation of the present environmental state by the integration ... Read more

    $143.99 USD