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The Encyclopedia of Earth: A Complete Visual Guide

The Encyclopedia of Earth: A Complete Visual Guide more books like this

by Michael Allaby, Robert Coenraads, Stephen Hutchinson

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This sumptuously illustrated, beautifully written encyclopedia presents the most up-to-date information about planet Earth in a style and format that will appeal to an extremely wide range of readers. With thousands of photographs, illustrations, diagrams, and maps and a text written by a team of international experts, it presents an impressive ...

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A Dictionary of Zoology

A Dictionary of Zoology more books like this

by Michael Allaby (Editor)

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This best-selling dictionary is the most comprehensive and up-to-date of its kind, containing over 5,250 entries on all aspects of zoology. Complemented with numerous illustrations, it includes terms from the areas of ecology, animal behaviour, evolution, earth history, zoogeography, genetics, and physiology and it provides full taxonomic coverage ...

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How It Works: How the Weather Works

How It Works: How the Weather Works more books like this

by Michael Allaby, Carol Vorderman

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A colorful introduction to how the weather works featuring entertaining and educational experiments and activities for the whole family. With complete directions for setting up a weather station in your home, helpful advice on how to keep accurate records and forcasting techniques. Includes over 1,000 color photos and illustrations.

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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences more books like this

by Michael Allaby (Editor)

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This leading dictionary - now in its third edition - offers wide-ranging and authoritative coverage of the earth sciences and related topics in 6,250+ clear and accessible entries. Coverage includes geology, oceanography, paleontology, minerology, volcanology, and planetary science as well as climatology, geochemistry, and petrology. It is an ...

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A Dictionary of Ecology

A Dictionary of Ecology more books like this

by Michael Allaby

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The third edition of the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of ecology available. Written in a clear, accessible style, it contains over 5,200 entries on all aspects of ecology and related environmental scientific disciplines such as biogeography, genetics, soil science, geomorphology, atmospheric science, and oceanography. Coverage ...

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How Weather Works

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by Michael Allaby

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A colorful introduction to how the weather works featuring entertaining and educational experiments and activities for the whole family. With complete directions for setting up a weather station in your home, helpful advice on how to keep accurate records and forcasting techniques. Includes over 1,000 color photos and illustrations.

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A dictionary of plant sciences

A dictionary of plant sciences more books like this

by Michael Allaby

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This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date paperback dictionary of botany available. It contains over 5,500 clear and concise entries on all aspects of botany including biochemistry, plant physiology, cytology, ecology, genetics, evolution, biogeography, earth history, and the earth sciences. Classification is comprehensive and wide ranging: ...

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Basics of Environmental Science

Basics of Environmental Science more books like this

by Michael Allaby

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Basics of Environmental Science is an engaging introduction to environmental study. The book offers everyone studying and interested in the environment an essential understanding of natural environments and the way they function. It covers the entire breadth of the environmental sciences, providing concise, non-technical explanations of physical ...

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Biomes of the World more books like this

by Grolier Educational, Michael Allaby

In nine volumes, explores each of the earth's major ecological regions, defining important features, animals, and environmental issues.

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Deserts

Deserts more books like this

by Michael Allaby, Richard Garratt (Illustrator)

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Deserts cover nearly half the world and are classified as dry, semi-arid, arid, and hyper-arid. These include the hot deserts, such as the Sahara, the cold continental deserts such as the Gobi, the coastal deserts such as the Namib and Atacama, and the North American deserts. Providing an in-depth look at the history, geography, peoples, various ...

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Temperate forests

Temperate forests more books like this

by Michael Allaby

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For tens of thousands of years, northern Europe, Canada, and most of the northern United States lay buried beneath vast ice sheets, thousands of feet thick. As the world warmed and the ice began to melt along its southernmost edge, plants began to appear and a forest was born. This forest of the temperate regions became known as the temperate ...

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The Facts on File Weather and Climate Handbook more books like this

by Michael Allaby

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With the topics of weather and climate increasingly at the forefront of world attention, it is important to understand the relevant terms, definitions, and phenomena that one may be familiar with. Including more than 2000 entries, this handbook offers basic information about atmospheric processes, the sciences of climatology and meteorology, and ...

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Air: The Nature of Atmosphere and the Climate more books like this

by Michael Allaby

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Most of the planets in the solar system have atmospheres, but that of the Earth is unique. It's composition is quite different from all other planetary atmospheres as it not only supports but is also strongly influenced by living oganisms. Assuming no prior scientific knowledge this volume examines, dissects and explains the phenomena, air - which ...

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Droughts more books like this

by Michael Allaby

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In recent years, climate research has intensified and concern over the possibility that humans may be altering the global climate has stimulated funding for increased study of global warming and its consequences. With the 2002 drought in the United States having been especially severe, and droughts in other parts of the world causing hunger, ...

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National Geographic Visual Encyclopedia of Earth more books like this

by Michael Allaby

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Curious kids want to know everything about their planet. This lively encyclopedia offers a wealth of comprehensive, easy-to-follow insight into our planet in fun-to-read text. It gives kids a rock-solid foundation, reveals the latest research on fragile ecosystems and climate shift, and engages young readers with riveting information, eye-catching ...

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The Environment more books like this

by Michael Allaby

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An Inside Look is specially designed to explore the natural forces and amazing technology that shape our universe. Each volume takes readers on a remarkable adventure into an important part of our world. Striking, full-color illustrations complement a fact-filled text. Inviting two-page spreads offer many access points for readers to explore ...

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Tornadoes: And Other Dramatic Weather Systems more books like this

by Michael Allaby

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The power, the mystery, and the fury of tornadoes are explored in this guide that delves into the formation of dangerous storms and wild weather. Full-color illustrations.

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Weather more books like this

by Michael Allaby

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Hurricanes more books like this

by Michael Allaby

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Mitch, the hurricane that devastated Central America in 1998, was one of the most savage storms of the century, however, research shows that, overall, hurricanes are not growing fiercer or more frequent. With the intensification of climate research in recent years and rising concern that humans may be altering the global climate, funding agencies ...

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Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate, Revised Edition, 2-Volume Set more books like this

by Michael Allaby, Richard Garratt

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In the years since the first edition of the award-winning "Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate" was published, research in the atmospheric sciences has been intense and much has happened - making this revised edition an essential one. This new two-volume set has also been restructured - featuring a mix of new, expanded, updated, and rewritten ...

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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences more books like this

by Ailsa Allaby (Editor), Michael Allaby (Editor)

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This is the most authoritative and wide-ranging dictionary of earth sciences available in a single volume. Compiled with the help of a team of specialist contributors, it has been substantially revised and updated for this new edition. It is essential reference for all students of the subject, especially those on interdisciplinary courses. The 6 ...

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Botany more books like this

by Michael Allaby (Editor)

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This dictionary is a reference work on all aspects of the study of plants. With more than 5000 entries, it should be valuable to students, amateur botanists and naturalists, and everyone with an interest in plants and their environments. Many of the entries have been taken from the "Oxford Dictionary of Natural History", but each one has been ...

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Fog, Smog, and Poisoned Rain more books like this

by Michael Allaby

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Fog, Smog, and Poisoned Rain deals with air pollution and its consequences. Beginning with a definition of the problem, it then examines the causes of particular types of pollution and the way the pollution is disseminated; the geographic distribution of the phenomenon; and historical records. The book closes with a look into the future and a ...

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Blizzards more books like this

by Michael Allaby

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This updated and revised volume in the Dangerous Weather series explores the cold weather phenomenon blizzards. Organized and written in an easy-to-follow style, author Michael Allaby answers the most important questions students and non-specialists have about blizzards and he provides a general overview of the current information that shapes the ...

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Tropical Forests more books like this

by Michael Allaby, Richard Garratt (Illustrator)

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There are many different types of tropical forests - lowland wet forests, seasonal forests, cloud forests, bamboo forests, mangrove forests, and monsoon forests. The biodiversity in these areas is incredibly diverse. "Tropical Forests" examines the wealth of resources found in this biome, introducing the ecosystems of the forests and explaining ...

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