Physical geography and topography

Drawn to the mysteries of tropical rain forests and fascinated by life in the treetops, Meg Lowman has pursued a life of scientific exploration while raising her two sons, Edward and James Burgess.

Explore the wonders of wild Mongolia through the eyes of a distinguished field biologist Mongolia became a satellite of the Soviet Union in the mid-1920s, and for nearly seven decades effectively closed its doors to the outside world.

This Encyclopedia is designed to accumulate and systematize our knowledge about the unique natural water areas - the Laptev, East Siberian and Chukchi seas, their wealth, the events that took place on its waters and shores, and the remarkable people whose lives were and are closely intertwined with the seas.

The skeptic's guide to everything you thought you knew about life outside.

Few subjects have caught the attention of the entire world as much as those dealing with natural hazards.

This book provides a synthesis of the physiography and geodynamics of the entire Pyrenean orogen and its foreland basins, providing the "e;big picture"e; (structure of the orogen and chronology of its formation, overview of its post-orogenic evolution, and Quaternary and recent landscape history).

A spectacularly illustrated journey into the intimate communities that native trees share with animals, insects, fungi, and microbesYou can tell a lot about a tree from the company it keeps.

This book describes Hungarian karst areas and Hungarian karst research results.

The book deals with the most striking landscapes and landforms of Nigeria.

This textbook covers all important aspects of mountain glaciers, from their formation and their importance as water reservoirs to the threat posed by current global warming.

This festschrift honours Prof.

This textbook introduces physical geodesy.

A rare collection of photographs that are the heart of The Springs of Florida was obtained over a period of many years.

Summit Colorado mountains by hiking to the peaks!

Organizing Nature explores how the environment is organized in Canada's resource-dependent economy.

Organizing Nature explores how the environment is organized in Canada's resource-dependent economy.

The story of how Francis Pryor created a haven for people, plants and wildlife in a remote corner of the fens.

Originally published in 1969, the contributors to this volume examine the natural and social environments of selected areas in Africa and study in detail some particular problems and their solutions.

Originally published in 1969, the contributors to this volume examine the natural and social environments of selected areas in Africa and study in detail some particular problems and their solutions.

This book guides readers through the most iconic geologically significant scenery in the UK, points out features of interest, explains what they are, and describes how these features came to be.

This book guides readers through the most iconic geologically significant scenery in the UK, points out features of interest, explains what they are, and describes how these features came to be.

Este volumen pretende acercar al lector a ese desconocido mundo de arena y rocas esculpidas por el viento, así como mostrarle algunas de sus más sorprendentes formas de vida, como la welwitschia, la planta más rara del mundo, las hormigas "tarro-de-miel" o las serpientes que "ven" el calor.

';If we mean to change our ways, how will we do it?

Familiar modes of problem solving may be efficient, but they often prevent us from discovering innovative solutions to more complex problems.

Inspired by his ranger days in Rocky Mountain National Park more than forty five years ago as well as more recent rambles, Richard Fleck has created these descriptive essays that take readers from shimmering desert heat to snowy summits.

Coming to Pass tells the story of a little-developed necklace of northern Gulf Coast islands.

This book presents an overview of different data collection methods and approaches that have been used to identify and analyse institutions associated with natural resource governance.

The study of the Quaternary ice age has revolutionized ideas about Earth system change and the pace of landscape and ecosystem dynamics.

The study and application of spatial information systems have been developed primarily from the use of computers in the geosciences.

This revision maintains the position of Forest Ecosystems as the one source for the latest information on the advanced methods that have enhanced our understating of forest ecosystems.

Some of the maps in this title are best viewed on a tablet device.

The treetops of the world's forests are where discovery and opportunity abound, however they have been relatively inaccessible until recently.

Sea and Ocean Hazards, Risks and Disasters provides a scientific approach to those hazards and disasters related to the Earth's coasts and oceans.

The North Pacific temperate rainforest, stretching from southern Alaska to northern California, is the largest temperate rainforest on earth.

The once denuded northeastern United States is now a region of trees.

2011 Outstanding Title, University Press Books for Public and Secondary School LibrariesWinner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association AwardBefore Forks, a small town on Washingtons Olympic Peninsula, became famous as the location for Stephenie Meyers Twilight book series, it was the self-proclaimed Logging Capital of the World and ground zero in a regional conflict over the fate of old-growth forests.

A captivating analysis of the past, present, and future of northeastern forests and the forces that have shaped them The northeastern United States is one of the most densely forested regions in the country, yet its history of growth, destruction, and renewal are for the most part poorly understood—even by specialists.

Drawn from ecologist Charles M.

In her first book, Island in the Sound, Heckman brought to life Anderson Island in Puget Sound, its people, its history, and its sadly vanishing way of life.

For over two hundred years, the Catskill Mountains have been repeatedly and dramatically transformed by New York City.

An appreciation of the beautiful, iconic, and endangered Eastern Hemlock and what it means to nature and societyThe Eastern Hemlock, massive and majestic, has played a unique role in structuring northeastern forest environments, from Nova Scotia to Wisconsin and through the Appalachian Mountains to North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama.

Lockhart and Wiseman's Crop Husbandry Including Grassland, Tenth Edition delivers the latest developments in crop varieties, crop protection products and environmental schemes.

The Geologic Time Scale 2012, winner of a 2012 PROSE Award Honorable Mention for Best Multi-volume Reference in Science from the Association of American Publishers, is the framework for deciphering the history of our planet Earth.

Floodplainsprovides an overview of floodplains and their management in temperate regions.

The Allegheny National Forest exists on what might have been the most heavily exploited landscape in the history of civilization.

Coastal regions around the world have become increasingly crowded, intensively developed, and severely exploited.

In port cities around the world, waterfront development projects have been hailed both as spaces of promise and as crucial territorial wedges in twenty-first century competitive growth strategies.

This book elaborates the need, in a rapidly urbanizing world, for recognition of the ecological communities we inhabit in cities and for the development of an ethics for all entities (human and non-human) in this context.