Physical geography and topography

Serengeti is arguably the most well-known and highly treasured conservation area in the world.

Serengeti is arguably the most well-known and highly treasured conservation area in the world.

Rivers have played an extraordinarily important role in creating the world in which we live.

Rivers have played an extraordinarily important role in creating the world in which we live.

Global wetlands exhibit significant differences in both hydrology and species composition and range from moss-dominated arctic peatlands to seasonally-flooded tropical floodplains.

Snow and ice environments support significant biological activity, yet the biological importance of some of these habitats, such as glaciers, has only recently gained appreciation.

Global wetlands exhibit significant differences in both hydrology and species composition and range from moss-dominated arctic peatlands to seasonally-flooded tropical floodplains.

Deserts make up a third of the planet's land surface, but if you picture a desert, what comes to mind?

This is a unique and delightfully engaging account by a leading tropical biologist of doing science at one of the last wild frontiers in the world.

For generations, the ground beneath the feet of our ancestors seemed solid and unchanging.

Deserts make up a third of the planet's land surface, but if you picture a desert, what comes to mind?

This is a unique and delightfully engaging account by a leading tropical biologist of doing science at one of the last wild frontiers in the world.

This is the first book to describe the ecology of high latitude lakes, rivers and glacial environments in both the North and South polar regions.

Coastal zones are becoming increasingly topical (and politically sensitive) as they face relentless pressures from urban expansion, recreational development, and sea level rise due to climate change.

This book is unique in providing a global overview of alpine (high mountain) habitats that occur above the natural (cold-limited) tree line, describing the factors that have shaped them over both ecological and evolutionary timescales.

For the inhabitants of many of the world's major towns and cities, estuaries provide their first and nearest glimpse of a natural habitat.

Grasslands, in particular managed pastures and rangelands, are widespread, covering approximately 40% (52 million km2) of the Earth's land surface.

This book is unique in providing a comprehensive, up-to-date synthesis of what is known about soil biodiversity and the factors that regulate its distribution, as well as the functional significance of below-ground biodiversity for ecosystem form and function.

Forest conservation has become one of the most important environmental issues currently facing humanity, as a result of widespread deforestation and forest degradation.

This book discusses the need for the development of sustainable environmental protection technologies to reduce the impact of environmental contaminants.

This book takes a comprehensive look at several cases of climate change adaptation responses across various sectors and geographical areas in urban Africa and places them within a solid theoretical context.

Peatlands form important landscape elements in many parts of the world and play significant roles for biodiversity and global carbon balance.

Peatlands form important landscape elements in many parts of the world and play significant roles for biodiversity and global carbon balance.

Coral reefs represent the most spectacular and diverse marine ecosystem on the planet as well as a critical source of income for millions of people.

Asian tropical forests are amongst the most diverse on the planet, a richness that belies the fact that they are dominated by a single family of trees, the Dipterocarpaceae.

Asian tropical forests are amongst the most diverse on the planet, a richness that belies the fact that they are dominated by a single family of trees, the Dipterocarpaceae.

Vast, majestic, and often stunningly beautiful, glaciers lock up some 10% of the world's freshwater.

Vast, majestic, and often stunningly beautiful, glaciers lock up some 10% of the world's freshwater.

This accessible text provides a concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of global grasslands.

It is beyond doubt that the climate is changing, presenting us with one of the biggest challenges in the twenty-first-century.

Volcanoes are some of the most dramatic expressions of the powerful tectonic forces at work in the Earth beneath our feet.

Volcanoes are some of the most dramatic expressions of the powerful tectonic forces at work in the Earth beneath our feet.

Humans have had a long relationship with the ebb and flow of tides on river deltas around the world.

Humans have had a long relationship with the ebb and flow of tides on river deltas around the world.

Biologists have made significant advances in our understanding of the Earth's shallow subtidal marine ecosystems, but the findings on these disparate regions have never before been documented and gathered in a single volume.

Acomprehensive overview in words and photographs of the famous herd of wild horses protected on one of North Carolina's barrier islands.

The boreal forest is the northern-most woodland biome, whose natural history is rooted in the influence of low temperature and high-latitude.

To this day, there is a great amount of controversy about where, when and how the so-called supercontinents--Pangea, Godwana, Rodinia, and Columbia--were made and broken.

Can we prevent the destruction of the world's tropical forests?

The global drug trade and its associated violence, corruption, and human suffering create global problems that include political and military conflicts, ethnic minority human rights violations, and stresses on economic development.

The Jornada Basin LTER is located in the Chihuahuan Desert, the largest in North America.

This book brings together in compact form a broad scientific and sociopolitical view of US wetlands.

Biodiversity in Drylands, the first internationally based synthesis volume in the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network Series, unifies the concepts of species and landscape diversity with respect to deserts.

A leading cartographer from the British Antarctic Survey maps the continent in ways never seen before, revealing a landscape as alien as it is vital to our very existenceOne of the least-known places on the planet, the only continent on earth with no indigenous population, Antarctica is a world apart.

Longlisted for the Wainwright PrizeShortlisted for the Richard Jeffries AwardThe story of one woman's passion for glaciersAs one of the world's leading glaciologists, Professor Jemma Wadham has devoted her career to the glaciers that cover one-tenth of the Earth's land surface.

When Steve Sillett was 19 years old, he free-climbed with no safety equipment and no training one of the tallest trees on earth, in the redwood forests of Prairie Creek, California.

Sitting on a riverbank, with rod and line, must count as one of the most relaxing and enjoyable yet occasionally frustrating experiences known to man.

The current climate crisis and the rapid transformation of the natural environments will inevitably pose a threat to human settlements around the world.

Geography science aims to observe the dynamics in describing earth's surface as a place and space for humans to carry out their lives, starting from simple identification using recording and sketching models, then utilizing tools such as maps, satellite imagery, statistics and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

This textbook provides a comprehensive and very detailed insight into Chinese Contemporary Geography in English.