For readers of Entangled Life and The Hidden Life of Trees, a fascinating journey into the world of plants and animals, and the ways they communicate with each other.
The field of evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-Devo) has been profoundly shaped by a handful of classical model organisms — such as Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorhabditis elegans, zebrafish, mouse, and Arabidopsis — which have provided fundamental insights into the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying development.
Introduction to Mining Geostatistics: Intuitive Applications with Excel and R is a practical and accessible guide to geostatistical techniques in mineral exploration, with a strong focus on reserves estimation.
Data-Driven Earth Observation for Disaster Management: From Theory to Practical Applications delves into the critical role of Earth observation data and technologies in predicting, managing, and mitigating a spectrum of disasters.
El libro que aquí se presenta tiene aportes fundamentales en la construcción del currículo en ciencias naturales, una reflexión que dinamiza los elementos de las ciencias y los relaciona con experiencias que muestran el contexto real en la enseñanza y aprendizaje, además da una visión fresca del desarrollo en los últimos años, de investigaciones formativas y de orden estructural guiadas primero, a la formación y actualización constante del profesorado y segundo, a las reflexiones de la enseñanza de las ciencias.
The gripping story of Taiwan, from the flood myths of ancient legend to its 'Asian Tiger' economic miracle - and the looming threat of invasion by China.
The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the intricate relationship between urban environments and the crucial function of wetland ecosystems in enhancing the resilience of cities worldwide.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of surface water and groundwater quality, including its analytical methods, and remote sensing and soft computing techniques.
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 27th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems, SSS 2025, held in Kathmandu, Nepal, during October 9–11, 2025.
This book chronicles six decades of exploration and ecological studies of Western American coral reefs, a vibrant and diverse ecosystem in a marginal tropical Pacific region that has long been overlooked.
Collective Liberation and Work That Reconnects How do we create group spaces that are truly safe, inclusive, and transformativeespecially when patterns of harm still show up within them?
Embark on an unforgettable journey into the heart of the wilderness with "e;The Call of the Wild,"e; a timeless tale of courage, resilience, and the enduring bond between humans and nature.
This book addresses significant gaps in our understanding of how watershed microbial structures and functions respond to the pressures of urbanization.
Alone in his kayak, Brian Wilson sets off from the Solway Firth on a 2000-mile odyssey around Scotland's extraordinarily varied coastline of cliffscapes, unspoiled shorelines, treacherous sea passages and beautiful Hebridean islands.
Recently, substantial progress has been made in the machine perception, particularly computer vision, largely due to the advancements in deep learning techniques.
After four hundred years of Ottoman rule followed by a little over two decades as part of the French Mandate, Lebanon finally gained independence in 1943.
Recently, substantial progress has been made in the machine perception, particularly computer vision, largely due to the advancements in deep learning techniques.
This unique book investigates the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through geospatial information lenses, making the case that geospatial information is central to the SDGs and is imperative to understand the place, location, communities, and the people to identify where the root of the problem lies.
The book is a compilation of research presented at the 2nd International Conference of Geoscience and Remote Sensing Technology (IC-GEOREST), which took place between October 26 and 27, 2024, in Padang, Indonesia.
Dieses Buch berichtet über ein ebenso spannendes wie aktuelles Thema an der Schnittstelle zwischen naturwissenschaftlicher Grundlagenforschung und globaler gesellschaftlicher Herausforderung: die Biodiversität.
Die Natur liefert uns viele Leistungen gratis: So bildet sich Grundwasser neu, bleiben Böden fruchtbar, erzeugt die Photosynthese pflanzliche Biomasse.
This book provides a multidisciplinary perspective on the Andean herpetofauna, covering topics ranging from natural history and thermal ecology to biogeography and conservation.
This book constitutes the third part of the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Life System Modeling and Simulation, LSMS 2014, and of the International Conference on Intelligent Computing for Sustainable Energy and Environment, ICSEE 2014, held in Shanghai, China, in September 2014.
This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the 10th European Performance Engineering Workshop, EPEW 2013, held in Venice, Italy, in September 2013.
The book addresses the perceived need for a publication with looks at both, climate smart technologies and the integration of renewable energy and energy efficiency in mitigation and adaptation responses.
Based on the author's own work and results obtained by international teams he coordinated, this SpringerBrief offers a concise discussion of the origin and early evolution of atmospheres of terrestrial planets during the active phase of their host stars, as well as of the environmental conditions which are necessary in order for planets like the Earth to obtain N_2-rich atmospheres.
It is widely recognized that the degree of development of a science is given by the transition from a mainly descriptive stage to a more quantitative stage.
