What is a decomposer? Featuring full-color photos, this book offers readers a simple and scientific answer to this question and others! It looks at how one fallen tree supports an entire community, wh
A fascinating perspective on the facts of scienceEarth Science provides students with accurate and comprehensive coverage of Earth and space science. The strong content coverage integrates a wide rang
Convinced that the role of geosciences in environmental management has been underestimated and is far from fulfilling its potential, researchers, engineers, planners, decision-makers, and other profes
From the scorching center of Earth's core to the outer limits of its atmosphere, from the gradual process of erosion that carved the Grand Canyon to the earth-shaking fury of volcanoes and earthquakes
Rudwick (emeritus, history of science, U. of Cambridge, UK) collects 14 of his published articles on the history of the natural sciences. The central concerns that has animated his work since he moved
Analysis and Modelling of Spatial Environmental Data presents traditional geostatistics methods for variography and spatial predictions, approaches to conditional stochastic simulation and local proba
Discover the flexibility to teach science your wayThe Changing Surface of Earth, as a part of the Glencoe Science 15-Book Series, provides students with accurate and comprehensive coverage of weatheri
The?most comprehensive description of the physical foundations of methods and instruments in the fields of passive remote sensing applied to investigations of the Earth, Solar system bodies and space.
This volume covers a broad range of altimetry applications, including marine gravity and geoid, sea level change, ocean tide modeling, ocean circulations, marine plate tectonics, mesoscale eddies and
This book presents intensely interdisciplinary, comprehensive modern investigations, with contributions ranging from basic and applied science to coastal zone management. The work is indispensable for
Filled with charts, tables, and diagrams, this book is designed to make every facet of the Earth accessible to readers of all ages. Back by popular demand, this series of information books for child
Perhaps the most pressing scientific challenge before us concerns our understanding of the Earth and environmental change, which is occurring at a dramatic rate. Humanity can expect serious difficulti
“They deftly bring together findings from many disparate areas of science in a book that science buffs will find hard to put down.” —Publishers Weekly Science has worked hard to pie
Processing the vast amounts of data on the Earth's land surface environment generated by NASA's and other international satellite programs is a significant challenge. Filling a gap between the theore
