Earth Sciences category: 10037 books
Climate Change, Energy Use, and Sustainability
Diagnosis and Prescription after the Great East Japan Earthquake
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
This book is an outcome of the symposium “Towards Earth Friendly Use of Resources and Energy,” organized by the Nagoya University Center of Excellence Program “From Earth System Science to Basic and Clinical Environmental Studies” and presents papers by four eminent researchers. 1) Syukuro...
Weighing the World
The Quest to Measure the Earth
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2005
At the start of the 18th century there were no maps, anywhere in the world. No one knew, with any certainty, the shape of the earth or what lay beneath its surface. Was it hollow or solid? Were the Andes the highest mountains on the Earth or was it the peak of Tenerife? Was the Earth a perfect sphere...
Geochemistry at the Earth’s Surface
Movement of Chemical Elements
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
Geochemistry at the surface of the earth is dominated by two somewhat antagonistic forces: chemical reactions which attempt to attain a steady state (equilibrium) and geological movement of materials in time and space which changes the parameters that control chemical equilibrium. Another aspect that...
Big Data for Remote Sensing: Visualization, Analysis and Interpretation
Digital Earth and Smart Earth
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
This book thoroughly covers the remote sensing visualization and analysis techniques based on computational imaging and vision in Earth science.
Remote sensing is considered a significant information source for monitoring and mapping natural and man-made land through the development of sensor...
by Alecia M. Spooner
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Get a rock-solid grasp on geology
Geology is the study of the earth's history as well as the physical and chemical processes that continue to shape the earth today. Jobs in the geosciences are expected to increase over the next decade, which will increase geology-related jobs well above average...
Apollo's Fire
A Journey Through the Extraordinary Wonders of an Ordinary Day
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2008
It?s the oldest story on Earth. You relive it every day.
So much of our shared daily experience in the world is shaped by the sometimes dramatic, sometimes subtle effects of the Earth?s spin, its tilt on its axis, the alternation of light and darkness, the waxing and waning of the moon, the...
The Spinning Magnet
The Electromagnetic Force That Created the Modern World--and Could Destroy It
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
The mystery of Earth's invisible, life-supporting power
Alanna Mitchell's globe-trotting history of the science of electromagnetism and the Earth's magnetic field--right up to the latest indications that the North and South Poles may soon reverse, with apocalyptic results--will soon change...
From Earth to Oblivion
The Passing of Humankind
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
From Earth to Oblivion: The Passing of Humankind is an account that describes the ultimate human predicament” and exposes its inevitable outcome. Dr. Ross E. Goodrich, a geographer, examines evidence that demonstrates why humankind cannot survive much longer on this planet. Our population is growing,...
by David Houle, Tim Rumage
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
In this early part of the 21st Century we are in a planetary reality for which we have no precedence. The last time the atmosphere had as much CO2 as today was at least 800,000 years ago. Modern Humanity has been around for 200,000 years so there is no road map, plan or strategy we can pull up from...
Earth in Human Hands
Shaping Our Planet's Future
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
For the first time in Earth's history, our planet is experiencing a confluence of rapidly accelerating changes prompted by one species: humans. Climate change is only the most visible of the modifications we've made--up until this point, inadvertently--to the planet. And our current behavior threatens...
Astrobiology
Understanding Life in the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Astrobiology is an interdisciplinary field that asks profound scientific questions. How did life originate on the Earth? How has life persisted on the Earth for over three billion years? Is there life elsewhere in the Universe? What is the future of life on Earth?
Astrobiology: Understanding...
by Robert M. Hazen
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2019
An enchanting biography of the most resonant—and most necessary—chemical element on Earth.
Carbon is everywhere: in the paper of this book and the blood of our bodies. It’s with us from beginning to end, present in our baby clothes and coffin alike. We live on a carbon planet, and we...
Earth Materials
Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2012
The fundamental concepts of mineralogy and petrology are explained in this highly illustrated, full-color textbook to create a concise overview for students studying Earth materials. The relationship between minerals and rocks and how they relate to the broader Earth, materials and environmental sciences...
Earth System Science
From Biogeochemical Cycles to Global Changes
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2000
Over the last decade, the study of cycles as a model for the earth's changing climate has become a new science. Earth Systems Science is the basis for understanding all aspects of anthropogenic global change, such as chemically forced global climate change. The work is aimed at those students interested...