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Influence of climate change on the changing Arctic and sub-Arctic conditions Influence of climate change on the changing Arctic and sub-Arctic conditions NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Influence of Climate Change on the Changing Arctic and Sub-Arctic Conditions (2008 Liège, Belgium) The current warming trends in the Arctic may shove the Arctic system into a seasonally ice-free state not seen for more than one million years. The melting is accelerating, and researchers were unabl… OL13804757W
Polar Explorations Polar Explorations Don Nardo Books in the World History series examine the eras, events, civilizations, and movements that have shaped human history, providing readers with insight into the past and its many legacies.; ; Vivid w… OL15521143W
Estimating groundwater recharge Estimating groundwater recharge R. W. Healy "Understanding groundwater recharge is essential for successful management of water resources and modeling fluid and contaminant transport within the subsurface. This book provides a critical evaluat… OL15588262W
Tornadoes Tornadoes David Armentrout Explains how tornadoes form, how they are tracked and monitored, and what a powerful force they exert on towns and cities. OL15828574W
A student's guide to geophysical equations A student's guide to geophysical equations William Lowrie "The advent of accessible student computing packages has meant that geophysics students can now easily manipulate datasets and gain first-hand modeling experience - essential in developing an intuiti… OL15902321W
Food and development Food and development E. M. Young "The relationship between food and development has always been controversial. Over the last 30 years, development in the north and south has failed to deliver people a decent diet. While some people… OL16134861W
Tree rings and natural hazards Tree rings and natural hazards Markus Stoffel "The initial employment of tree rings in natural hazard studies was simply as a dating tool and rarely exploited other environmental information and records of damage contained within the tree. Howev… OL16282630W
Global warming Global warming David Archer "Archer's Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast 2nd Edition, is the first real text to present the science and policy surrounding climate change at the right level. Accompanying videos, simulati… OL16576605W
Student's guide to writing dissertations and theses in tourism studies and related disciplines Student's guide to writing dissertations and theses in tourism studies and related disciplines Tim Coles "Around the world every year many thousands of students have to complete dissertations or theses as part of their undergraduate or masters studies in tourism and related subjects. Often the dissertat… OL16694734W
Rocks and minerals Rocks and minerals Dan Green You live on a fiery ball of rocks and minerals that is ready to reveal its secrets and its incredible history! In-depth information about rock formation and change. Galleries of rocks, minerals, and … OL16812205W
Advances in geophysics Advances in geophysics Helmut Erich Landsberg ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICS VOLUME 15. OL16928936W
A lighter footprint A lighter footprint Angela Crocombe A Ớ#́x02DC;We must seek to drastically reduce the heavy tread of our footprint upon the earth; otherwise, our children and our grandchildren will have very little hope of enjoying a habitable planet.… OL16944146W
Edexcel A2 Geography Edexcel A2 Geography Sue Warn This textbook meets the needs of A2 students following the Edexcel A2 geography specification. It provides comprehensive coverage of units 3 and 4, including all the options in unit 4. The content ma… OL17437790W
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                Explorer Travel Guides Mountains Explorer Travel Guides Chris Oxlade,HL Studios Staff If you were going to climb and explore in a mountainous environment, what would you need to know? What would you pack? And who would be helpful to take along? This book gives you the knowledge you ne… OL17564613W
The Great Derangement The Great Derangement Amitav Ghosh "Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first … OL17633542W
"Unsinkable" "Unsinkable" Daniel Allen Butler Just before midnight on April 14, 1912, the ocean liner Titanic struck an iceberg. Less than three hours later, she lay at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, having taken with her more than 1,500 of t… OL17919185W
QGIS QGIS Anita Graser,Ben Mearns,Alex Mandel,Victor Olaya Ferrero,Alexander Bruy Master data management, visualization, and spatial analysis techniques in QGIS and become a GIS power user About This Book: • Learn how to work with various types of data and create beautiful map… OL19545898W
The oceans The oceans Eelco J. Rohling "The 4.4-billion-year history of the oceans and their role in Earth's climate system. It has often been said that we know more about the moon than we do about our own oceans. In fact, we know a great… OL19725909W
Ice microdynamics Ice microdynamics Pao K. Wang Atmospheric ice particles play crucial roles in cloud and storm dynamics, atmospheric chemistry, climatological processes, and other atmospheric processes. Ice Microdynamics introduces the elementary… OL19856527W
Introducing oceanography Introducing oceanography David N. Thomas Two thirds of our planet is covered by oceans and seas. Over recent decades developments in ocean science have dramatically improved our understanding of the key role oceans play in the Earth System,… OL19969634W
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