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Seas and oceans / by Meucci, Antonella.; Chesi, Matteoill.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Provides an assortment of facts about life in the sea, including what science deems the first multicellular organisms, the world's highest mountain, and the longest alga.
Subjects: Marine biology; Marine ecology;
© c2000., Gareth Stevens Pub.,
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Living on Earth : forests, corals, consciousness, and the making of the world / by Godfrey-Smith, Peter,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A philosopher's examination of how animal and plant life has shaped the history of our planet"--
Subjects: Ecology; Life;
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Urban jungle : the history and future of nature in the city / by Wilson, Ben,1980-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In this exhilarating look at cities, past and future, Ben Wilson proposes that, in our world of rising seas and threatening weather, the natural world may prove the city's savior. Since the beginning of civilization, humans have built cities to wall nature out, then glorified it in beloved but quite artificial parks. In Urban Jungle, Ben Wilson--the author of Metropolis, a seven-thousand-year history of cities that the Wall Street Journal called "a towering achievement"--looks to the fraught relationship between nature and the city for clues to how the planet can survive in an age of climate crisis. Whether it was the market farmers of Paris, Germans in medieval forest cities, or the Aztecs in the floating city of Tenochtitlan, pre-modern humans had an essential bond with nature. But when the day came that water was piped in and food flown from distant fields, that relationship was lost. Today, urban areas are the fastest-growing habitat on Earth and in Urban Jungle Ben Wilson finds that we are at last acknowledging that human engineering is not enough to protect us from extremes of weather. He takes us to places where efforts to rewild the city are under way: to Los Angeles, where the city's concrete river will run blue again, to New York City, where a bleak landfill will be a vast grassland preserve. The pinnacle of this strategy will be Amsterdam: a city that is its own ecosystem, that makes no waste and produces its own energy. In many cities, Wilson finds, nature is already thriving. Koalas are settling in Brisbane, wild boar may raid your picnic in Berlin. Green canopies, wildflowers, wildlife: the things that will help cities survive, he notes, also make people happy. Urban Jungle offers the pleasures of history--how backyard gardens spread exotic species all over the world, how war produces biodiversity--alongside a fantastic vision of the lush green cities of our future. Climate change, Ben Wilson believes, is only the latest chapter in the dramatic human story of nature and the city"--
Subjects: Climatic changes.; Urban ecology (Biology); Urban ecology (Sociology);
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Temperate forests / by Benoit, Peter,1955-;
Introduces temperate forests, discusses the threats to them, and describes how the animals that live there survive.Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-45) and index.Forest features : what is a temperate forest? -- Forest life : what kinds of plants and animals live in temperate forests? -- Hard times : how do plants and animals live through cold winters? -- Forests in danger : what kinds of threats do temperate forests face? -- Conservation : what can we do to save temperate forests?
Subjects: Forest ecology; Forest ecology.; Temperate forests.;
© c2011., Children's Press,
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Rain forest habitats / by Ringstad, Arnold.;
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Subjects: Rain forest ecology; Habitat (Ecology);
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Rain forests / by Pipes, Rose;
Introduces some notable rain forests around the world, including those of South America, Congo, and Central America.
Subjects: Rain forests; Rain forest ecology;
© 1998., Raintree Steck-Vaughn,
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The book of weeds / by Thompson, Ken,1954-; Hester, Beth Landis.; Anderson, Peter,1956 July 20-; Crawford, Andy.; Gormley, Francesca.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187), Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Weeds.; Weeds; Weeds;
© 2009., DK Pub.,
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Fen, bog, & swamp : a short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis / by Proulx, Annie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A lifelong environmentalist, Annie Proulx brings her wide-ranging research and scholarship to the subject of wetlands and the vitally important yet little understood role they play in preserving the environment--by storing the carbon emissions that greatly contribute to climate change. Fens, bogs, swamps, and marine estuaries are the earth's most desirable and dependable resources, and in four stunning parts, Proulx documents the long-misunderstood role of these wetlands in saving the planet. Taking us on a fascinating journey through history, Proulx shows us the fens of 16th-century England to Canada's Hudson Bay lowlands, Russia's Great Vasyugan Mire, America's Okeefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, and the 19th-century explorers who began the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Along the way, she writes of the diseases spawned in the wetlands--the Ague, malaria, Marsh Fever--and the surprisingly significant role of peat in industrialization. A sobering look at the degradation of wetlands over centuries and the serious ecological consequences, this is a stunningly important work and a rousing call to action by a writer whose passionate devotion to understanding and preserving the environment is on full and glorious display"--
Subjects: Bog ecology.; Climatic changes.; Fen ecology.; Peatland ecology.; Peatlands.; Swamps.;
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The hidden life of trees : what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world / by Wohlleben, Peter,1964-author.; translation of:Wohlleben, Peter,1964-Geheime Leben der Bäume.English.; Billinghurst, Jane,1958-translator.; Flannery, Tim F.(Tim Fridtjof),1956-; David Suzuki Institute,issuing body.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A forester's fascinating stories, supported by the latest scientific research, reveal the extraordinary world of forests and illustrate how trees communicate and care for each other."--
Subjects: Wohlleben, Peter, 1964-; Forests and forestry.; Forest ecology.; Trees;
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Islands of wonder [videorecording] / by Hayes, Michael J.(Voice actor),narrator.; Douglas, Sara,television producer,television director.; Wright, Evie,television producer,television director.; Ridgeon, Will,television producer,television director.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company.;
Narrator, Michael J. Hayes.Journey to three of the most exotic, mysterious, and remote islands on Earth: Madagascar, Borneo, and Hawaii. These isolated and iconic tropical islands harbor remarkable wildlife and human castaways found nowhere else on Earth. In a rapidly changing world, these fragile islands are a vital gauge for the health of the planet.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impared.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital stereophonic.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction television programs.; Travelogues (Television programs); Documentary television programs.; Island ecology; Island ecology; Island ecology;
For private home use only.
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