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Slime : how algae created us, plague us, and just might save us / by Kassinger, Ruth,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Algae.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Seaweed : an enchanting miscellany / by Zwamborn, Miek,1974-author.; Hutchison, Michele,translator.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Marine algae.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Building natural ponds : create a clean, algae-free pond without pumps, filters, or chemicals / by Pavlis, Robert,1953-;
Includes Internet addresses and index."Building Natural Ponds is the first book to walk through the steps required to design and build a natural pond without the need of pumps, filters, and nasty chemicals. Coverage includes pond ecosystems and natural algae control, planning, design, aesthetics, and siting, plus highly illustrated step-by-step construction guidance, plants and fish, maintenance and troubleshooting, and large ponds and pools"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Ponds; Water in landscape architecture.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Brilliant! : shining a light on sustainable energy / by Mulder, Michelle,(Author of Out of the box);
Includes bibliographical references and index.Offers examples of unusual power sources, including fungus, algae, and human waste.
Subjects: Renewable energy sources;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fossil / by Taylor, Paul D.;
A photo essay about different types of fossils, from bacteria and algae to birds and mammals.
Subjects: Paleontology; Fossils.; Paleontology.;
© c2004., DK Pub.,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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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.,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Set your alarm, sloth! : more advice for troubled animals from Dr. Glider / by Keating, Jess.; Oswald, Pete.;
"Dr. Sugar Glider is back to help animals with problems large and small! A sloth with algae on her back, a sneezing iguana, a leaderless clownfish, and a lovesick egret are just a few of the creatures who call on Dr. Glider for advice. Featuring hilarious stories and unbelievable true facts, plus a glossary and a list of species, this nonfiction picture book is sure to fascinate and entertain young nature lovers"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Animals; Animals;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The devil's element : phosphorus and a world out of balance / by Egan, Dan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The story of phosphorus spans the globe and vast tracts of human history. The race to mine phosphorus took people from the battlefields of Waterloo, which were looted for the bones of fallen soldiers, to the fabled guano islands off Peru, the Bone Valley of Florida, and the sand dunes of the Western Sahara. Over the past century, phosphorus has made farming vastly more productive, feeding the enormous increase in the human population. Yet, as Egan harrowingly reports, our overreliance on this vital crop nutrient is today causing toxic algae blooms and "dead zones" in waterways from the coasts of Florida to the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes and beyond. Egan also explores the alarming reality that diminishing access to phosphorus poses a threat to the food system worldwide--which risks rising conflict and even war"--
Subjects: Phosphorus in agriculture; Phosphorus;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Building : a carpenter's notes on life & the art of good work / by Ellison, Mark,author.;
"Over the past forty years Mark Ellison has designed and constructed some of the most stunning marvels of architecture that you've never seen. He built a staircase that the famed architect Santiago Calatrava called a masterpiece. He worked on the iconic Sky House, which Interior Design named the best apartment of the decade. He's even worked on the homes of David Bowie, Robin Williams, and others whose names he cannot reveal. He is regarded by many as the best carpenter in New York. In Building, Ellison writes of the mastery that comes from doing something well for a long time, by taking you on a tour through the lofts, penthouses, and townhomes of New York's elite that he has transformed over the years--before they're camera-ready--and in a singular voice offers a window onto what he's learned about living meaningfully along the way. From staircases that would be deadly if built as designed, to algae eating snails boiled to escargot in a penthouse pond, and the deceptive complextiy of "minimalist" interior design, Building exposes the messy wiring behind the pristine walls, features, and furnishings that grace the glossy pages of Architectural Digest, revealing the overrun budgets, scrapped blueprints, and last-minute demands that characterize life in the high-stakes world of luxury construction"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Ellison, Mark.; Carpenters; Workmanship.;
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Dispersals On Plants, Borders, and Belonging [electronic resource] : by Lee, Jessica J..aut; Lee, Jessica J..nrt; cloudLibrary;
INSTANT TORONTO STAR BESTSELLER The prize-winning and bestselling author of Two Trees Make a Forest turns to the lives of plants entangled in our human world to explore belonging, displacement, identity, and the truths of our shared future A seed slips beyond a garden wall. A tree is planted on a precarious border. A shrub is stolen from its culture and its land. What happens when these plants leave their original homes and put down roots elsewhere? The themes in these fourteen essays become invigorating and intimate in Lee’s hands, centering on the lives of plants like seaweed, tangelos, and soy, and their entanglement with our human worlds. Lee explores the rich backstory of cherry trees in Berlin; a tea plant that grows in the Himalayan foothills just southwest of China; the world of algae and wakame, and the journeys they’ve made to reach us. Each of the plants considered in this collection are somehow perceived as being “out of place”—weeds, samples collected through imperial science, crops introduced and transformed by our hand. Lee looks at these plant species in their own context, even when we find them outside of it. Dispersals draws a gorgeous, sprawling map of the diaspora of flora. Combining memoir, history, and scientific research in poetic prose, Jessica J. Lee meditates on the question of how both plants and people come to belong, why both cross borders, and how our futures are more entwined than we might imagine.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Personal Memoirs; Trees;
© 2024., Penguin Random House,
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