14,725円 Nearly all major planets and moons in our Solar System have been visited by spacecraft and the data they have returned has revealed the incredible diversity of planetary surfaces. Featuring a wealth of images, this textbook explores the geological evolution of the planets and moons. Introductory ...

450円 L'era Mesozoica o Secondaria, si estende per un periodo che va da 251 a 65 milioni di anni fa. Denominata anche come Età dei Rettili, deriva il nome dal greco mesos, "medio", perché posta a cavallo tra l'era antica (paleozoica) e quella recente (cenozoica) dove si assistette ad una vera e propria...

2,387円 Despite growing evidence of geothermic activity under America's first and foremost national park, it took geologists a long time to realize that there was actually a volcano beneath Yellowstone. And then, why couldn't they find the caldera or crater? Because, as an aerial photograph finally revea...

9,948円 The relationship between energy and the environment has been the basis of many studies over the years, as has the relationship between energy and development, yet both of these approaches may produce distortions. In the first edition of this book, Professor Goldemberg pioneered the study of all t...

28,844円 This book addresses the latest issues in multiscale geomechanics. Written by leading experts in the field as a tribute to Jean Biarez (1927-2006), it can be of great use and interest to researchers and engineers alike. A brief introduction describes how a major school of soil mechanics came into ...

10,612円 What are the potential adverse impacts of climate change? How can society determine the amount of protection against climate change that is warranted, given the benefits and costs of various policies? In concise, informative chapters, Climate Economics and Policy considers the key issues involved...

6,466円 Humans have always used denial. When we are afraid, guilty, confused, or when something interferes with our self-image, we tend to deny it. Yet denial is a delusion. When it impacts on the health of oneself, or society, or the world it becomes a pathology. Climate change denial is such a case. Pa...

1,010円 Universe and Solar System Series: The Earth and Moon System Having Trouble on Physics? Need to learn more about our Earth and Moon? This eBook looks into detail about our Earth and Moon System. Other such information, which are contained in this eBook; are: 1: Moon Phases. 2: Characteristics of o...

13,294円 Remote Sensing plays a key role in monitoring the various manifestations of global climate change. It is used routinely in the assessment and mapping of biodiversity over large areas, in the monitoring of changes to the physical environment, in assessing threats to various components of natural s...

1,088円 It's the oldest story on Earth, and 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 s...

1,657円   Movies have capitalized on dinosaurs for years; they've often put the wrong idea in people’s heads about what they looked like or even acted like. Dinosaurs that have been tower in height on screen, are often smaller (and sometimes larger) than what we have been led to believ...

11,674円 Understanding the physical behavior of volcanoes is key to mitigating the hazards active volcanoes pose to the ever-increasing populations living nearby. The processes involved in volcanic eruptions are driven by a series of interlinked physical phenomena, and to fully understand these, volcanolo...