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1) Jungle
Author
Language
English
Description
Presents an illustrated guide to the plants, animals, and insects found in the world's tropical rain forests.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the international bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees. An illuminating manifesto on ancient forests: how they adapt to climate change by passing their wisdom through generations, and why our future lies in protecting them. In his beloved book The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben revealed astonishing discoveries about the social networks of trees and how they communicate. Now, in The Power of Trees, he turns to their future, with...
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
56 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Marine biologist Brent Hughes discovered a surprising connection between sea otters and sea grass at an estuary in northern California. Follow science in action as Hughes conducts the research that led to this major discovery."--
Author
Language
English
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Half-Earth proposes an achievable plan to save our imperiled biosphere: devote half the surface of the Earth to nature. In order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet, says Edward O. Wilson in his most impassioned book to date. Half-Earth argues that the situation facing us is too large to be solved piecemeal and proposes a solution commensurate with the magnitude...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
328 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Garden Revolution shows how an ecological approach to planting can lead to beautiful gardens that buck much of conventional gardening's counter-productive, time-consuming practices. Instead of picking the wrong plant and then constantly tilling, weeding, irrigating, and fertilizing, Larry Weaner advocates for choosing plants that are adapted to the soil and climate of a specific site and letting them naturally evolve over time.
7) Taproot
Publisher
Taproot Magazine
Pub. Date
2012-
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Publisher
Image Entertainment [distributor
Pub. Date
2000]
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (77 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
THE LIVING SEA celebrates the beauty and power of the ocean as it explores our relationship with this complex and fragile environment. Using beautiful images of unspoiled healthy waters, THE LIVING SEA offers hope for recovery engendered by productive scientific efforts. Oceanographers studying humpback whales, jellyfish, and deep-sea life show us that the more we understand the ocean and its inhabitants, the more we will know how to protect them....
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"For readers of Entangled Life and The Hidden Life of Trees comes an illuminating account of the "invisible" fungi that share our world: from the air we breathe to the dust beneath our feet. The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi traces the intricate connections between fungi and all life on Earth to show how these remarkable microbes enrich our lives: from releasing the carbon in plants for the benefit of all organisms to transmitting information between trees,...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Rev. ed.
Physical Desc
220 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book provides information on ways to strengthen and cultivate the soil food web to grow healthy plants without the use of chemicals. Smart gardeners know that soil is anything but an inert substance. Healthy soil is teeming with life, not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. When we use chemical fertilizers, we injure the microbial life that sustains healthy plants and become increasingly...
13) Seashore
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Explores the richness and variety of life forms that congregate where the land meets the sea, from microscopic algae to the mighty manatee.
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
c1997
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
308 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
This profound and accessible book details how science is studying nature's best ideas to solve our toughest 21st-century problems.
If chaos theory transformed our view of the universe, biomimicry is transforming our life on Earth. Biomimicry is innovation inspired by nature - taking advantage of evolution's 3.8 billion years of R&D since the first bacteria. Biomimics study nature's best ideas: photosynthesis, brain power, and shells - and adapt...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
197 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Reveals the ecological importance of the oak tree, discussing its month-by-month role in the planet's seasonal cycles, and shares practical advice about how to plant and care for an oak.
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xxi, 319 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An optimistic approach to environmentalism that focuses on the wonders of rewilding, not just the terrifying consequences of climate change.
To be an environmentalist early in the twenty-first century is always to be defending science and acknowledging the hurdles we face in our efforts to protect wild places and fight climate change. But let's be honest: hedging has never inspired anyone. So what if we stopped hedging? What if we grounded our efforts...
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