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ISBN: 9780470657485 - Fire Phenomena and the Earth System Fire Phenomena and the Earth System
Claire M Belcher

ISBN10: 0470657480  ISBN13: 9780470657485
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 26 Apr 2013
Fire plays a key role in Earth system processes. Wildfires influence the carbon cycle and the nutrient balance of our planet, and may even play a role in regulating the oxygen content of our atmosphere. Fire plays a key role in Earth system... More

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ISBN: 9781107018778 - Near-Surface Applied Geophysics Near-Surface Applied Geophysics
Mark E Everett

ISBN10: 1107018773  ISBN13: 9781107018778
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 25 Apr 2013
A refreshing, up-to-date book exploration of the latest developments in near-surface techniques, for advanced-undergraduate and graduate students, and professionals. Just a few meters below the Earth's surface lie features of great importance... More

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ISBN: 9781908126436 - Exploring the Weather Exploring the Weather
Brian Clegg

ISBN10: 1908126434  ISBN13: 9781908126436
Publisher: Vivays Publishing Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 24 Apr 2013
This book covers all aspects of the weather from the beauty of clouds, auroras and sunsets to the awe-inspiring and often terrifying tornadoes, typhoons and lightning storms that affect many parts of our Earth. We always complain about the... More

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ISBN: 9789400761063 - Governability of Fisheries and Aquaculture Governability of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Maarten Bavinck, Ratana Chuenpagdee, Svein Jentoft, Jan Kooiman

ISBN10: 9400761066  ISBN13: 9789400761063
Publisher: Springer
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 24 Apr 2013
This volume details how interactive governance theory and the governability perspective contribute to the resolution of key fisheries problems, including overfishing, unemployment and poverty, food insecurity, and social injustice. Following from... More

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ISBN: 9780199673469 - Revolutions That Made the Earth Revolutions That Made the Earth
Tim Lenton, Andrew Watson

ISBN10: 0199673462  ISBN13: 9780199673469
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 11 Apr 2013
The Earth that sustains us today was born out of a few remarkable revolutions, started by biological innovations and marked by global environmental consequences. Humanity's planet-reshaping activities may be the latest example. By understanding... More

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ISBN: 9789400761834 - Cities at Risk Cities at Risk
Tiziana Rossetto, Helene Joffe, John Adams

ISBN10: 940076183X  ISBN13: 9789400761834
Publisher: Springer
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 10 Apr 2013
When a natural hazard strikes a city, many people are vulnerable. This book explores what city-dwellers think and feel about the threats that they face. It brings to light the ways different cultures represent the natural hazards around them. More

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ISBN: 9781780760636 - The Cyrus Cylinder The Cyrus Cylinder
Irving L Finkel

ISBN10: 1780760639  ISBN13: 9781780760636
Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd I.B.Tauris
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 30 Mar 2013
The unearthing in today's Iraq (in 1879) of a clay cylinder-shaped decree from Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, stands in the same tradition of game-changing discoveries from antiquity as Hammurabi's famous law code or... More

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ISBN: 9781107003927 - Antarctica Antarctica
David W H Walton

ISBN10: 110700392X  ISBN13: 9781107003927
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 28 Mar 2013
A dramatically illustrated book, by leading international scientists, which describes Antarctica's central role in global scientific research. Antarctica is the coldest and driest continent on Earth - a place for adventure and a key area for... More

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ISBN: 9789400743717 - Medical Geochemistry Medical Geochemistry
Paolo Censi, Thomas Darrah, Yigal Erel

ISBN10: 9400743718  ISBN13: 9789400743717
Publisher: Springer
Edition: 2012
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 20 Mar 2013
This book describes geochemical methods to investigate interaction between geological materials and fluids and humans. Covers health effects of inhaling lithogenic materials, the use of human hair as a biomarker of exposure and bioincorporation... More

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ISBN: 9781408830598 - Antarctica Bestseller Antarctica
Gabrielle Walker

ISBN10: 1408830590  ISBN13: 9781408830598
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 14 Mar 2013
A full and intimate portrait of the most mysterious continent on earth and how it holds the key to all our futures There have been many books about Antarctica in the past, but all have focused on only one aspect of the continent - its science... More