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"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...
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c1995
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239 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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This field guide had its beginnings in a biochemistry research project that examined the mechanisms of heavy metal uptake in aquatic vegetation. Plants contain the menu of elements present in soil and water, whether natural or introduced by human sources, and plants and plant communities provide information relating to ecological and climatic conditions, and they are also indicators of soil types and hydrological states.
7) Everglades
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[2016]
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22 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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"A young explorer's introduction to Florida's Everglades National Park, covering its wetlands landscape, plants, animals such as West Indian manatees, and activities such as boating"--
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2019.
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"At the age of nineteen, Lara Prior-Palmer discovered a website devoted to "the world's longest, toughest horse race"--an annual competition of endurance and skill that involves dozens of riders racing a series of twenty-five wild ponies across 1,000 kilometers of Mongolian grassland. On a whim, she decided to enter the race. As she boarded a plane to East Asia, she was utterly unprepared for what awaited her. Riders often spend years preparing to...
9) Brazil
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[2023]
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384 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm.
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"Whether you want to spot jaguars on the Paraguay river, tuck into regional dishes in São Paulo or party all day at Rio de Janeiro's Carnival your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Brazil has to offer. From the Amazon jungle to the immense Iguaçu Falls, South America's largest country is packed with natural wonders. But it's not all about white-sand beaches and tropical wetlands. Across Brazil, metropolises pulsate...
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2023.
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207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
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"Filled with funny animal facts, from escaping penguins and farting zebras to snorting elephants and dancing bears, this book is guaranteed to make curious kids ROAR with laughter as they learn all about the animal world"--
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[2020]
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xix, 155 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm.
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"Stretching from the Arctic regions of northeastern Russia, Alaska, and western Canada and along the Pacific coastlines of North, Central, and South America, the Pacific Flyway traverses some of our planet's greatest climatic and topographic extremes. Defined by water, the flyway encompasses a sweeping expanse of coastal and offshore marine ecosystems and an inland archipelago of freshwater wetlands. Hemispheric in scope, this integrated network of...
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c2009
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109 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
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This inspiring book presents the true stories of 12 people, most of them teenagers or younger adults, from across North America who have done great things for the environment. Heroes include a teenage girl who figured out how to remove an industrial pollutant from the Ohio River, a Mexican superstar wrestler who works to protect turtles and whales, and a teenage boy from Rhode Island who helped his community and his state develop effective e-waste...
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