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81) Marshes & swamps
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Pub. Date
2021.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
Description
Introducing, the wetlands: unique ecosystems that are not only a home for an extensive amount of wildlife, but also a vital storage place for one of Earth's most precious resources, water. What lives there? Find out in this simple yet extensive exploration of marshes and swamps and what they are, why they're important, and the birds, fish, and wildlife that make it their homes.
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Pub. Date
2016.
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48 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"What can we learn about the health of an ecosystem through polar bears? This title takes readers to polar bear habitats to understand why polar bears are suffering, what humans are doing to make matters worse, and the ways humans can help to ultimately save polar bears and Earth"--Publisher's website.
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Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
85 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 38 cm
Description
Head off on a journey of discovery with this follow-up to the best-selling Atlas of Adventures. This book collects together nature's most unmissable events from between the two poles, including epic migrations, extraordinary behaviors, and Herculean habits. Find hundreds of things to spot and learn new facts about every animal. --Publisher
84) River
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An exploration of the timeless relationship between human civilization and Earth's rivers. Spanning six continents, this visual and musical tour-de-force is by turns celebratory, cautionary, and ultimately hopeful that we are beginning to understand rivers in all their complexity and fragility. Narrated by Oscar Nominee Willem Dafoe. With music by the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Radiohead.
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What if we can make ourselves, our communities, and our planet healthier all at the same time by moving our bodies more?
Movement Matters is a collection of essays in which biomechanist Katy Bowman continues her groundbreaking investigation of the mechanics of our sedentary culture and the profound potential of human movement. Here she widens her message and invites us to consider our personal relationship with sedentarism, privilege, and nature....
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"Readers will discover that trees have their own social network, and helping one another thrive is trending. The fascinating mycorrhizal fungi network runs underground through the forest via the roots of trees, allowing for connection and communication. Listen to the Language of the Trees captures the magic of talking trees that take care of their neighbors (not to mention the mysterious fungi that help them do it). A lyrical read aloud, Listen to...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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x, 486 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution? The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito. Across our planet since the dawn of humankind, this...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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224 pages ; 22 cm.
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An intimate look at one majestic hundred-year-old oak tree through four seasons--and the reality of global climate change it reveals. In the life of this one grand oak, we can see for ourselves the results of one hundred years of rapid environmental change. It's leafing out earlier, and dropping its leaves later as the climate warms. Even the inner workings of individual leaves have changed to accommodate more CO2 in our atmosphere. Climate science...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"A wonder-filled picture book inspired by the science of trees. With whimsical art and gentle text, Do Trees Have Mothers? translates scientific knowledge about the kinship structures of the forest into a beautiful and affirming story about how trees nurture the young. Discover all the ways in which a mother tree protects and nourishes the baby trees of the forest understory, and show young children what it means to care for a community, and for our...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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xiii, 353 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.
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Seeley, a world authority on honey bees, sheds light on why wild honey bees are still thriving while those living in managed colonies are in crisis. Drawing on the latest science as well as insights from his own pioneering fieldwork, he describes in extraordinary detail how honey bees live in nature and shows how this differs significantly from their lives under the management of beekeepers. Seeley presents an entirely new approach to beekeeping--Darwinian...
93) Fly-fishing
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Pub. Date
2023.
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104 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Description
"In Fly Fishing, Christopher Schaberg ponders his lifetime pursuit of the widely mythologized art of fly fishing. From the northern Michigan lakeshore where he learned to fish to casting flies in a New Orleans bayou, Schaberg sketches landscapes and fish habitats while showing how fishing allows him to think about coexisting with other species. Fly fishing offers Schaberg a much-needed source of humility, social isolation, connection with nature,...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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39 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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"Using a highly visual approach and a "slow build" of concepts, Whales To the Rescue explores how whales help to maintain a healthy ocean and, by extension, a healthy and biodiverse planet. Whales are ecosystems engineers -- animals that create, modify or maintain a habitat or ecosystem. In its lifetime, a whale can improve our planet's health by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide, one of the most abundant greenhouse gases, in the atmosphere. How?...
97) The last beach
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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xviii, 237 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
"The Last Beach is an urgent call to save the world's beaches while there is still time. The geologists Orrin H. Pilkey and J. Andrew G. Cooper sound the alarm in this frank assessment of our current relationship with beaches and their grim future if we do not change the way we understand and treat our irreplaceable shores. Combining case studies and anecdotes from around the world, they argue that many of the world's developed beaches, including...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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175 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Land-Water-Sky follows the story of a vexatious shapeshifter (Nahga) that lives throughout the centuries from time immemorial. Witnessing his land being encroached before him, he is desperate to stop the world from evolving and so he breeds a band of offspring to help him take sovereignty over the land but in doing so he encounters many instances where characters serve to stand in the way of his domination forcing him to live in human form where...
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