Living with Earth

Living with Earth
Author: Travis Hudson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1089
Release: 2016-09-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1315506599


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For many students with no science background, environmental geology may be one of the only science courses they ever take. Living With Earth: An Introduction to Environmental Geology is ideal for those students, fostering a better understanding of how they interact with Earth and how their actions can affect Earth's environmental health. The informal, reader-friendly presentation is organized around a few unifying perspectives: how the various Earth systems interact with one another; how Earth affects people (creating hazards but also providing essential resources); and how people affect Earth. Greater emphasis is placed on environment and sustainability than on geology, unlike other texts on the subject. Essential scientific foundations are presented - but the ultimate goal is to connect students proactively to their role as stakeholders in Earth's future.

From Prairies to Peaks

From Prairies to Peaks
Author: Anthony Godfrey
Publisher: Forest Service
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780160914126


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The Greatest Good

The Greatest Good
Author: Char Miller
Publisher: Society of American Foresters.
Total Pages: 140
Release: 1999
Genre: Nature
ISBN:


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Photos, timelines, quotations, and brief discussion of history and, lightly, some controversies have been assembled to celebrate 100 years of the profession. Miller is a historian affiliated with Trinity U., San Antonio, Texas; Staebler is editorial director for the Society of American Foresters. The volume has a horizontal format: 11.75x9. It is not indexed.

Canonical Ramsey Theory on Polish Spaces

Canonical Ramsey Theory on Polish Spaces
Author: Vladimir Kanovei
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2013-09-12
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1107026857


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Lays the foundations for a new area of descriptive set theory: the connection between forcing and analytic equivalence relations.

Mapping Hazardous Terrain Using Remote Sensing

Mapping Hazardous Terrain Using Remote Sensing
Author: R. M. Teeuw
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2007
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781862392298


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The dangers that we face from geohazards appear to be getting worse, especially with the impact of increasing population and global climate change. This collection of papers illustrates how remote sensing technologies - measuring, mapping and monitoring the Earth's surface from aircraft or satellites - can help us to rapidly detect and better manage geohazards. The hazardous terrains examined include areas of landslides, flooding, erosion, contaminated land, shrink-swell clays, subsidence, seismic activity and volcanic landforms. Key aspects of remote sensing are introduced, making this a book that can easily be read by those who are unfamiliar with remote sensing. The featured remote sensing systems include aerial photography and photogrammetry, thermal scanning, hyperspectral sensors, airborne laser altimetry (LiDAR), radar interferometry and multispectral satellites (Landsat, ASTER). Related technologies and methodologies, such as the processing of Digital Elevation Models and data analysis using Geographical Information Systems, are also discussed.

Mountains: Witnesses of Global Changes

Mountains: Witnesses of Global Changes
Author: Renato Baudo
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2007-08-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080548741


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From an environmental point of view, mountains are particularly sensitive and important for monitoring the state of health of our planet. Only through distribution of meteoclimatic and atmospheric composition monitoring points in mountain regions, coupled with modelling simulations, will we be able to thoroughly analyze complex pollutant transport mechanisms and better understand imminent global changes. The Himalayan-Karakoram range. For its elevation and geographic location, represents one of the ideal places for studying long-range pollutant transport systems on a regional scale and for monitoring changes index by mechanisms that act on global scale through monsoon circulation.The Ev-K2-CNR committee with this book reached its objective of creating a unique opportunity for dialogue between major environmental scientists and experts, highlighting the close relationship between diverse themes with a common underlying thread: in-depth comprehension of the environmental phenomena which are determining the health of our planet.

100 Years of Conservation

100 Years of Conservation
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 12
Release: 2005
Genre: Conservation of natural resources
ISBN:


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