Islands in Deep Time - Ancient Landscapes Lost and Found by Markes E. Johnson
$52.95 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
Hilltops surrounded by farmland in southern Wisconsin turn out to be the eroded remnants of an ancient archipelago. An island in the Yellow Sea where Korean tourists flock is the peak of a flooded mountain rising from a drowned continental shelf. From a mountaintop shrine to Genghis Khan in Inner Mongol ...Show more
Planet Earth III by GUNTON MICHAEL
$85.00 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
"There are over 100 billion planets in our galaxy. Only one is home to life. Ranging across seven dramatic habitats, from the depths of the ocean, to the scorching desert and into the to the darkest jungle, Planet Earth III showcases places and animals from all corners of our amazing, unique, planet. Fo ...Show more
Adventures in Climate Science: Scientists' tales from the frontiers of climate change Foreword by Karl Kruszelnicki by Bruere, Wendy, Kruszelnicki, Karl
$24.99 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
These tales of adventure and research in remote and remarkable corners of the earth investigate a multitude of ways the world is changing and explain the science behind exactly what a couple of degrees of warming mean. Addressed are glacier melt, rising seas, extreme weather, ocean currents, changing ec ...Show more
Dominion by Paul Lussier
$35.00 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
A landmark account of the race to save the planet, by one of the world's foremost experts on climate science. At the current rate of carbon pollution, we are likely to see the first wave of global catastrophes as a result of CO2 levels within the next twenty to twenty-five years. As a result, a group ...Show more
Mountains of Fire: The Secret Lives of Volcanoes by Clive Oppenheimer
$34.99 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
'If the BBC is ever looking for a successor for David Attenborough, Clive should be the one. He's absolutely phenomenal.'Werner Herzog Volcanoes mean more than threat and calamity. Like our parents, they've led whole lives before we get to know them. They have inspired our imaginations, provoked pionee ...Show more
Earth: The Definitive Visual Guide by DK
$65.00 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
A fully updated edition of this beautifully illustrated, encyclopedic guide to planet Earth Explore and understand the natural and human wonders of our planet Now in its third edition, this landmark encyclopedia both celebrates our planet and explains the science underpinning the forces and processes th ...Show more
The World Atlas of Trees and Forests: Exploring Earth's Forest Ecosystems by Herman Shugart, Peter White, Sassan Saatchi, Jérôme Chave
$69.99 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
A marvelously illustrated look at the world's diverse forests and their ecosystems The earth's forests are havens of nature supporting a diversity of life. Shaped by climate and geography, these vast and dynamic wooded spaces offer unique ecosystems that shelter complex and interdependent webs of flora, ...Show more
Illustrated Guide to Rocks and Minerals by John Farndon
$39.95 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
This is a fabulous photographic guide to the world of rocks and minerals, as well as how to build your own collection. Expertly written text describes the impact of factors such as time, weather and water erosion on the development of these substances, and the part played by natural phenomena such as vo ...Show more
Deep Water: The Story of the Evolution of Our Seas and Oceans by Riley Black
$49.99 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
The life story of the deep sea and its ancient creatures. Deep Water explains how this unique and largely unexplored habitat came into being, what lives there and why, how it has evolved and what the future will bring in this dark and mysterious environment.
The Weather Book - Why It Happens and Where It Comes From by Diana Craig
$22.99 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
From exhilarating electrical storms to everyday drizzle, this book is the perfect entertaining guide to our favourite topic of small talk: the weather.Our moods are affected by it; our plans are ruined by it; our conversations undoubtedly cover it - the weather is integral to our everyday lives. But w ...Show more
The War Below: Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives by Ernest Scheyder
$34.99 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
An unprecedented look inside the global battle to power our lives from acclaimed Reuters reporter Ernest Scheyder. A new economic war for critical minerals has begun, and The War Below is an urgent dispatch from its front lines. To build electric vehicles, solar panels, cell phones, and millions of othe ...Show more
Ecocide by John Wilson
$123.99 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
How 'Sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll' in ancient Athens entered Christianity. How Plato's mental bias wrecks our ecology and our mental health. In this remarkable and well researched book, Dr John Wilson, a down-to-earth psychiatrist, breaks new ground. He shows how classical Greek civilization, still the f ...Show more