Bloomin Rainforests and Desperate Deserts

Bloomin Rainforests and Desperate Deserts
Author: Anita Ganeri
Publisher: Hippo Bks
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2004
Genre: Deserts
ISBN: 9780439958967

Damp wet rainforests and bone-dry deserts are nicely juxtaposed in this third bind-up in the Horrible Geography series

Desperate Deserts and Bloomin' Rainforests

Desperate Deserts and Bloomin' Rainforests
Author: Anita Ganeri
Publisher:
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2004
Genre: Deserts
ISBN:

Enter the exotic world of lush and steamy rainforests. Fern acts as our guide, conquering her fear of heights and spiders to introduce the reader to the world's tallest trees, stinkiest plants and hairiest insects. Ages 8-12.

Horrible Geography: Bloomin' Rainforests (Reloaded)

Horrible Geography: Bloomin' Rainforests (Reloaded)
Author: Anita Ganeri
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2019-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1407199811

CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF HORRIBLE GEOGRAPHY!

Discover where in the world you can hide from vicious vampire bats, spot spiders the size of dinner plates and peer down the tallest trees in the planet. Are you ready to explore the world's jungliest jungles and climb their tallest trees, smell their stinkiest plants and meet their hairiest insects?

With a brand-new cover design, format and inside look for 2019, it's geography with even more gritty bits left in!

Horrible Geography Boxset

Horrible Geography Boxset
Author: Anita Ganeri
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2012-07-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781407135182

Boxed set contains Bloomin' Rainforests, Cracking Coasts, Desperate Deserts, Earth-Shattering Earthquakes, Freaky Peaks, Monster Lakes, Odious Oceans, Raging Rivers, Stormy Weather and Violent Volcanoes.

Hack the Planet

Hack the Planet
Author: Eli Kintisch
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2010-03-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 047061871X

An inside tour of the incredible—and probably dangerous—plans to counteract the effects of climate change through experiments that range from the plausible to the fantastic David Battisti had arrived in Cambridge expecting a bloodbath. So had many of the other scientists who had joined him for an invitation-only workshop on climate science in 2007, with geoengineering at the top of the agenda. We can't take deliberately altering the atmosphere seriously, he thought, because there’s no way we'll ever know enough to control it. But by the second day, with bad climate news piling on bad climate news, he was having second thoughts. When the scientists voted in a straw poll on whether to support geoengineering research, Battisti, filled with fear about the future, voted in favor. While the pernicious effects of global warming are clear, efforts to reduce the carbon emissions that cause it have fallen far short of what’s needed. Some scientists have started exploring more direct and radical ways to cool the planet, such as: Pouring reflective pollution into the upper atmosphere Making clouds brighter Growing enormous blooms of algae in the ocean Schemes that were science fiction just a few years ago have become earnest plans being studied by alarmed scientists, determined to avoid a climate catastrophe. In Hack the Planet, Science magazine reporter Eli Kintisch looks more closely at this array of ideas and characters, asking if these risky schemes will work, and just how geoengineering is changing the world. Scientists are developing geoengineering techniques for worst-case scenarios. But what would those desperate times look like? Kintisch outlines four circumstances: collapsing ice sheets, megadroughts, a catastrophic methane release, and slowing of the global ocean conveyor belt. As incredible and outlandish as many of these plans may seem, could they soon become our only hope for avoiding calamity? Or will the plans of brilliant and well-intentioned scientists cause unforeseeable disasters as they play out in the real world? And does the advent of geoengineering mean that humanity has failed in its role as steward of the planet—or taken on a new responsibility? Kintisch lays out the possibilities and dangers of geoengineering in a time of planetary tipping points. His investigation is required reading as the debate over global warming shifts to whether humanity should Hack the Planet.

In Defense of Plants

In Defense of Plants
Author: Matt Candeias
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2021-03-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1642504548

The Study of Plants in a Whole New Light “Matt Candeias succeeds in evoking the wonder of plants with wit and wisdom.” ―James T. Costa, PhD, executive director, Highlands Biological Station and author of Darwin's Backyard #1 New Release in Nature & Ecology, Plants, Botany, Horticulture, Trees, Biological Sciences, and Nature Writing & Essays In his debut book, internationally-recognized blogger and podcaster Matt Candeias celebrates the nature of plants and the extraordinary world of plant organisms. A botanist’s defense. Since his early days of plant restoration, this amateur plant scientist has been enchanted with flora and the greater environmental ecology of the planet. Now, he looks at the study of plants through the lens of his ever-growing houseplant collection. Using gardening, houseplants, and examples of plants around you, In Defense of Plants changes your relationship with the world from the comfort of your windowsill. The ruthless, horny, and wonderful nature of plants. Understand how plants evolve and live on Earth with a never-before-seen look into their daily drama. Inside, Candeias explores the incredible ways plants live, fight, have sex, and conquer new territory. Whether a blossoming botanist or a professional plant scientist, In Defense of Plants is for anyone who sees plants as more than just static backdrops to more charismatic life forms. In this easily accessible introduction to the incredible world of plants, you’ll find: • Fantastic botanical histories and plant symbolism • Passionate stories of flora diversity and scientific names of plant organisms • Personal tales of plantsman discovery through the study of plants If you enjoyed books like The Botany of Desire, What a Plant Knows, or The Soul of an Octopus, then you’ll love In Defense of Plants.

Tracks and Shadows

Tracks and Shadows
Author: Harry W. Greene
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2013-10-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0520232755

Tracks and Shadows is both an absorbing autobiography of a celebrated field biologist and a celebration of beauty in nature. Harry W. Greene, award-winning author of Snakes, delves into the poetry of field biology, showing how nature eases our existential quandaries. More than a memoir, the book is about the wonder of snakes, the beauty of studying and understanding natural history, and the importance of sharing the love of nature with humanity. Illustrations.

Deserts and Rainforests

Deserts and Rainforests
Author: Claire Llewellyn
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Deserts
ISBN: 9781575721965

Compares and contrasts the weather, animals, and plants in deserts and rainforests.

Bloomin' Rainforests

Bloomin' Rainforests
Author: Anita Ganeri
Publisher: Horrible Geography
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2019-08
Genre: Rain forests
ISBN: 9781407196206

CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF HORRIBLE GEOGRAPHY! Discover where in the world you can hide from vicious vampire bats, spot spiders the size of dinner platesand peer down the tallest trees in the planet. Are you ready to explore the world's jungliest jungles and climb their tallest trees, smell their stinkiest plants and meet their hairiest insects? With a brand-new cover design, format and inside look for 2019, it's geography with even more gritty bits left in!