El Niño

El Niño
Author: Bruno Voituriez
Publisher: UNESCO
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2000
Genre: Science
ISBN:

El Nino, caprice of the heavens, scapegoat for every calamity? The general public cannot really understand what is behind the El Nino phenomenon. The book offers a tour of the Earth's climate to understand one of its normal but extreme components.

The Origin of Continents and Oceans

The Origin of Continents and Oceans
Author: Alfred Wegener
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2012-07-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486143899

A source of profound influence and controversy, this landmark 1915 work explains various phenomena of historical geology, geomorphy, paleontology, paleoclimatology, and similar areas in terms of continental drift. 64 illustrations. 1966 edition.

Soil Analysis

Soil Analysis
Author: J. Gautheyrou
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789054107163

The objective of this book is to provide a better understanding of tools for soil analysis in order to use them more efficiently. It covers sampling problems as well as difficulties relating to actual analysis and quality control.

Biodiversity and Sustainable Development

Biodiversity and Sustainable Development
Author: Rabindra Nath Pati
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Biodiversity conservation
ISBN: 9788176259941

Papers presented at the First Global Summit on Sustainable Development and Biodiversity, held at Raipur during 7-9 February 2009.

Our wandering continents

Our wandering continents
Author: Alexander Logie Du Toit
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Total Pages: 366
Release: 1972
Genre: Continental drift
ISBN: 9781014139290

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Land Use Intensification

Land Use Intensification
Author: Saul Cunningham
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2012-07-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0643104097

There can be little doubt that there are truly colossal challenges associated with providing food, fibre and energy for an expanding world population without further accelerating already rapid rates of biodiversity loss and undermining the ecosystem processes on which we all depend. These challenges are further complicated by rapid changes in climate and its additional direct impacts on agriculture, biodiversity and ecological processes. There are many different viewpoints about the best way to deal with the myriad issues associated with land use intensification and this book canvasses a number of these from different parts of the tropical and temperate world. Chapters focus on whether science can suggest new and improved approaches to reducing the conflict between productive land use and biodiversity conservation. Who should read this book? Policy makers in regional, state and federal governments, as well as scientists and the interested lay public.