
Geological Sciences
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Cambio climático, desarrollo territorial y gobiernos locales Lecciones de la crisis sanitaria
- Cambio climático y crisis sanitaria : lecciones de emergencias complejas para la resiliencia transformacional / Andrea Carrión, Diana Calero
- La gestión territorial del cambio climático como una oportunidad de repensar el desarrollo : una aproximación desde el proceso de construcción de las Estrategias Provinciales de Cambio Climático / Jessica López
Snow crystals A case study in spontaneous structure formation
Despite substantial, cross-disciplinary interest in the subject as a scientific case study, surprisingly little has been written on the science of snowflakes and their formation.
The monster's bones The discovery of T. Rex and how it shook our world
The Monster's Bones journeys from prehistory to present day, from remote Patagonia to the unforgiving badlands of the American West to the penthouses of Manhattan. With a wide-ranging cast of robber barons, eugenicists, and opportunistic cowboys, New York Times best-selling author David K. Randall reveals how a monster of a bygone era ignited a new understanding of our planet and our place within it"
Equibalancedistribution (Eqbl) in the analysis of earthquake data Influence of the risk of low magnitudes on spontaneous violent earthquakes
The book describes the assessment of the risk and probability of occurrence of damage according to the Richter scale. It explains the connection of the probability theory of extreme processes with examples from the sciences of earthquake observation.
The backyard birdwatcher's bible
An informative and eye-catching reference book for beginner and intermediate backyard bird enthusiasts. The Backyard Birdwatcher's Bible is that rare type of book, one that is as packed with information as it is pleasing to look at. The latest in a successful line of "bibles," following The Beekeeper's Bible and The Botanical Bible, this new volume has the broadest appeal yet
El movimiento ambientalista en Argentina
- Pensar la naturaleza dentro de la cultura, y la cultura dentro de la naturaleza
- Diálogos entre cultura y naturaleza desde la mirada de la historia ambiental latinoamericana y argentina
- Enfoques teóricos, estrategias metodológicas: herramientas para abordar el discurso ambiental en la Argentina
The insect crisis The fall of the tiny empires that run the world
A devastating exploration of how the collapse in insect populations around the world threatens everything from wild birds to the food on our plate. From the ants scurrying under leaf litter to the bees able to fly higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, insects are seemingly everywhere. Three out of four of the planet's known species are insects, but a torrent of recent evidence suggests this kaleidoscopic group of creatures is suffering the greatest existential crisis in its remarkable 400-million-year history.
Soundings Journeys in the company of Whales
In this memoir of motherhood, love, and resilience, a woman and her toddler son follow the grey whale migration from Mexico to northernmost Alaska. In this striking blend of nature writing, whale science, and memoir, Doreen Cunningham interweaves two stories: tracking the extraordinary northward migration of the grey whales with a mischievous toddler in tow and living with an Ĩnupiaq family in Alaska seven years earlier.
Tickets for the ark From wasps to whales - how do we choose what to save?
A popular science title about conservation. What should we conserve and why in this age of extinctions? Who should get tickets for the ark? Our planet hasn't seen the current rate of extinction since the demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, and global conservation efforts are failing to halt this. As a society, we face choices which will determine the fate of Earth's estimated 8.7 million species, including humans. As wildlife declines, conservation needs to make trade-offs.