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Earth's Natural Hazards: Understanding Natural Disasters and Catastrophes
Author(s): Ingrid A. Ukstins, David M Best
OUR PLANET IS A DYNAMIC PLACEGlobal pandemics, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, cyclonic storms and many other natural hazards occur across our planet every day and have significant human impact. This textbook examines how normal processes of the Earth-atmosphere-hydrosphere-space systems result in ...
Geologic Disasters Workbook with Applications to Physical Geology and Oceanography
Author(s): David M Best, Mario V Caputo
Our planet is a dynamic place. Geologic Disasters Laboratory provides hands-on learning experiences for students to better understand the geologic concepts behind the disasters they are studying.The individual laboratories featured in this book are created to fit with courses using Earth’s Natural H...
Getting Down with Dinosaurs: An Introduction to the Science Behind the Bones
Author(s): John Anton
This text introduces students to dinosaurs. That is no small undertaking because of the wide-ranging reasons why students enroll in a dinosaur course. Some take such a course because it fulfills a graduation mandate. Others enroll out of casual interest in that dinosaurs are “cool” or because they a...
Geoscience for Teachers, Preliminary Edition
Author(s): Frank Ettensohn
We live on a unique planet that is an awesome place, and it is even more awesome to think about how we got here. Yet, despite the awe and reverence that we should have for this place that we all call home, the typical person knows very litt le about his/her planetary home and the processes that allo...
Introduction to the Marine Environment
Author(s): Ewa Burchard
Inspired by my students in the Marine Environments' courses. This book aims to introduce to reader with the most recent findings about the origin of marine environments, specifically the origin of liquid water and gasses in the Solar System, the origin of ocean basins, seafloor features and marine s...
Insects, Science and Society: Laboratory Manual
Author(s): AUSTIN JONES
The worksheets and activities in Insects, Science and Society: Laboratory Manual are designed to help bring students into a hands-on laboratory-style setting while maintaining a structure for entry level study. By understanding the characteristics associated with arthropods and the “Super Seven” lar...
The Dynamic Earth: Introduction to Geology and Climate Change
Author(s): Constantin Cranganu
The Dynamic Earth: Introduction to Geology and Climate Change explores a range of challenges our world is beset with, such as sustainable management of and population pressures on various natural resources, climate mitigation and adaption, development of contingency plans for handling natural hazard...
Water, Wind, and Earth: The Science of Oceanography
Author(s): Benjamin R. Jordan PhD.
Water, Wind, and Earth is an oceanography book designed to be used in the undergraduate classroom as well as by anyone who wants to understand how the ocean works and how it impacts the world that we live on. The text is approachable and clear and is lavishly illustrated with images, figures, and t...
Discovering the Living Ocean: Laboratory and Field Activities in Marine Biology - San Diego Mesa College Version
By: Paul Detwiler
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Discovering the Living Ocean: Laboratory and Field Activities in Marine Biology - San Diego Mesa College Version
Author(s): Paul Detwiler
Discovering the Living Ocean provides a suitable manual in marine biology that is engaging, easy to read, and relevant for nonscience majors in community college as well as for high school students. This publication includes activities that challenge and inspire students to learn more about the Ocea...