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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In his beloved book The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben revealed astonishing discoveries about the social networks of trees and how they communicate. Now, in The Power of Trees, he turns to their future, with a searing critique of forestry management, tree planting, and the exploitation of old growth forests. As human-caused climate change devastates the planet, forests play a critical role in keeping it habitable. While politicians and business...
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A plastic box with a lightbulb attached may seem like an odd birthday present. But for ecologist Tim Blackburn, a moth trap is a captivating window into the world beyond the roof of his London flat. With names like the Dingy Footman, Jersey Tiger, Pale Mottled Willow, and Uncertain, and at least 140,000 identified species, moths are fascinating in their own right. But no moth is an island—they are vital links in the web of life. In The Jewel Box,...
4) Black faces, white spaces: reimagining the relationship of African Americans to the great outdoors
Author
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Why are African Americans so underrepresented when it comes to interest in nature, outdoor recreation, and environmentalism? In this thought-provoking study, Carolyn Finney looks beyond the discourse of the environmental justice movement to examine how the natural environment has been understood, commodified, and represented by both white and black Americans. Bridging the fields of environmental history, cultural studies, critical race studies, and...
Author
Publisher
Laurence King an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
200 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Dive beneath the waves to meet 80 of the ocean's strangest and most surprising inhabitants. This beautifully illustrated aquatic world tour tells the fascinating stories of beguiling sea creatures and their ingenious feats of survival - from producing anti-freeze to enduring boiling temperatures - revealing the ways in which these seemingly remote creatures have shapes our own lives, whether through medicine, culture or folklore."--Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A life-affirming memoir about gardens and what they mean to us from childhood to old age, and the joy we can find in ordinary things and our place in nature. Writer and professional gardener, Marc Hamer, considers age and contentment and how we reconcile our sense of ourselves as children with where we have ended up as adults. Alternate chapters follow him as a child and his current life as a 65 year old and what home gardens have meant to both. He...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Drawing on interviews with marine geologists, marine biologists and oceanographers, a premiere chronicler of the aquatic world and New York Times best-selling author provides a fascinating history of deep-sea exploration and shows how urgent it is that we understand the ocean in a time of increasing threats from climate change.
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Planet Earth III explores the greatest habitats on our planet and the animals that live in them. From the depths of the ocean to the most remote jungle, discover the planet's last great wild places and the strategies animals have evolved to survive. Each episode focuses on a distinct habitat, including grasslands and deserts, forests, freshwater habitats, and coasts. This contemporary chapter of Planet Earth also reveals the new challenges that wildlife...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
240 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Corals are among the most varied lifeforms on Earth, ranging from mushroom corals and leather corals to button polyps, sea fans, anemones, and pulse corals. Bridging the gap between plant and animal, these marine invertebrates serve as homes to reef fish and share symbiotic relationships with photosynthesizing algae, which provide corals with their nourishment. This book profiles the diversity of the world's coral groups, describing key aspects of...
Publisher
Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 1088 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 28 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rivers of North America features new updates on rivers included in the first edition, as well as brand new information on additional rivers. This new edition expands the knowledge base, providing readers with a broader comparative approach to understand both the common and distinct attributes of river networks. This new edition expands upon the interactive nature of these disciplines, showing how they define the organization of a riverine landscape...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This is wildfire offers everything you need to know about wildfires in one useful volume: reflects on the history of humanity's connection to flames; analyzes how our society arrived at this perilous moment; and recounts stories of those fighting fire and trying to change our relationship with it. It also offers practical advice: choosing your insurance and making your home resilient to burns; packing an emergency go-bag; rebuilding after a fire;...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Long ago, Grandfather came to a new land. Fish swam in the water, birds chirped in the sky, monkeys played in the trees. And in this wilderness, with his own two hands, Grandfather built a house. It wasn't easy. But the land gave him what he needed. And it became his home. Decades later, his grandson will have all he needs: a head full of memories, two capable hands, and the heart to appreciate family, nature, and home.
Author
Publisher
New Society Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
vii, 181 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Our landscapes push aside wildlife and in turn diminish our genetically-programmed love for wildness. How can we get ourselves back into balance through gardens, to speak life's language and learn from other species? Plenty of books tell home gardeners and professional landscape designers how to garden sustainably, what plants to use, and what resources to explore. Yet few examine why our urban wildlife gardens matter, and not just for ourselves,...
15) Just a worm
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Upset at being called "just a worm," worm sets out around the garden to find out what the other insects do, and discover his own role in keeping the garden healthy.
Author
Series
Detective Duck volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
67 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Willow Feathers McBeaver, aka Detective Duck, and her pond animal pals investigate puzzling mysteries caused by human disruptions to their habitat.
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
New edition.
Physical Desc
512 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
This encyclopedia is illustrated with a blend of illustrations, maps, and photography, it is a broad-ranging, in-depth guide to both physical oceanography and marine life. An introduction explains important principles and processes, from the geology of the seafloor to the chemistry of seawater. They look at key environments from the seashore out to the open ocean and the main groups of ocean life. There is a detailed atlas of the world's oceans and...
18) Little land
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"An environmental tale of land evolving over the millennia up to present day environmental changes, as well as the role one can take in caring for it"--
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Cecilia travels to her father's farm after he has a heart attack. Back in her childhood home, Cecilia is met by her long-deceased mother whose presence brings to life a painful past chorused by the natural world around them.
Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
xiv, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Morano explains that the "Green New Deal" is packed with guarantees so completely irrelevant to the problem it purports to solve that even its boosters have admitted it is not really about the climate. Here he makes it clear we are not facing a man-made climate disaster. Instead "climate change" is the perfect Trojan horse for the socialist agenda of the Left, and it is on a collision course with self-government and our fundamental rights. Morano...
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