Earth Matters

Summary: With a biome-by-biome structure that mirrors Mother Nature's own design, Our Earth Matters is a celebration of our fragile Earth, a warning to protect it, and an inspiring source book full of ideas for making a positive change. The book begins with a brief history of our planet's birth and development, revealing how an astonishingly unlikely series of accidents made Earth the only planet in the universe known to be suitable for life. As life flourished and spread, it changed the planet and created the "biosphere." Scientists divide the biosphere into global ecosystems, or "biomes," such as Des.

Record details

ISBN: 9780756689216 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 075668921X (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (258 p.)
Publisher: London : DK Pub., 2011.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

04 Contents; 06 FOREWORD; 08 ONE PERSON ... ; 10 INTRODUCTION; 12 What is the universe?; 14 Just right for life; 16 Life begins; 18 The story of life; 20 A changing world; 22 Our crowded world; 24 Our atmosphere and the greenhouse effect; 26 The carbon cycle; 28 Global warming; 30 The search for energy; 32 Water of life; 34 High-waste society; 36 Sustainable life; 38 Ecosystems and biomes; 40 POLAR REGIONS; 42 Where on Earth ...?; 44 The high Arctic; 46 Melting Arctic; 48 The polar bear; 50 Tundra ecosystem; 52 Warming tundra; 54 The caribou; 56 Antarctic ecosystem; 58 Threatened Antarctica.

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Description based on print version record.