Jorden: naturhistorie: for alment interesserede læsere

From the author of My Heart Rocks, comes a new exploration of beaches both at home and abroad! This "vacation in a book'' is for everyone with a favorite seashore or a bucket list of beaches to explore.

ESSENTIALS OF METEOROLOGY: AN INVITATION TO THE ATMOSPHERE, Ninth Edition, is written for students interested in gaining insights into the dynamic workings of the atmosphere. The authors' ability to explain even complicated ideas in an easy-to-understand way enables both science and non-science majors to visualize and understand important principles of meteorology. Online animations help bring text material to life and make it easier to understand the underlying concepts, and appendices offer the chance for in-depth exploration of meteorological data, such as world temperature and precipitation extremes over a 30-year period.

"e;Trip in the Enchanted Forest"e; is a storybook where five siblings take a trip in the forest to make friends with animals. The children befriend a pit bull dog, a robin bird, a rabbit, a sheep, a bee, and a hen. The back matter provides writing space. The author encourages children to become intellectual giants and to write a story themselves. Photographs of the author's five great-grandchildren are featured in the book.

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I Små klimamonstre − Haven møder vi igen de fem små klimamonstre. De mødes denne gang i Asks have, som plejede at være fuld af liv, insekter og dyr, men nu er den helt tom. Hvor er dyrene mon blevet af? De små klimamonstre vil finde ud af hvorfor dyrene er væk, og hvordan de får dem tilbage i haven. Lykkes det for de små klimamonstre at løse gåden om de forsvundne dyr, og kommer dyrene mon tilbage i haven igen?Bogen er en inspirerende højtlæsningsbog, som inviterer til dialogisk læsning og samtale med børnene om biodiversitet, klima, vilde blomster og naturliv gennem små bobler med opgaver, spørgsmål og fakta. Bogen er målrettet børn på 3-7 år og trykt på certificeret genbrugspapir fra bæredygtigt skovbrug.

This book brings together leading experts in the field of conservation to provide a comprehensive overview of current best practices, summarise technological advancements, and present a framework for facilitating the integration of reproductive technologies and biobanking into conservation breeding programs for threatened amphibians.

A tour of the Solar System's tallest, hottest, coldest and weirdest volcanoes - and a look inside what makes them erupt.The volcano - among the most familiar and perhaps the most terrifying of all geological phenomena. However, Earth isn't the only planet to harbour volcanoes. In fact, the Solar System, and probably the entire Universe, is littered with them. Our own Moon, which is now a dormant piece of rock, had lava flowing across its surface billions of years ago, while Mars can be credited with the largest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons, which stands 25km high. While Mars's volcanoes are long dead, volcanic activity continues in almost every other corner of the Solar System, in the most unexpected of locations. We tend to think of Earth volcanoes as erupting hot, molten lava and emitting huge, billowing clouds of incandescent ash. However, it isn't necessarily the same across the rest of the Solar System. For a start, some volcanoes aren't even particularly hot. Those on Pluto, for example, erupt an icy slush of substances such as water, methane, nitrogen or ammonia, that freeze to form ice mountains as hard as rock. While others, like the volcanoes on one of Jupiter's moons, Io, erupt the hottest lavas in the Solar System onto a surface covered in a frosty coating of sulphur.Whether they are formed of fire or ice, volcanoes are of huge importance for scientists trying to picture the inner workings of a planet or moon. Volcanoes dredge up materials from the otherwise inaccessible depths and helpfully deliver them to the surface. The way in which they erupt, and the products they generate, can even help scientists ponder bigger questions on the possibility of life elsewhere in the Solar System.Fire and Ice is an exploration of the Solar System's volcanoes, from the highest peaks of Mars to the intensely inhospitable surface of Venus and the red-hot summits of Io, to the coldest, seemingly dormant icy carapaces of Enceladus and Europa, an unusual look at how these cosmic features are made, and whether such active planetary systems might host life.

"Familiens store bog om Jorden" er det ultimative opslagsværk, som ved hjælp af flotte fotos og computer-genererede illustrationer afslører og forklarer alt om Jorden, dens tilblivelse og hvad vi kan gøre for at beskytte den.Få viden om bl.a.VulkanerJordskælvEkstremt vejrLivet på JordenNiveauet og fagligheden er høj, og bogen lægger sig fint i tråd med de andre leksika i samme serie fra Forlaget Globe.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent and a former private investigator dive deep into the murky waters of the international salmon farming industry, exposing the unappetizing truth about a fish that is not as good for you as you have been told.A decade ago, farmed Atlantic salmon replaced tuna as the most popular fish on North America's dinner tables. We are told salmon is healthy and environmentally friendly. The reality is disturbingly different.In Salmon Wars, investigative journalists Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins bring readers to massive ocean feedlots where millions of salmon are crammed into parasite-plagued cages and fed a chemical-laced diet. The authors reveal the conditions inside hatcheries, where young salmon are treated like garbage, and at the farms that threaten our fragile coasts. They draw colorful portraits of characters, such as the big salmon farmer who poisoned his own backyard, the fly-fishing activist who risked everything to ban salmon farms in Puget Sound, and the American researcher driven out of Norway for raising the alarm about dangerous contaminants in the fish. Frantz and Collins document how the industrialization of Atlantic salmon threatens this keystone species, endangers our health and environment, and lines the pockets of our generation's version of Big Tobacco. And they show how it doesn't need to be this way.Just as Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation forced a reckoning with the Big Mac, the vivid stories, scientific research, and high-stakes finance at the heart of Salmon Wars will inspire readers to make choices that protect our health and our planet.

“This quietly profound book belongs on the shelf next to Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild.” —The New York Times The riveting true story of Dick Conant, an American folk hero who, over the course of more than twenty years, canoed solo thousands of miles of American rivers—and then disappeared near the Outer Banks of North Carolina. This book “contains everything: adventure, mystery, travelogue, and unforgettable characters” (David Grann, best-selling author of Killers of the Flower Moon).For decades, Dick Conant paddled the rivers of America, covering the Mississippi, Yellowstone, Ohio, Hudson, as well as innumerable smaller tributaries. These solo excursions were epic feats of planning, perseverance, and physical courage. At the same time, Conant collected people wherever he went, creating a vast network of friends and acquaintances who would forever remember this brilliant and charming man even after a single meeting. Ben McGrath, a staff writer at The New Yorker, was one of those people. In 2014 he met Conant by chance just north of New York City as Conant paddled down the Hudson, headed for Florida. McGrath wrote a widely read article about their encounter, and when Conant's canoe washed up a few months later, without any sign of his body, McGrath set out to find the people whose lives Conant had touched--to capture a remarkable life lived far outside the staid confines of modern existence. Riverman is a moving portrait of a complex and fascinating man who was as troubled as he was charismatic, who struggled with mental illness and self-doubt, and was ultimately unable to fashion a stable life for himself; who traveled alone and yet thrived on connection and brought countless people together in his wake. It is also a portrait of an America we rarely see: a nation of unconventional characters, small river towns, and long-forgotten waterways.

Originally published as Ein Zentaur in London: Lektèure und Beobachtung in der frèuhneuzeitlichen Naturforschung..

A lovely journal for nature lovers to log and track birds, animals and plants, with well laid out spaces and prompts for the date, time, location, description, habitat, further notes, sketch/photo boxes, and a log summary. A brilliant gift and a nostalgic keepsake to look back at and remind yourself of your nature watching trips. This book has a smart glossy cover and is a handy A5 size, perfect to fit in your bag or on your desk.

"Kelvin's happy place is the River Severn, which has flowed through his veins and drenched his memory cells since he was knee high. To share Kelvin's love of angling and to feel the enthusiasm and joy it has brought him and still brings him, through his writing, is a delight."Nick Fisher, creator and writer of Screaming Reels, Dirty Tackle and The River Cottage Book of Fish.Halcyon days are recollected for anglers and all lovers of rivers, lakes, and the British (and Australian!) countryside in this heart-warming personal memoir set throughout the seasons. From warm summer evenings to midwinter madness fishing in temperatures of minus five degrees, this collection of stories will delight anglers and non-anglers alike.Born in a Shropshire village near the River Severn, the river, its fishing, its countryside, and its history has featured strongly throughout Kelvin's life from an early age. From early casts for perch, barbel and chub (without too much success, as you will read) at Ironbridge and Jackfield, to adulthood fishing for barbel and chub (with marginally more success) at Buildwas, Atcham and Bewdley, the river has always been a place of peace and retreat, away from the stresses of work and modern life.Kelvin is a published author in the areas of business, finance, accounting, and personal finance, but has always had the desire to write a book about the river which has featured so much in his life, and which has bought him so much pleasure over the years. This is that book.

A lavishly illustrated guide to the seaweed families of the worldSeaweeds are astoundingly diverse. They're found along the shallows of beaches and have been recorded living at depths of more than 800 feet; they can be microscopic or grow into giants many meters long. They're incredibly efficient at using the materials found in the ocean and are increasingly used in the human world, in applications from food to fuel. They're beautiful, too, with their undulating shapes anchored to the sea floor or drifting on the surface. Seaweeds aren't plants: they're algae, part of a huge and largely unfamiliar group of aquatic organisms. Seaweeds of the World makes sense of their complicated world, differentiating between the three main groups-red, green, and brown-and delving into their complex reproductive systems. The result is an unprecedented, accessible, and in-depth look at a previously hidden ocean world.Features close to 250 beautiful color photos as well as diagrams and distribution mapsCovers every major family and genus

Coral reefs are one of the world's great natural wonders, but they are also under serious threat from the effects of climate change and development. Reflections Underwater is a unique, illuminating book that explores a dazzling variety of topics and concepts relating to these remarkable habitats.

Wild About Dorset is a new collection of nature writing from award-winning journalist and author Brian Jackman. Drawing on a decade of columns in his local community magazine, Jackman paints a 'year in the life' of wildlife and wild places in West Dorset's Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), the author's home for fifty years.

The town of Arusha in Tanzania is the staging area for safaris. "Going on safari" is much more than getting into a vehicle to watch animals. It is an anthropological exploration that re-immerses you into a natural and human world now practically depleted and effectively exhausted in the West. In its place we now have sarcasm, cynicism, mental-rational game playing with a distinct lack of heart and soul, and a near extinction of magic and mythic sensibilities. Get out of that rut! Discover Arusha; its mixed undercurrent; an EastSide-flavored Wild West outpost for disaffected expats, for touristic gawk-a-longs, of locals and vocal yocals, do-gooders and hawkers, vendo-strivers and slackers, safari-questers - a cacophony of hope-enmeshed dream wonks situated on frontier edginess, in love's intra-space yet tinged by secrets and longings. Arusha National Park is right here, in the shadow of Mt. Meru. Then go west to explore Tanzania's national parks: e.g., the Serengeti, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, and the Ngorongoro crater; visit the bushmen, the Maasai and the Iraqw tribes in situ. Take a few days to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. See how Africans live and how they see the world. You'll find a warm and welcoming people and re-discover what it means to be a real human being (at least I did, which prompted me to write this book). A friend passed on his network of friends - faithful safari guides with whom he had worked for many, many years. Gideon and Emmanuel of HM Safaris are older and wiser and more experienced than most of the other safari guides. "Rough it" in a tent camp lodge or stay in 5-star safari lodges between meanderings through the greatest animal reserves on the planet. You can't help but pick up on the Mama Africa magic vibe. And end your adventures on a sunny beach in Zanzibar; visit its spice farms, discover Stone Town, and snorkel over multitudes of starfish. Even visit Kenya and swim with the dolphins if you wish. It's all here. Throw together some friends and make it happen. I guarantee you'll be in good hands and you'll have a blast! Dig out the nitty-gritty in Forever Safari: Honoring an Africa Legacy. Uncovered in this seven-week saga of explorations into East Africa, is a mutuality of destiny, of dreams that triumph over distinctions designed to separate us. The special legacy offered up here is but one of many. Forge your own story in the magisterial mystery of an incredibly vast continent.