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  • The Rise and Reign of the Mammals

    A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

    By the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, a "brilliant" and "beautifully told" new natural history of mammals, illuminating the lost story of the extraordinary family tree that led to us[New Scientist; The Times UK]National Bestseller • Top 10 Nonfiction of the Year: Kirkus • Best Science Book of the Year: The Times UKWe humans are the inheritors of a dynasty ... Read more

    16,10 €

  • The Ends of the World

    Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions

    by Peter Brannen ...
    One of Vox’s Most Important Books of the DecadeNew York Times Editors' Choice 2017Forbes Top 10 Best Environment, Climate, and Conservation Book of 2017As new groundbreaking research suggests that climate change played a major role in the most extreme catastrophes in the planet's history, award-winning science journalist Peter Brannen takes us on a wild ride through the planet's five mass e... ... Read more

    7,83 €

  • Планета горит: пять экономических держав доводят Землю до предела.

    ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ, ОПУБЛИКОВАННОЕ НА РУССКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ ISSLEDOVANIYe, OPUBLIKOVANNOYe NA RUSSKOM YAZYKE, #3

    Series Book 3 - ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ, ОПУБЛИКОВАННОЕ НА РУССКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ ISSLEDOVANIYe, OPUBLIKOVANNOYe NA RUSSKOM YAZYKE
    Служба по изменению климата программы «Коперник» прогнозирует, что к 2024 году этот рекорд превзойдет, достигнув средней температуры в 1,66°C. Этот тревожный рост связан с изменением климата, вызванным выбросами парниковых газов, вырубкой лесов и явлением Эль-Ниньо, которое привело к повышению температуры океана и атмосферы. Исследование началось с библиографического документального анализа ... Read more

    21,49 €

  • Fatum

    Das Klima und der Untergang des Römischen Reiches

    by Kyle Harper ...
    Translated by Anna Leube, Wolf Heinrich Leube ...
    Series Book 6544 - Beck Paperback
    FATUM ist das erste Buch, in dem konsequent die katastrophale Rolle untersucht und beschrieben wird, die Klimawandel und Seuchen beim Zusammenbruch des römischen Weltreichs spielten. Gestützt auf neueste wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse aus dem Bereich der Klimawissenschaft und der Genetik erzählt Kyle Harper die Geschichte eines Infernos, in dem wir wie in einem fernen Spiegel beängstigend ... Read more

    16,99 €

  • Fantastic Fossils

    A Guide to Finding and Identifying Prehistoric Life

    Nothing fills us with a sense of wonder like fossils. What looks at first like a simple rock is in fact a clue that reveals the staggering diversity of ancient environments, the winding pathways of evolution, and the majesty of a vanished earth. But as much as one might daydream of digging a hole in the backyard and finding a Tyrannosaurus, only a few places contain these buried treasures, and ... Read more

    19,28 €

  • What Your Fossils Can Tell You

    Vertebrate Morphology, Pathology, and Cultural Modification

    A practical and fun identification manual for amateurs and professionals alike"Provides the beginning fossil vertebrate enthusiast with some valuable information about the fossils they are collecting."--Guy "Harley" Means, Florida Geological Survey"Illustrates how the dynamic story of ancient life and death and post-mortem utilization is accessible from the study of bone shapes. It is this very ... Read more

    22,46 €

  • Ciência Mal Feita - Os Fósseis De Beringer

    Em 1726, o Doutor Johann Beringer, um aclamado erudito alemão, publicou a descoberta de sua vida: uma coleção de fósseis espetaculares que incluíam aranhas em suas teias, cometas e até o nome de Deus em hebraico. Ele acreditava ter encontrado a prova da força criativa da própria Terra. A verdade era mais cruel: as pedras eram falsificações, parte de uma fraude engenhosa orquestrada por seus rivais ... Read more

    5,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rooted in Time

    Living Fossils and Other Tenacious Plants

    by Carole T. Gee ...
    An intriguing portrait of persistent plants with deep roots that have survived eons on earth, featuring exquisite watercolors and numerous color photos.Plants are tenacious organisms. Their green ancestors were among the earliest living beings on Earth, while clubmosses and ferns that arose 400 million years ago still thrive in the moist understory of temperate and tropical forests. Plants like ... Read more

    29,25 €

  • Geo-Bergwanderung 7 Baumgartenschneid (1444 m)

    by Jörg Felber ...
    Das Heft Nr. 7 des "Geologischen Wanderführers Mangfallgebirge" führt uns auf die Baumgartenschneid, ein beliebtes, 1444 m hohes Gipfelziel östlich des Tegernsees. Im Verlauf der Rundwanderung lernen wir die örtlichen Gesteinsformationen, die eine Zeitspanne von der Oberen Trias (ca. 230 Mio. Jahre) bis in das Alttertiär (ca. 60 Mio. Jahre) umfassen, ihre Entstehungsgeschichte und ihre ... Read more

    1,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Most Important Fossils That Tell Interesting Tales | Curious About Fossils Grade 5 | Children's Earth Sciences Books

    Fossils record the important changes that happened to Earth over time. Over the course of many years, palaeontologists have unearthed fossilized remains of plans, animals and even humans. All these have helped create a better picture of the ancient Earth. In this book, you will read about the most important fossils ever found and the stories they tell. Start reading today. ... Read more

    4,02 €

  • Travels with Trilobites

    Adventures in the Paleozoic

    by Andy Secher ...
    Trilobites were some of the most successful and versatile organisms ever to exist. Among the earliest forms of complex animal life, these hard-shelled marine invertebrates inhabited the primal seas of the Paleozoic Era. Their march through evolutionary time began in the Lower Cambrian, some 521 million years ago, and lasted until their demise at the end of the Permian, more than 250 million years ... Read more

    25,11 €

  • Fossils

    by DK, David Ward ...
    Series series DK Handbooks
    The clearest and sharpest recognition guide to over 500 invertebrate, vertebrate, and plant fossils from around the world.This comprehensive e-guide is the perfect introduction to finding, identifying, and collecting fossils. It features more than 500 species of plant and animal fossils, from trilobites and megafauna to dinosaurs and ancient trees. This ebook cuts through the complicated ... Read more

    5,99 €

  • The First Human

    by Ann Gibbons ...
    In this dynamic account, award-winning science writer Ann Gibbons chronicles an extraordinary quest to answer the most primal of questions: When and where was the dawn of humankind?Following four intensely competitive international teams of scientists in a heated race to find the “missing link”–the fossil of the earliest human ancestor–Gibbons ventures to Africa, where she encounters a fascinating ... Read more

    Was 6,67 € Now 4,34 €

  • The Ornithosauria

    Enriched edition. Uncovering the Mysteries of Prehistoric Flying Reptiles

    In "The Ornithosauria," H. G. Seeley presents a groundbreaking exploration of the pterosaur clade, making significant contributions to our understanding of these prehistoric flying reptiles. Written in the late 19th century, the book employs meticulous anatomical observations and comparative analyses to delineate the morphological characteristics that distinguish ornithosaurs from other taxa. ... Read more

    Was 1,99 € Now 0,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • De opkomst en heerschappij van de zoogdieren

    Het ongelooflijke verhaal van de soorten die ons voorgingen

    Translated by Roelof Posthuma ...
    De jonge Amerikaanse paleontoloog Steve Brusatte - de Freek Vonk onder de dinokenners - is een grootheid in de moderne paleontologie. Na De opkomst en ondergang van de dinosaurus vertelt Brusatte nu het verhaal van de zoogdieren, dat nog verder teruggaat dan dat van de dinosauriërs. Vandaag de dag telt de wereld zo'n zesduizend soorten zoogdieren: hond- en katachtigen, knaagdieren en zeezoogdieren ... Read more

    14,99 €

  • Frozen in Time

    Fossils of the United Kingdom and Where to Find Them

    by Rhys Charles ...
    A vibrant and richly detailed guide to fossils for readers with a passion for the natural world and those that inhabited it long ago.This is a book for those that want to learn to scan the beach for fossils, who love the simple pleasure of getting outside or those who want to develop their relationship with the world around them. From the Jurassic Coast to the Antrim Coast, our nation is home to ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • Locked in Time

    Animal Behavior Unearthed in 50 Extraordinary Fossils

    Fossils allow us to picture the forms of life that inhabited the earth eons ago. But we long to know more: how did these animals actually behave? We are fascinated by the daily lives of our fellow creatures—how they reproduce and raise their young, how they hunt their prey or elude their predators, and more. What would it be like to see prehistoric animals as they lived and breathed?From dinosaurs ... Read more

    12,29 €

  • 統計分析:日本の環境マネジメントと気候変動対策

    日本語で発表された研究 Nihongo de happyō sa reta kenkyū, #1

    Series Book 1 - 日本語で発表された研究 Nihongo de happyō sa reta kenkyū
    NASAが2023年を観測史上最も暖かい年(2024年12月1日)と宣言したことを参考にすると、地球の気温に影響を与えるこの研究に取り組むことが重要です。2021年度の国内温室効果ガス総排出量は、CO2換算で約11億7,000万トンでした。二酸化炭素排出量は、温室効果ガス総排出量の90%以上を占めています。エネルギーミックスの多様化やエネルギー効率の向上が目に見える形で進んでいるにもかかわらず、日本のエネルギー供給の炭素強度は、国際エネルギー機関(IEA)加盟国の中で最も高い国の1つです。この研究では、変数CO2排出量と使用中の車両の特性評価を行い、シャピロ・ウィルクの分析を使用してデータに正規性検定を適用し、スピアマン相関検定の結果、r=-0.5823の相関が得られました。これは、2つの変数の間に中間の相関があることを意味します。r の値は負であるため、変数間の逆の関係を示し ... Read more

    21,49 €

  • Vertebrate Paleobiology

    A Form and Function Approach

    Series series Life of the Past
    An essential introduction to the paleobiology of animal body size, locomotion, and feeding.Paleobiology is the branch of evolutionary biology involved in the reconstruction of the life histories of extinct organisms. It answers the questions, How do we use fossils to reconstruct the size of prehistoric animals, and How did they move and feed? Drawing on a rich inventory of South American Miocene ... Read more

    85,85 €

  • Dr Karl's Little Book of Climate Change Science

    Australia's favourite science guru explains the facts about climate change -- and how we can fix itHow do Greenhouse Gas molecules shimmy and shake to trap 400,000 Hiroshima atom bombs' worth of the Sun's heat each day?Who did the early research into Climate Change and then spent billions trying to cover it up?What's the Hockey Stick Graph and why is it so important?How did Climate Change tip the ... Read more

    9,85 €

  • First Steps

    How Walking Upright Made Us Human

    Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four, legs. From an evolutionary perspective, this is an illogical development, as it slows us down. But here we are, suggesting there must have been something tremendous to gain from bipedalism.First Steps takes our ordinary, everyday walking experience and reveals how unusual and extraordinary it truly is. The seven-million-year-long ... Read more

    10,06 €

  • The First Philosophers: Evidence for the Superior Intelligence of Homo Neanderthalis

    The First Philosophers: Evidence for the Superior Intelligence of Homo NeanderthalensisBy Michael Harris, M.S. Anthropology, University of MinnesotaThey had larger brains than we do. They were the first to make fire, create art, and bury their dead. And then, 23,000 years ago, they vanished.For a century and a half, science dismissed them as brutish evolutionary failures— stooped cave-dwellers ... Read more

    6,99 €

  • Fossils

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Keith Thomson ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Fossils have been vital to our understanding of the formation of the earth and the origins of all life on it. However, their impact has not been limited to debates about geology and evolution: attempts to explain their existence has shaken religion at its very roots, and they have remained a subject of ceaseless fascination for people of all ages and backgrounds. In this delightful book, Keith ... Read more

    7,13 €

  • Parque automotor y emisiones de CO2 en India: Un análisis estadístico y su impacto en el calentamiento global.

    Medio Ambiente-Cambio Climático, #7

    Series Book 7 - Medio Ambiente-Cambio Climático
    El cambio climático es uno de los mayores desafíos que enfrenta la humanidad en el siglo XXI. La India es el tercer país que más emisiones de CO2 produce en el mundo, con un total de 2.648,779 megatoneladas en 2021, estas emisiones son el resultado de su dependencia del carbón como fuente de energía, que representa el 70% de su generación eléctrica. Esta investigación realizó una caracterización ... Read more

    17,49 €