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A World to Live In by George M. Woodwell
epub |eng | 2016-03-30 | Author:George M. Woodwell

8 The Limits of Biodiversity I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. —Walt ...
( Category: Climatology February 28,2020 )
Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds by Lyanda Haupt
epub |eng | 2011-05-04 | Author:Lyanda Haupt

The Hidden Blue Grouse It is difficult to know what to think of grouse. They have large eyes spaced widely on heads that are too small for their fat, oval ...
( Category: Bird Field Guides February 27,2020 )
On the Backs of Tortoises by Elizabeth Hennessy
epub |eng | | Author:Elizabeth Hennessy

Figure 6.1 José Villa, one of the first two guards of the Galápagos National Park Service, marks a tortoise on Pinzón, late 1960s. Photo taken by Miguel Castro. (Used with ...
( Category: Ichthyology February 27,2020 )
Rebuilding the Earth by Mark Everard
epub |eng | | Author:Mark Everard

Box 3.47 Reforesting Scotland Reforesting Scotland , initiated in 1991, recognises that Scotland was once a well-forested country, its culture tied closely to trees and woodlands . However, multiple development ...
( Category: Natural Resources February 27,2020 )
The Field Guide to Citizen Science by Darlene Cavalier
epub |eng | 2020-02-25 | Author:Darlene Cavalier

ZomBee Watch The parasitic zombie fly (Apocephalus borealis) is laying its eggs in honeybees. This infection causes the “zombees” to behave like moths, leaving their hives at night on a ...
( Category: Experiments & Projects February 26,2020 )
THE EVERYTHING® GREEN WEDDING BOOK by Wenona Napolitano
epub |eng | 2009-07-15 | Author:Wenona Napolitano

( Category: Conservation February 26,2020 )
Nature's Best Hope by Douglas W. Tallamy
epub |eng | 2019-02-25 | Author:Douglas W. Tallamy

— This has been a heady and heavy discussion, but it needed to be to cover this complex situation. At this point, enough studies have been completed and enough information ...
( Category: Organic February 26,2020 )
The Unnatural History of the Sea by Callum Roberts
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Callum Roberts

Oyster dredging in the nineteenth century. Dredges were dragged across the seabed to dislodge clumps of oysters from reefs along with many other organisms that were later discarded. Source: Whymper, ...
( Category: Marine Life February 25,2020 )
The Lost Wolves of Japan by Walker Brett L.; Cronon William;
epub |eng | | Author:Walker, Brett L.; Cronon, William;

JAPAN'S WOLFERS Hokkaido's crow and wolf hunters left only traces of their activities in the form of bounty records buried deep in archives. Records from between February 1880 and June ...
( Category: Forests & Forestry February 25,2020 )
The Essential Green You by Deirdre Imus
epub |eng | | Author:Deirdre Imus

4. Hydroquinone This liquid is so toxic that the FDA issued a warning against it in 2006 and is considering a partial ban on skin lightening products that contain it. ...
( Category: Conservation February 25,2020 )
Stolen Water by W. Hodding Carter
epub |eng | 2007-07-15 | Author:W. Hodding Carter

Bill sets up another Kissimmee River day for me a couple of months later so that I can witness a day in the life of the river’s scientists and hands-on ...
( Category: Conservation February 24,2020 )
Stand Up That Mountain by Jay Erskine Leutze
epub |eng | | Author:Jay Erskine Leutze

#xa0; The day of our hearing snuck up on Ollie. We stood in front of the courthouse so she could smoke a cigarette. She looked ill, her eyes hollowed out. ...
( Category: Mining February 23,2020 )
Earth Spirit Living by Ann Marie Holmes
epub |eng | 2006-07-15 | Author:Ann Marie Holmes

A CALM CENTER As noted in chapter 6, the center of a building should be a still point in the structure, maximizing the potential of the central energy column. A ...
( Category: Feng Shui February 23,2020 )
Wendell Berry: Essays 1993-2017 (LOA #317) by Wendell Berry;Jack Shoemaker;
epub |eng | 2019-02-20 | Author:Wendell Berry;Jack Shoemaker;

With usury has no man a good house made of stone, no paradise on his church wall With usury the stone cutter is kept from his stone the weaver is ...
( Category: Essays February 23,2020 )
The Human Planet by Simon L. Lewis
epub |eng | 2018-05-17 | Author:Simon L. Lewis

Figure 7.1 — Rising global energy consumption, 1830–2010, in exajoules. The prefix exa- means adding 18 zeros to the number shown. Current energy use is about 550 exajoules, which is ...
( Category: Human Geography February 23,2020 )

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