Environment
epub, pdf |eng | 2015-06-29 | Author:Sam Miller [Miller, Sam]

where m is the mass of the object [kg], g is the effective gravity acting on it [m/s2], and zi is the (initial) altitude of the object before it’s dropped ...
( Category: Weather August 22,2015 )
epub |eng | 2013-10-01 | Author:John L. Riley [Riley, John L.]

PART THREE NATURE’S PROSPECT CHAPTER NINE Invasives: The Unintended Consequences of the Uninvited The twentieth century unpacked some of history’s most extraordinary blessings and curses, and Nature’s prospects in Great ...
( Category: Conservation July 31,2015 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Sharona Muir [Muir, Sharona]

TO FIND A FOSTER FOWL in the greenwood wasn’t easy, because only in pursuit of a blue creature does one appreciate how much blue there is in green. Where eyes ...
( Category: Animals July 28,2015 )
epub |eng | 2002-04-08 | Author:Wilson, Edward O. [Wilson, Edward O.]

When observation and theory collide, scientists turn to carefully designed experiments for resolution. Their motivation is especially high in the case of biological systems, which are typically far too complex ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology July 20,2015 )
epub |eng | 2011-03-07 | Author:Mike Berners-Lee

The machine itself Even before you turn it on, a new iMac has the same footprint as flying from Glasgow to Madrid and back. Apple has carried out a detailed ...
( Category: Environmental Science June 21,2015 )
epub |eng | 2006-12-26 | Author:Elizabeth Kolbert [Kolbert, Elizabeth]

Chapter 6 Floating Houses In February 2003, a series of ads on the theme of inundation began appearing on Dutch TV. The ads were sponsored by the Netherlands’ Ministry of ...
( Category: Environmental Science June 20,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-01-16 | Author:Joe Bleasdale [Bleasdale, Joe]

a) Honey Spinner or Extractor b) Honey Container with a tap, on top of which is fitted a Honey Strainer fitted with a mesh that filters out the wax c) ...
( Category: Biology June 18,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-27 | Author:Brand, Stewart [Brand, Stewart]

• I think the main element that distinguishes Europe from America and other parts of the world in regard to GE crops is the seriousness with which Europeans take what ...
( Category: Conservation June 14,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2000-10-01 | Author:David Keys [Keys, David]

The East Asian region seems to have continued to endure climatic problems and famine for several years. Mainland sources cite problems in China between 535 and 538 (see Chapter 19), ...
( Category: Weather June 13,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-06-11 | Author:Sylvia A. Earle

Perversely spilled oil blackens Saudi Arabian marshes in 1991. Worldwide, more than 4,000 rigs are now working in depths up to 1,830 meters (6,000 feet). The deepest offshore rig, Shell ...
( Category: Oceanography June 12,2015 )
epub |eng | 2009-07-26 | Author:Lyanda Lynn Haupt [HAUPT, LYANDA LYNN]

With this is mind, I turn back to my own disgruntled helper at the nest, who, in spite of her scowl, trots dutifully behind me, handing me clothespins as I ...
( Category: Birds June 12,2015 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2011-01-15 | Author:Flint, Anthony. [Anthony., Flint,]

154 T H I S L A N D America’s world-famous big-box shopping strips are spread out and cheaply constructed. They offer millions of acres of parking lots—and unrivaled convenience ...
( Category: Regional Planning June 12,2015 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2010-07-28 | Author:Chris Williams

The mining and refining of uranium is a highly pollution-and energy-intensive business in its own right. The fissile material needed in nuclear reactors, the isotope of uranium, U- 235, is ...
( Category: Communism & Socialism June 12,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-05-04 | Author:Ben Stewart [Stewart, Ben]

NINETEEN The appeals go on, the process grinds forward, always with a sense of impending, inevitable rejection. But the Kremlin does not only have the thirty in its sights. Mads ...
( Category: Conservation June 11,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | | Author:Hertsgaard, Mark [Hertsgaard, Mark]

"The Character of Our Wines Was Changing" Perhaps the leading exception to the trend is Alois Lageder, whose family has made wine in Alto Adige, the northernmost province in Italy, ...
( Category: Environmental Policy June 11,2015 )