Stories Beneath Our Feet - Exploring the Geology and Landscapes of Victoria and Surrounds by Leon Costermans (Illustrator, Maps by, Editor); Fons VandenBerg
$82.00 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
A 672-page book explaining the geological origins of southeastern Australia, attractively illustrated with over 1870 high quality photos, digital images, maps and diagrams. It doesn't assume any prior geological knowledge, but is written to appeal to land managers, teachers and senior students of enviro ...Show more
Our Fragile Moment - How lessons from Earth's past can help us survive the climate crisis by Michael Mann
$35.00 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
In this sweeping work of science and history, the renowned climate scientist and author of The New Climate War shows us the conditions on Earth that allowed humans not only to exist but thrive, and how they are imperilled if we veer off course. For the vast majority of its 4.54 billion years, Earth has ...Show more
Unearthing the Underworld A Natural History of Rocks by Ken McNamara
$39.99 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
A geological saga that digs deep, revealing how even the most ordinary rocks can be stepping stones to the hidden history of our planet. Unearthing the Underworld reveals the hidden world of rocks--the keepers of secrets of past environments, changing climates, and the pulse of life over billions of yea ...Show more
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet by Hannah Ritchie
$36.99 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
Feeling anxious, powerless or confused about the future of our planet? This book will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems - and how we can solve them We are bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won't be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, that ...Show more
Journeys with Emperors - Tracking the World's Most Extreme Penguin by Gerald L. Kooyman; Jim Mastro; Jessica Ulrika Meir (Foreword by)
$53.95 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
With stunning photographs from the ice edge, a firsthand account of a researcher's time in Antarctica and of the perilous journeys of the world's largest penguin species: the iconic emperor. Nearly all emperor penguin colonies are extremely remote; of the sixty-six known, fewer than thirty have been ...Show more
Habitats: Discover Earth's Precious Wild Places by Chris Packham (Foreword by)
$75.00 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
Celebrates and explains the astonishing range of habitats on Earth and the intricate balance of their animal and plant communitiesExplore the world's natural habitats and the plants and animals that live there. From the depths of the ocean to soaring mountain peaks - via coral reefs, deserts, rainforest ...Show more
Prehistoric Australasia: Visions of Evolution and Extinction by Michael Archer, Suzanne J. Hand, John Long, Trevor H. Worthy
$99.99 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
For most of the past 300 million years, the world's continents were interlinked as the supercontinents Pangaea and then Gondwana. Around 50 million years ago, Australia tore itself free from Antarctica to become the huge, splendidly isolated island it is today. Over time, its creatures began to evolve i ...Show more
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters by Andrew H. Knoll
$32.99 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
Harvard's acclaimed geologist "charts Earth's history in accessible style" (AP) "A sublime chronicle of our planet." -Booklist, STARRED review How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? Odds are, where you're standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of i ...Show more
The Wit and Wisdom of David Attenborough: A Celebration of Our Favourite Naturalist by Chas Newkey-Burden
$34.99 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
The Wit & Wisdom of David Attenborough is a celebration of a national treasure, and a collection of his wisest moments, most humorous observations, and a tour through his incredible life. Such revelations include:- There are 18 plants and animals named after him- David Attenborough gifted the world ...Show more
Planet Earth III
$85.00 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
"There are over 100 billion planets in our galaxy. Only one is home to life. Ranging across seven dramatic habitats, from the depths of the ocean, to the scorching desert and into the to the darkest jungle, Planet Earth III showcases places and animals from all corners of our amazing, unique, planet. Fo ...Show more
Islands in Deep Time - Ancient Landscapes Lost and Found by Markes E. Johnson
$52.95 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
Hilltops surrounded by farmland in southern Wisconsin turn out to be the eroded remnants of an ancient archipelago. An island in the Yellow Sea where Korean tourists flock is the peak of a flooded mountain rising from a drowned continental shelf. From a mountaintop shrine to Genghis Khan in Inner Mongol ...Show more