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
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
Adventures in Climate Science: Scientists' tales from the frontiers of climate change Foreword by Karl Kruszelnicki by Bruere, Wendy, Kruszelnicki, Karl
$24.99 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
These tales of adventure and research in remote and remarkable corners of the earth investigate a multitude of ways the world is changing and explain the science behind exactly what a couple of degrees of warming mean. Addressed are glacier melt, rising seas, extreme weather, ocean currents, changing ec ...Show more
Planet Earth III by GUNTON MICHAEL
$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
Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future by Ed Conway
$35.00 AUD
Category: Earth Sciences
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium. They built our world, and they will transform our future. These are the six most crucial substances in human history. They took us from the Dark Ages to the present day. They power our computers and phones, build our homes and offices, and create life-saving me ...Show more