This is planet Earth : your ultimate guide to the world we call home
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BookSeries: NewScientist; New Scientist instant expert.Publisher: Boston, MA : Nicholas Brealey Publishing, c2018. .Description: xiv, 274 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781473670389; 9781473629776Subject(s): Surface of the Earth | Age | Planets -- SurfacesDDC classification: 551 PL AN Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
"Formed from the debris of the Big Bang and long-dead stars, Earth has been both a hellish modern blob and a giant snowball. For a billion years it nurtured strange lifeforms before committing a global genocide. In doing so, it created the conditions for life as we know it, and today its ozone layer and magnetic field protect that life from the worst ravages of the Sun."--Back cover.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 551 PL AN (Browse shelf) | Available | June2020 | T0063939 |
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| 550.21 RE KI The Kingfisher book of planet Earth / | 551 BR NA Natural hazards / | 551 JA EA Earth science for civil and environmental engineers | 551 PL AN This is planet Earth : | 551.220287 AL SE Seismic data interpretation using digital image processing | 551.31 GL AC Glacial geology : | 551.458 GO WA The water will come : |
Includes index.
• Introduction
• 1. Formative years
• 2. The long sweep of time
• 3. Inside and out
• 4. Plates, quakes and eruptions
• 5. Shifting ideas
• 6. Atmosphere, climate and weather
• 7. Oceans
• 8. Life
• 9. Welcome to the Anthropocene
• 10. Climate change
• 11. Conclusion
• 50 down-to-Earth ideas
• Glossary.
"Formed from the debris of the Big Bang and long-dead stars, Earth has been both a hellish modern blob and a giant snowball. For a billion years it nurtured strange lifeforms before committing a global genocide. In doing so, it created the conditions for life as we know it, and today its ozone layer and magnetic field protect that life from the worst ravages of the Sun."--Back cover.