The Earth Around Us: Maintaining A Livable PlanetHenry Holt and Company, 2000 M03 27 - 250 pages Soil contamination...public lands...surface and groundwater pollution...coastal erosion...global warming. Have we reached the limits of this planet's ability to provide for us? If so, what can we do about it? |
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... fossils in Kansas. Her childhood experiences led to a lifelong fascination with geology and a love of the outdoors. Growing up in Kansas also led her to a great interest in weather and climate. She has managed to fuse these passions by ...
... fossils in mountains were creatures that had got there during the Flood. To be sure, not everyone had always believed this. Leonardo, for example, had noticed fossil clams in the Apennines and, taking into account the distance to the ...
... fossil clams in the Cheviot Hills, he wondered why they were there. He had become preoccupied with the operations of the earth, and he was beginning to discern a gradual and repetitive process measured out in dynamic cycles. Instead of ...
... fossils and sedimentary deposits, to written, graphical, and oral recordsfi3 Determining the degree to which environmental changes may have resulted from human activities also adds layers of complexity. For example, in dealing with ...
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Contents
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Part II SCIENTIFIC JUDGMENTS AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS | 57 |
Part III RESOURCES RECONFIGURED | 121 |
Part IV LOCAL MANIPULATIONS | 197 |
Part V INVENTIVE SOLUTIONS | 255 |
Part VI WHOLE EARTH PERTURBATIONS | 307 |
Part VII GLOBAL PERSPECTlVES | 357 |
Source Notes | 410 |
Index | 443 |