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The gardener's guide to weather & climate
Examines \"how the weather works and how it affects the garden, [taking] readers from the macro to the micro, from the effects of global warming on our planet to finding the micro-climates in their own backyards\"--Provided by publisher.
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Basics of Environmental Science
The new edition of this popular student text offers an engaging introduction to environmental study. It covers the entire breadth of the environmental sciences, providing concise, non-technical explanations of physical processes and systems and the effects of human activities. In this second edition the scientific background to major environmental issues is clearly explained. These include: * global warming * genetically modified foods * desertification * acid rain * deforestation * human population growth * depleting resources * nuclear power generation * descriptions of the 10 major biomes. Special student text features include illustrations and explanatory diagrams, boxed case studies, concepts and definitions.
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Jolly good reference on birds and beasts
One, there is an excerpt from a critique by Nature magazine - the sort of blurb one finds on glitzy new novels. \"A fine compendium of unquestionable use ... make sure you have an Allaby handy.\" (Seems to me that no other publication has reviewed this dictionary or has made appropriate comments, as the same singular quote was used on both back and front covers.) I was still not impressed nor interested. The second feature of the front cover is more intriguing. It's a full- colour, close-up photograph of a Long Eared Owl. As a hardcore bird-lover, my curiousity was piqued. Turning to owls, I was perplexed to read: \"1 see Strigidae; and Strigiformes. 2 barn owls, bay owls, see Tytonidae\". Getting a little impatient, I turned to Strigidae. There was a 20-line description of \"A family of small to large owls\". (What other kinds are there, anyway?) Dissatisfied, I moved to the very next entry, Strigiformes. Here I was told that this referred to \"Owls; Class*Aves\" followed by a description that ended with \"There are two families, *Strigidae and *Tytonidae, found worldwide\". (Silly me! And I thought we were playing charades when the game was actually merry-go- round. Maybe I'll have better luck with the T-word.)
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