(Paperback)

Rivers are essential to every aspect of civilization, yet how many understand how they work Fleming takes readers on a journey along our planet's waterways, providing a scientist's reflections on the profound interrelationships that rivers have with landscapes, ecosystems, and societies.

(Paperback)

For history buffs, conservationists, armchair travelers, tourists planning a trip, and anyone who simply loves first-rate nature photography, this beautiful book more than meets the high standard readers have come to expect from National Geographic.

(Hardback)

In astonishing and unflinching detail, a noted science journalist explains how Earth's climate will be impacted with every degree of increase in global warming--and what can be done about it now.

(Hardback)

30-Second Ecology explores how the life of organisms on Earth is interdependent and finely tuned to exist as a whole.

(Hardback)

Explore the importance of our oceans through 50 key topics, each concisely explained by a team of experts.

(Paperback)

Some parts of the Australian landscape are more than 100 million years old. The dinosaurs roamed a land in which Kakadu, the Macdonnell and Flinders ranges, the Arcoona Plateau and the Mt Lofty Ranges, and many parts of the Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia and the Eastern Uplands were recognisably present.

(Hardback)

Tim O'Driscoll became well-known nationally and internationally for his experimental work on rock deformation, his plotting of lineaments, associated fracture patterns and ring structures, and for his application of both lines of research to the practical problems of locating mineral deposits. This book presents his work.

(Paperback)

Exploring dust as a method for seeing the world - from space dust to sandstorms, the domestic to the digital.

(Paperback)

This series explains how the rocks we see on the Earth's surface have formed over millions of years.

(Paperback)

The first book of its kind to provide an overview of the development of plant life through time focusing on key events and periods.

(Hardback, Illustrated edition)

Provides an in-depth background to the whole ecosystem of sea ice, its living communities and the structure of the ice itself. The author is a veteran of six expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic, and this book is packed with photographs taken in the course of his journeys.

(Paperback, Export/Airside)

The shocking inside story of the fight to halt climate change over the past twenty-five years by a world-renowned scientist.

(Hardback)

Indicates how regolith is developed from parental rocks and emphasises the importance of chemical, physical, water and biological processes in regolith formation. This book provides full colour illustrations of textures in regolith materials and details of their chemical and physical properties.

(Hardback)

This guide to the natural history of Australian granites considers their history, biology, beauty and recreational potential. It covers the importance of protecting their ecosystems, and how unusual they are as habitats for plants and animals.

(Paperback)

This booklet looks at Australian Tektites.

(Hardback)

Ellis's research has taken him all over the world, from Nantucket to Patagonia. Now, with more than 450 of his own illustrations, he takes readers from A to Z (abalone to zooxanthelae) in this one unprecedented volume of the sea. of color paintings. 471 illustrations.

(Paperback)

"Fact Finders is published by Capstone Press."

(Paperback)

A guide for farmers & horticulturalists on managing soil so it grows useful plants, sustains animals and provides a return on financial investment in the land.

(Paperback, Revised ed.)

(Hardback)

A meticulously crafted and comprehensive exploration of sand that combines science, culture, and microphotography art.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Earth science forces, including earthquakes, fossils, the Earth's spheres, the Big Bang Theory, El Nino, and the atmosphere, are presented at a level appropriate for beginners.

(Hardback)

How much of what became the folk tales of our ancestors was rooted in scientifically verifiable fact, and what can they tell us about the future

(Paperback)