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1) Entre humo y arcilla: contaminación ambiental y sobrevivencia humana en la producción artesanal de l
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Entre las ciudades de San Juan del Río y Tequisquiapan, en el estado de Querétaro, se encuentran cinco localidades: San Pedro Ahuacatlán y Visthá, pertenecientes al municipio de San Juan del Río y Santa María del Camino, Bordo Blanco y San Nicolás, que corresponden al municipio de Tequisquiapan. Estas localidades se caracterízan físicamente por sus viviendas de ladrillo rojo recocido, sus calles empedradas o de tierra suelta, y por su principal...
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This first volume begins with a general introduction to the overall series, and describes the motivations that led to its writing and the aims and methods adopted. A general description of the "science of geology" as we know it today is included, as well as a description of the various theories and factions involved. A brief description of each volume of the series is also included. The question of Atlantis is generally answered in the first six volumes,...
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Time and space, delusion, and reality have been studied for centuries by man. Reality and delusion travel parallel paths. The Muckelman Paradox is a humorous story of what occurs when these parallel lines intersect and cause self-doubt, fear, and conflict.
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H.Gary Apoian, a litigation attorney for 44 years, portrays a whimsical look of whether there are other dimensions of time and space that differ from that on earth.
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Embark on an enlightening journey with The Geology of Greece, the second installment in The Legend of Atlantis and The Science of Geology series. In this compelling volume, which forms the second part of the foundational two-book set that inaugurates the series, the focus turns once again to Atlantis, continuing the insightful investigation initiated in volume 1. This volume begins with the Egyptian priest's account of ancient Greece and the great...
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Beginning at the moment of creation with the Big Bang, Here on Earth explores the evolution of Earth from a galactic cloud of dust and gas to a planet with a metallic core and early signs of life within a billion years of being created. In a compelling narrative, Flannery describes the formation of the Earth's crust and atmosphere, as well as the transformation of the planet's oceans from toxic brews of metals (such as iron, copper, and lead) to life-sustaining...
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Hybrid cooling systems could potentially save water. Water shortage is a major problem facing the power industry in many nations around the world. The largest consumer of water in most power plants is the wet cooling tower. To assist water and energy saving for thermal power stations using conventional evaporative wet cooling towers, a novel hybrid cooling system is investigated in this book.Research on cooling systems to date has focussed on the...
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Experience the extraordinary beauty of the natural world through the captivating pages of Geo-Artful Landscape. This exceptional art book is a testament to the boundless power of imagination, skilfully transforming intricate arrangements into an exquisite art form. By seamlessly blending nature's breathtaking landscapes and geological wonders, this collection weaves together historical events in a truly harmonious manner.
Each mesmerizing image in...
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Get the Summary of Simon Winchester & Soun Vannithone's The Map That Changed the World in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Map That Changed the World" chronicles the life and work of William Smith, an English geologist who created the first detailed geological map of England. Born in 1769 in Churchill, Oxfordshire, Smith grew up during a time of significant scientific and industrial change. Despite his modest...
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Writers know only too well how long it can take-and how awkward it can be-to describe spatial relationships with words alone. And while a map might not always be worth a thousand words, a good one can help writers communicate an argument or explanation clearly, succinctly, and effectively.
In his acclaimed How to Lie with Maps, Mark Monmonier showed how maps can distort facts. In Mapping it Out: Expository Cartography for the Humanities and Social...
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Get the Summary of Jeff Goodell's The Heat Will Kill You First in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. The Heat Will Kill You First" by Jeff Goodell explores the deadly impact of extreme heat on humans and the environment. The book begins with the tragic story of Jonathan Gerrish and Ellen Chung, who died from hyperthermia during a hike in California's Sierra Nevada foothills. Goodell explains the physiological effects...
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Eine der größten Fragen der Wissenschaft steht vielleicht in naher Zukunft vor der Aufklärung.
Wie ist das Leben auf der Erde entstanden? Wo genau liegt der Ursprung? Welche Schritte waren von Nöten? Und wie hängen die komplexen Vorgänge zusammen?Zahlreiche Modelle wurden bereits beschrieben, die die grundlegenden Schritte für die Bildung organischer Moleküle auf der Erde oder im Weltall erklären. Doch scheiterten diese bisher daran tatsächlich...
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Wie entstehen Edelsteine? Wo gibt es sie? Und was können wir von ihnen lernen?
Bei der Bildung von Smaragd, Rubin, Diamant, Topas oder Opal sind die beteiligten Zutaten und Prozesse so vielfältig wie die Edelsteine selbst. Anschaulich erklärt Florian Neukirchen, wie seltene Elemente angereichert werden und wie es zu ungewöhnlichen Begegnungen zwischen Spurenelementen kommt. Während beispielsweise die Riesenkristalle eines Pegmatits innerhalb...
14) In the Woodland
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The natural environment is important for our sustainable living. Water bodies provide habitats for thousands of spices of aquatic and terrestrial plants and animals. Actually, wetlands provide values that no other ecosystem can. Trees grips the soils firm preventing landslides. They not only provide food in ecosystem but also produce fresh air, absorb carbon and prevent global warming. Floods, storms, fires are associated with environment degradation....
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Maps with the News is a lively assessment of the role of cartography in American journalism. Tracing the use of maps in American news reporting from the eighteenth century to the 1980s, Mark Monmonier explores why and how journalistic maps have achieved such importance.
"A most welcome and thorough investigation of a neglected aspect of both the history of cartography and modern cartographic practice."-Mapline
"A well-written, scholarly treatment...
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It may seem absurd to you: The Earth speaking? The geophysics graduate Sten Linnander couldn't believe it either. But even if it was unexplainable, what he "heard" sounded genuine and authentic. In this second book, he poses questions – his own and those of others - to the Earth. Can it be the "Earth" who answers? Read the book and determine for yourself.
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In 1996, during a ceremony as part of his spiritual-shamanic training in Arizona, Sten Linnander unexpectedly experienced the Earth speaking to him in a clear, unequivocal voice, asking him to go up on a mountain and "speak normally" to it. Thus began a three-month series of communications between the author and the Earth. It then took Sten fifteen years to overcome his doubts and skepticism, both about the statements made by the Earth and how they...
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Gazing up at the heavens from our backyards or a nearby field, most of us see an undifferentiated mess of stars-if, that is, we can see anything at all through the glow of light pollution. Today's casual observer knows far less about the sky than did our ancestors, who depended on the sun and the moon to tell them the time and on the stars to guide them through the seas. Nowadays, we don't need the sky, which is good, because we've made it far less...
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A New York Times New & Noteworthy Book
One of the Daily Beast's 5 Essential Books to Read Before the Election
A collection of the New Yorker's groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of climate change-including writing from Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Ian Frazier, Kathryn Schulz, and more
Just one year after climatologist James Hansen first came before a Senate committee and testified that the Earth was now warmer than it had ever...
20) Glorious Mud
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How did a boy from the South Dakota prairies end up as a tropical oceanographer?
When he was young, Gregg roamed the hills on horseback, hunting for fossils and rattlesnake dens, dreaming of adventure in faraway lands.
Fuelled by a boundless thirst for knowledge (and exotic food), always open to the call of serendipity, Gregg abandoned a budding career in music to go in pursuit of ....
MUD.
Why mud? Layers of sediment in lakes and oceans reveal...
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