Natur

Take a deep breath and dive into the mysteries of the ocean. Our understanding of ocean life has changed dramatically in the last decade, with new species, new behaviours, and new habitats being discovered at a rapid rate.

The astonishing story of the maps and atlases throughout history that got it completely wrong

Prepare learners for IB assessment. Fully updated to cover the revised syllabus for first examination 2019, this comprehensive Study Guide reinforces the essential understanding learners need for IB exams. With an accessible format that clarifies and explains all the essential principles, this book supports maximum achievement in assessment.

A short, accessible guide for planning students embarking on a dissertation, taking them from choosing a question right through to analysing results.

This beautifully illustrated, full-color guide provides everything readers need to know about the medicinal powers of 90 native herbs of Iceland--85 of which also grow in North America. Anna Rosa Robertsdottir describes the history, uses, harvesting, drying, and storage of the plants, and includes a wealth of detailed instructions for their preparation--including infusions, decoctions, tinctures, and syrups. Generous color photographs of both the leaves and flowers facilitate plant identification, allowing both amateur and professional herbalists to use the guide to full advantage. User-friendly layout, meticulous research, a wealth of detailed information, and an extensive bibliography make this an essential, one-of-a-kind reference for anyone interested in the subject.   For each herb, sidebars describe: Habitat Parts used Harvesting Constituents History Action Uses Research Dosage

"Agriculture is rightly blamed as a major culprit of our climate crisis. But in this groundbreaking new book, Eric Toensmeier argues that agriculture--specifically, the subset of practices known as "carbon farming"--can, and should be, a linchpin of a global climate solutions platform"--

An Esquire Essential Book on Climate ChangeFrom the founder of the Climate Outreach and Information Network, a groundbreaking take on the most urgent question of our time: Why, despite overwhelming scientific evidence, do we still ignore climate change?ΓÇ£Please read this book, and think about it.ΓÇ¥ --Bill NyeMost of us recognize that climate change is real yet we do nothing to stop it. What is the psychological mechanism that allows us to know something is true but act as if it is not? George MarshallΓÇÖs search for the answers brings him face to face with Nobel Prize-winning psychologists and Texas Tea Party activists; the worldΓÇÖs leading climate scientists and those who denounce them; liberal environmentalists and conservative evangelicals. What he discovers is that our values, assumptions, and prejudices can take on lives of their own, gaining authority as they are shared, dividing people in their wake.With engaging stories and drawing on years of his own research, Marshall argues that the answers do not lie in the things that make us different, but rather in what we share: how our human brains are wired--our evolutionary origins, our perceptions of threats, our cognitive blind spots, our love of storytelling, our fear of death, and our deepest instincts to defend our family and tribe. Once we understand what excites, threatens, and motivates us, we can rethink climate change, for it is not an impossible problem. Rather, we can halt it if we make it our common purpose and common ground. In the end, DonΓÇÖt Even Think About It is both about climate change and about the qualities that make us human and how we can deal with the greatest challenge we have ever faced.

First-ever account of the American women from the roaring 1920s who were poisoned by the paint they worked with, and courageously fought for justice.

The international bestseller: a visually stunning photographic tour of Earth, from the astronaut who made us fall in love with our planet all over again.

Jeffrey D. Sachs is one of the world's most perceptive and original analysts of global development. In this major new work he presents a compelling and practical framework for how global citizens can use a holistic way forward to address the seemingly intractable worldwide problems of persistent extreme poverty, environmental degradation, and political-economic injustice: sustainable development. Sachs offers readers, students, activists, environmentalists, and policy makers the tools, metrics, and practical pathways they need to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. Far more than a rhetorical exercise, this book is designed to inform, inspire, and spur action. Based on Sachs's twelve years as director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, his thirteen years advising the United Nations secretary-general on the Millennium Development Goals, and his recent presentation of these ideas in a popular online course, The Age of Sustainable Development is a landmark publication and clarion call for all who care about our planet and global justice.

Great Maps takes a close look at the history of maps, from ancient maps such as medieval mappae mundi to Google Earth. Why do we put north at the top of maps? Which maps show us the way to Heaven, and which show the "e;land of no sunshine"e; or the land of "e;people with no bowels"e;? In Great Maps, author and historian Jerry Brotton tells the hidden story behind more than 60 of the most significant maps from around the world, picking out key features, stories, and techniques in rich visual detail to reveal the inner meaning buried within the landscape.Maps are not just geographical data: they reflect a particular ideological, historical, or cultural context. Providing a unique insight into how mapmakers have used maps to shape and depict their world view, this beautifully illustrated book traces the development of human development and culture through its maps. From the earliest rock carvings to the latest geospatial technology, from ancient medieval mappae mundi to the first road atlas, Great Maps explores in stunning photographic detail how maps have influenced and reflected our world throughout history.

The fascinating story of the king of the dinosaurs as never told before.

Examines the way in which modern food production has damaged the balance of human existence, and reveals that we have yet to resolve a centuries - old dilemma - one which holds the key to a host of problems, from obesity, the inexorable rise of the supermarkets, to the destruction of the natural world.

A Primer of Ecological Statistics emphasizes a general introduction to probability theory and provides a detailed discussion of specific designs and analyses that are typically encountered in ecology and environmental science. The second edition has been updated and features two new chapters on estimating ecological metrics.

In this revelatory book, Callum Roberts uses his lifetime's experience working with the oceans to show why they are the most mysterious places on earth, their depths still largely unexplored. In The Ocean of Life we get a panoramic tour beneath the seas: Why do currents circulate the way do? Where exactly do they go? How has the chemistry of the oceans changed? How polluted are we making them? Above all, Roberts reveals the richness of their life, and how it has altered over the centuries. The oceans are now under unprecedented threat. Not only does Roberts show how we are fishing our oceans to extinction, crucially, he explains how this directly affects our lives on land. Ninety-five percent of habitable space on earth lies in the oceans, and marine plants produce half the world's oxygen; the oceans themselves absorb vast quantities of carbon dioxide. The life they support is now in the balance.The Ocean of Life should galvanise debate worldwide. Roberts shows how we can arrest and reverse the damage we are doing. Tantalisingly, it is within our grasp to restore the life of the oceans. There is still time.

In 922 AD, an Arab envoy from Baghdad named Ibn Fadlan encountered a party of Viking traders on the upper reaches of the Volga River. In his subsequent report on his mission he gave a meticulous and astonishingly objective description of Viking customs, dress, table manners, religion and sexual practices, as well as the only eyewitness account ever written of a Viking ship cremation.Between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, Arab travellers such as Ibn Fadlan journeyed widely and frequently into the far north, crossing territories that now include Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Their fascinating accounts describe how the numerous tribes and peoples they encountered traded furs, paid tribute and waged wars. This accessible new translation offers an illuminating insight into the world of the Arab geographers, and the medieval lands of the far north.

Mary Siisip Geniusz has spent more than thirty years working with, living with, and using the Anishinaabe teachings, recipes, and botanical information she shares in "Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask." Geniusz gained much of the knowledge she writes about from her years as an oshkaabewis, a traditionally trained apprentice,

Global warming is perhaps the most dramatic example of what Timothy Morton calls "hyperobjects"-entities of such vast temporal and spatial dimensions that they defeat traditional ideas about what a thing is in the first place. Morton explains what hyperobjects are and their impact on how we think, how we coexist, and how we experience our politics, ethics, and art.

A guide to the history, development and cultivation of the Auricula with descriptions of more than 200 varieties both old and new.

Japanese gardeners have fine-tuned a distinctive set of pruning techniques that coax out the essential characters of their garden trees, or niwaki. Discussing the principles that underpin the techniques, this work offers guidelines for shaping pines, azaleas, conifers, broadleaved evergreens, bamboos, and deciduous trees.

The Wild Flower Key, written by the renowned author Francis Rose, is a captivating book that will surely grip the interest of its readers. Published in 2006 by Penguin Random House Children's UK, this book falls under a genre that is both educational and intriguing. The Wild Flower Key is not just a book, it's a journey that takes you through the beauty and intricacies of nature. Francis Rose, with his eloquent writing style, has beautifully encapsulated the essence of wildflowers. The book is a key, unlocking the mysteries and wonders of wildflowers that we often overlook. It is a must-read for nature enthusiasts and budding botanists. It's not just a book, it's an experience that educates and fascinates. The book is a testament to Francis Rose's profound knowledge and love for nature. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK, a name synonymous with quality literature, this book is a treasure trove of knowledge and beauty. Experience the wildflowers like never before with The Wild Flower Key.

This is the story of how Thor Heyderdahl and five other men crossed the Pacific Ocean on a balsa-wood raft in an extraordinary bid to prove Heyderdahl's theory that the Polynesians undertook the same feat on such a craft over 1000 years ago.

Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes's dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking achievement.

The definitive guide to the underwater life of the Red Sea region, home to the richest and most varied dive sites in the world.

The first of four volumes in the Eco-Technology series, which makes available for the first time Viktor Schauberger's original writings and passionate debates.

How does our economic system impact the way we live? Offering a crucial message for the modern world struggling to balance economic growth with the human costs of globalisation, Small Is Beautiful puts forward the revolutionary yet viable case for building our economies around the needs of communities, not corporations.

Redigeret af Peter Bondo Christensen og Signe HøgslundEn let tilgængelig bog om havets planter, som åbner læserens øjne for en ukendt verden under havets overflade. Gennem mange flotte billeder og en spændende historie pirrer bogen nysgerrigheden og gør læseren interesseret i denne del af naturvidenskaben og den marine økologi.Bogen fortæller bl.a., at havets alger er stamfaderen for planterne på land, hvorfor der ikke findes træer i havet, hvordan vi mennesker bruger havets planter i fx mad, tandpasta og kakaomælk, at der findes giftige planter i havet, at planterne kan have alle mulige former og farver, og at de har en stor økonomisk værdi. Bogen giver til sidst en anvisning på, hvordan man selv kan samle alger og bruge dem i madlavning eller i dekorative øjemed.Bogen henvender sig til alle, der har en interesse i det hav, der omgiver os. Målgruppen omfatter også folk, der besøger et af akvarierne eller de naturhistoriske museer i Danmark, samt folk, der på egen hånd eller sammen med en naturvejleder, oplever naturen i Danmark.

*Fully revised and updated for the 21st century*The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry takes readers on an entertaining and edifying tour of the universe. In Neil deGrasse Tyson's delightful journey through the cosmos, his fictional character Merlin responds to popular questions asked by adults and children alike. Merlin, a timeless visitor from Planet Omniscia in the Andromeda Galaxy, has observed first-hand many of the major scientific events of Earth's history. Merlin's friends include the most important scientific figures and explorers of all time - da Vinci, Magellan, Newton, Einstein and Hubble. While Merlin occasionally recounts playful conversations with these luminaries, all questions are answered with authentic science, infused with wit, wisdom, and an occasional rhyme. With the help of intermittent humorous cartoons, Merlin clarifies the details of familiar phenomena like gravity, light, space, and time and travels to distant stars and galaxies to describe what makes them tick, rotate, explode, and collapse. Merlin's Tour of the Universe is perfect for anyone who harbours burning questions on how the cosmos works.

En smukt illustreret bog om natur og kultur i et landskab, der er designet i evig forhandling mellem mennesker og voldsomme naturkræfter.Engang var Tønder en by med kniplingskøbmænd, studehandlere, sølvsmede og bådfolk. Man sejlede ind til Tønder havn med pramme, og Vadehavet forbandt bl.a. Tønder og Højer med Amsterdam, Tyskland og Norge.Bogen fortæller historien om den vilde velstand i området, som i dag kan aflæses i egnens unikke og smukt restaurerede bygningskultur. Her kunne store drømme kunne gå i opfyldelse – og lige så hurtigt forsvinde igen; fejet væk af havet.I Tøndermarsken er vandet en evig med- og modspiller. Diger og sluser har i flere hundrede år været en nødvendighed. Når det gælder de nyere udfordringer med forhøjet vandstand, som klimaændringerne fører med sig, har Tøndermarsken også været på forkant. Tøndermarsk Initiativet viser vej med nye klimatilpasninger, som samtidig skaber bedre vilkår for områdets berømte fugleliv og natur.Netop fuglene er grunden til, at Nationalpark Vadehavet er kommet på UNESCOS verdensarvsliste, og både Tøndermarsken og Vadehavet er i dag nogle af Danmarks rigeste fuglelokaliteter, som kan byde på masser af rovfugle, vandfugle og stære, der samler sig til sort sol om efteråret og er en kæmpe attraktion for både besøgende og fastboende.