Discover Nature In Water And Wetlands

Author : Elizabeth Lawlor
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811740390
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discover Nature in Water & Wetlands written by Elizabeth Lawlor and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 1999-12-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wealth of information. - Booklist "A nice range of accessible information and activities." - Orion Afield

Author : Catherine Owen Koning
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022655449X
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wading Right In written by Catherine Owen Koning and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-08-09 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where can you find mosses that change landscapes, salamanders with algae in their skin, and carnivorous plants containing whole ecosystems in their furled leaves? Where can you find swamp-trompers, wildlife watchers, marsh managers, and mud-mad scientists? In wetlands, those complex habitats that play such vital ecological roles. In Wading Right In, Catherine Owen Koning and Sharon M. Ashworth take us on a journey into wetlands through stories from the people who wade in the muck. Traveling alongside scientists, explorers, and kids with waders and nets, the authors uncover the inextricably entwined relationships between the water flows, natural chemistry, soils, flora, and fauna of our floodplain forests, fens, bogs, marshes, and mires. Tales of mighty efforts to protect rare orchids, restore salt marshes, and preserve sedge meadows become portals through which we visit major wetland types and discover their secrets, while also learning critical ecological lessons. The United States still loses wetlands at a rate of 13,800 acres per year. Such loss diminishes the water quality of our rivers and lakes, depletes our capacity for flood control, reduces our ability to mitigate climate change, and further impoverishes our biodiversity. Koning and Ashworth’s stories captivate the imagination and inspire the emotional and intellectual connections we need to commit to protecting these magical and mysterious places.

Author : Christopher Van Tilburg
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811731935
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introducing Your Kids to the Outdoors written by Christopher Van Tilburg and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2004-10-13 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hiking, trekking, camping, climbing, biking, skiing, snowboarding, swimming, whitewater rafting, and mountaineering with children of all ages 50 family adventure trips--close-to-home, budget-wise, and national parks How to plan, pack, and organize trips, especially tricky with infants and toddlers and extended, mixed, or blended families A helpful guide for parents who want to keep traveling, remain active in the outdoors, and get their kids interested in nature and the environment. Blends interactive parenting and coaching skills with outdoor sports, adventure, and travel. Taking children on camping trips or rafting trips can be a challenge, but by balancing safety and adventure, independence for older children, and family participation, everyone can have fun. A section on safety includes basic first aid and what to put in emergency kits.

Author : Laurie Lawlor
Publisher : Terrace Books
ISBN 13 : 9780299214647
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book This Tender Place written by Laurie Lawlor and published by Terrace Books. This book was released on 2007-01-23 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: German jurist and legal theorist Carl Schmitt (1888-1985) significantly influenced Western political and legal thinking in the last century, yet his life and work have also stirred considerable controversy. While his ideas have been used and diffused by prominent philosophers on both the left and the right, such as Jurgen Habermas and Leo Strauss, his Nazi-era past, especially his active efforts to remove Jewish influence from German law, has cast a cloud over his life and oeuvre. Still, his many supporters have generally been successful in claiming that Schmitt's was an "antisemitism of opportunity," a temporary affectation to gain favor with the Nazis. In Carl Schmitt and the Jews, available in English for the first time, historian Raphael Gross vigorously repudiates this "opportunism thesis." Through a reading of Schmitt's corpus, some of which became available only after his death, Gross highlights the importance of the "Jewish Question" on the breadth of Schmitt's work. According to Gross, Schmitt's antisemitism was at the core of his work--before, during, and after the Nazi era. His influential polarities of "friend and foe," "law and nomos," "behemoth and Leviathan," and "ketechon and Antichrist" emerge from a conceptual template in which "the Jew" is defined as adversary, undermining the Christian order with secularization. The presence of this template at the heart of Schmitt's work, Gross contends, calls for a major reassessment of Schmitt's role within contemporary cultural and legal theory.

Author : Alfred J. Smuskiewicz
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 0836878752
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Properties of Water written by Alfred J. Smuskiewicz and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2007-01-12 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gareth Stevens Vital Science books are designed to help prepare students for NCLB science testing by reinforcing key concepts across the science curriculum. The six volumes in Earth Science use clear language and a variety of photographs, illustrations, and diagrams to help students understand the properties of rocks, soils, water, gases, and fossils. Weather, biomes and ecosystems, and earth's core and crust are also covered, making this a comprehensive and indispensable resource.

Author : Carolina Biological Supply Company
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1210 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Author : William J. Mitsch
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118676823
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wetlands written by William J. Mitsch and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The single most important book on wetlands, newly expanded and updated Wetlands is the definitive guide to this fragile ecosystem, providing the most comprehensive coverage and in-depth information available in print. Recently updated and expanded, this latest edition contains brand new information on Wetland Ecosystem Services and an updated discussion on Wetland, Carbon, and Climate Change and Wetland Creation and Restoration. Due to popular demand, the authors have brought back five streamlined chapters on wetland ecosystems that had been removed from previous editions, and provided more robust ancillary materials including an online color photo gallery, PowerPoint slides, and several video case studies. As nature's kidneys, wetland ecosystems help the environment process toxins and excess fertilizers and maintain the relative health of our aquatic ecosystems. As the understanding of their importance grows, their management and ecology have gained increased attention and have become an area of professional specialization over the past two decades. This book gives readers a solid understanding of wetlands, how they work, what they do, and why the Earth can't live without them. Understand wetlands' role in the ecosystem, from local to global scales Appreciate the fact that wetlands may be the most logical and economical way to sequester carbon from the atmosphere Discover the unique characteristics that make wetlands critically important for improving water quality, reducing storm and flood damage, and providing habitat to support biodiversity Learn how wetlands are being managed or destroyed around the globe but also how we can create and restore them Examine the ways in which climate change is affecting wetland ecosystems and wetland ecosystems affect climate change Wetlands are crucial to the health of the planet, and we've only begun to realize the magnitude of the damage that has already been done as we scramble to save them. A generation of ecologists, ecological engineers, land use planners, and water resource managers worldwide owe their knowledge of the wetlands to this book – for the next generation to follow in their footsteps, Wetlands 5th edition is the quintessential guide to these critical systems.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Michigan Audubon Society Quarterly News Letter written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
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Author : John Willis
Publisher : Weigl Publishers
ISBN 13 : 148964184X
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wetlands written by John Willis and published by Weigl Publishers. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that wetlands are like large sponges? They store water from rain and melted snow. Crocodiles, turtles, and muskrats can all be found in wetland ecosystems. Discover more intriguing facts in Wetlands, an Exploring Ecosystems book.