Earth Science
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Alison Kalett
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Ingrid Gnerlich
Publisher, Sciences, Europe
91桃色鈥檚 earth science list ranges widely, with particular strengths in climatology, ocean science, atmospheric science, and the biogeosciences. Our books often employ quantitative and computational methods in their explorations of the complex rhythms of our planet, and are in conversation with the Press鈥檚 strong lists in physics, biology, planetary science, paleontology, and ecosystem science.
We serve readers at all levels, publishing monographs and advanced textbooks for researchers and students, and works of popular science introducing general readers to exciting topics in Earth鈥檚 past, present, and future, from mass extinctions to geoengineering.
New & Noteworthy
Edited by David Thomas
Edited by Ben A. Minteer and Jonathan B. Losos Losos
Featured Audiobooks
Series
Ideas
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Karen G. Lloyd on Intraterrestrials
Intraterrestrials by Karen G. Llyod is a biologist鈥檚 firsthand account of the hunt for life beneath earth鈥檚 surface鈥攁nd how new discoveries are challenging our most basic assumptions about the nature of life on Earth.
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Stephen Porder on Elemental
It is rare for life to change Earth, yet three organisms have profoundly transformed our planet over the long course of its history.
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David Drewry on The Land Beneath the Ice
For some years I had felt need to produce a coherent story about the 鈥渂ig science鈥� project to map the ice thickness of Antarctica and the land that lies beneath. This is truly the last place on Earth to be surveyed.
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Marcia Bjornerud on Geopedia
Geopedia聽is a trove of geologic wonders and the evocative terms that humans have devised to describe them. Featuring dozens of entries鈥攆rom Acasta gneiss to Zircon鈥攖his illustrated compendium is brimming with lapidary and lexical insights that will delight rockhounds and word lovers alike.
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Book Club Pick: Land of Wondrous Cold
Antarctica, the ice kingdom hosting the South Pole, looms large in the human imagination. The secrets of this vast frozen desert have long tempted explorers, but its brutal climate and glacial shores notoriously resist human intrusion.
