EarthJames F. Luhr In the best-selling tradition of Smithsonian Animal, this extraordinary survey of our planet provides unrivaled insight into the forces and processes that formed our environment and which continue to influence its evolution. With thousands of breathtaking photographs and unique visual catalogues of the features and phenomena that take place on Earth--such as rocks, minerals, and mountains to tropical rainforests and the different types of clouds--Earth contains the most up-to-date ideas on how our world works, a compelling review on the health of the planet, and unbelievable images of the world's most stunning features. |
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... atmosphere . A LIFE - SUSTAINING ATMOSPHERE The Earth's first atmosphere was blasted away by impacts and the solar wind . Volcanism built up a secondary atmosphere by releasing nitrogen , carbon dioxide , and water vapor . The latter ...
... atmosphere . A LIFE - SUSTAINING ATMOSPHERE The Earth's first atmosphere was blasted away by impacts and the solar wind . Volcanism built up a secondary atmosphere by releasing nitrogen , carbon dioxide , and water vapor . The latter ...
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... ATMOSPHERE About 2,700 million years ago , primitive photo- synthesizing microorganisms released increasing volumes of oxygen into the early atmosphere . This oxygen was initially used up oxidizing iron in the oceans , and little ...
... ATMOSPHERE About 2,700 million years ago , primitive photo- synthesizing microorganisms released increasing volumes of oxygen into the early atmosphere . This oxygen was initially used up oxidizing iron in the oceans , and little ...
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... atmosphere 440-41 Energy in the atmosphere 442-43 Climate change 450-51 OF ALL CELESTIAL BODIES , the Sun has the most profound influence on the Earth , affecting our planet in several ways . Most obviously , Earth's movements and ...
... atmosphere 440-41 Energy in the atmosphere 442-43 Climate change 450-51 OF ALL CELESTIAL BODIES , the Sun has the most profound influence on the Earth , affecting our planet in several ways . Most obviously , Earth's movements and ...
Contents
MANAGING EDITOR Amanda Lebentz | 6 |
THE EARTH IN SPACE | 43 |
THE ANATOMY OF THE EARTH | 53 |
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Africa Antarctica Arctic Asia ATLANTIC OCEAN atmosphere Australia basaltic Basin boundary calcite carbon cave China climate cloud coast COLOR COMPOSITION contain continental cool coral Corbis crater crust CRYSTAL SYSTEM deep deposits desert Earth Earth's surface earthquake east erosion eruptions Europe evaporation fault flows forest fossil glacier glacier TERMINUS grains grasslands Gulf heat ice sheet igneous rocks impact intrusions island Lake land landscape largest lava layers limestone LOCATION magma mantle MAXIMUM DEPTH metamorphic meteorite million square km million years ago minerals mountains North America northern northwest occurs oceanic crust PACIFIC OCEAN Pacific Plate percent plants Plateau produce pyroclastic flows rain rainfall rainforest range reefs region ridges Rift rise river sand sea level sediment sedimentary rocks soil solar South southeast southern species square miles Stratovolcano streams subduction tectonic plates temperature trees tropical TYPE valley volcanic warm weathering wetlands wind world's zone