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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James F. Luhr. ATMOSPHERE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE 26-41 The Earth's past 48-49 The Earth and Sun 121 Meteorite impacts 262-63 Glaciers 442-43 Energy in the atmosphere THE WORLD'S CLIMATES are changing constantly . In the past they have ...
James F. Luhr. ATMOSPHERE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE 26-41 The Earth's past 48-49 The Earth and Sun 121 Meteorite impacts 262-63 Glaciers 442-43 Energy in the atmosphere THE WORLD'S CLIMATES are changing constantly . In the past they have ...
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James F. Luhr. CLIMATE CLIMATE REGIONS 282-301 Deserts 302-21 Forests 322-31 Wetlands 334-41 Grasslands 342-43 Tundra SCIENTISTS DIVIDE THE WORLD into regions according to their climates . The first system , devised by Aristotle , based ...
James F. Luhr. CLIMATE CLIMATE REGIONS 282-301 Deserts 302-21 Forests 322-31 Wetlands 334-41 Grasslands 342-43 Tundra SCIENTISTS DIVIDE THE WORLD into regions according to their climates . The first system , devised by Aristotle , based ...
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... climate . It has areas that receive no rain for several years but then experience a violent , short - lived storm . This is because hot air rises over the equator and sinks over the subtropics , creating ... climates DISTRIBUTION In. CLIMATE.
... climate . It has areas that receive no rain for several years but then experience a violent , short - lived storm . This is because hot air rises over the equator and sinks over the subtropics , creating ... climates DISTRIBUTION In. CLIMATE.
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