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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... species of tree unique to the island of Molokai , has been extinct in the wild since 1918. Ten grafted plants remain in cultivation , but the species of Hawaiian honeycreeper that fed on the plant's nectar is now extinct . PLANET EARTH ...
... species of tree unique to the island of Molokai , has been extinct in the wild since 1918. Ten grafted plants remain in cultivation , but the species of Hawaiian honeycreeper that fed on the plant's nectar is now extinct . PLANET EARTH ...
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... species of animals . An ecosystem is a functional rather than descriptive term . It refers to the ways living organisms interact with each other and with the physical and chemical factors of their surroundings . An ecosystem is never ...
... species of animals . An ecosystem is a functional rather than descriptive term . It refers to the ways living organisms interact with each other and with the physical and chemical factors of their surroundings . An ecosystem is never ...
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... species is under threat , while the figure is one in eight for birds . Plants fare less badly , but even so , more than 7,000 species are listed as endangered . However , these figures represent only the tip of the iceberg , because the ...
... species is under threat , while the figure is one in eight for birds . Plants fare less badly , but even so , more than 7,000 species are listed as endangered . However , these figures represent only the tip of the iceberg , because the ...
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