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New Titles Geology, Geography, and Environmental Studies

Recent Purchases in Geology, Geography and Environmental Studies

Speak to the earth and it will teach you : the life and times of Earl Douglass, 1862-1931 / G.E. Douglass ; [Diane Douglass Iverson, editor] November 6, 2009
Geography : a very short introduction / John A. Matthews and David T. Herbert September 18, 2009
Advances in ecological research September 4, 2009
Climate extremes and society / edited by Henry F. Diaz and Richard J. Murnane July 8, 2009
Climatic cataclysm : the foreign policy and national security implications of climate change / Kurt M. Campbell, editor July 8, 2009
Sudden and disruptive climate change : exploring the real risks and how we can avoid them / edited by Michael C. MacCracken, Frances Moore and John C. Topping, Jr July 8, 2009
Ibn Battuta / L.P. Harvey July 1, 2009
Poison in the well : radioactive waste in the oceans at the dawn of the nuclear age / Jacob Darwin Hamblin July 1, 2009
'A happy holiday' : English Canadians and transatlantic tourism, 1870-1930 / Cecilia Morgan July 1, 2009
Global warming : the answer (the energy dividend) / by Wilfred Candler July 1, 2009
Slicing the silence : voyaging to Antarctica / Tom Griffiths July 1, 2009
Mapping a continent : historical atlas of North America, 1492-1814 / Raymonde Litalien, Jean-Franðcois Palomino, Denis Vaugeois ; translated by Kèathe Roth July 1, 2009
Love Canal revisited : race, class, and gender in environmental activism / Elizabeth D. Blum July 1, 2009
Greenhouse gas sinks / edited by David S. Reay ... [et al.] July 1, 2009
Packaged vacations : tourism development in the Spanish Caribbean / Evan R. Ward July 1, 2009
Geology of the Netherlands / editors, Theo E. Wong, Dick A.J. Batjes, and Jan de Jager July 1, 2009
Breathing life into fossils : taphonomic studies in honor of C.K. (Bob) Brain / editors, Travis Rayne Pickering, Kathy Schick, Nicholas Toth July 1, 2009
Atmosphere, ocean, and climate dynamics : an introductory text / John Marshall and R. Alan Plumb July 1, 2009
An appeal to reason : a cool look at global warming / Nigel Lawson July 1, 2009
Earth surface processes, landforms and sediment deposits / John Bridge and Robert Demicco July 1, 2009
GNSS--global navigation satellite systems : GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and more / Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, Herbert Lichtenegger, Elmar Wasle July 1, 2009
Climate variability and the global harvest : impacts of El Niäno and other oscillations on agroecosystems / Cynthia Rosenzweig, Daniel Hillel July 1, 2009
The American West at risk : science, myths, and politics of land abuse and recovery / Howard G. Wilshire, Jane E. Nielson, Richard W. Hazlett July 1, 2009
Environmental reform in the information age : the contours of informational governance / Arthur P.J. Mol July 1, 2009
Foundations of environmental sustainability : the coevolution of science and policy / edited by Larry L. Rockwood, Ronald E. Stewart, Thomas Dietz July 1, 2009
A reef in time : the Great Barrier Reef from beginning to end / J.E.N. Veron July 1, 2009
Down to earth : nature's role in American history / Ted Steinberg July 1, 2009
Fens and bogs in the Netherlands : vegetation, history, nutrient dynamics, and conservation / edited by J.T.A. Verhoeven July 1, 2009
Atlas of exploration / cartography by Philip's ; foreword by John Hemming July 1, 2009
Green plans : blueprint for a sustainable earth / Huey D. Johnson ; with a new afterword by the author July 1, 2009
The power of place : geography, destiny, and globalization's rough landscape / Harm de Blij July 1, 2009
Learning native wisdom : what traditional cultures teach us about subsistence, sustainability, and spirituality / Gary Holthaus July 1, 2009
A dictionary of earth sciences July 1, 2009
Oceans / Trevor Day ; illustrations by Richard Garratt July 1, 2009
The biology of polar regions / David N. Thomas ... [et al.] July 1, 2009
International environmental law and policy in Africa / [edited] by Beatrice Chaytor and Kevin R. Gray July 1, 2009
Global fever : how to treat climate change / William H. Calvin July 1, 2009
Transboundary policy challenges in the Pacific border regions of North America / edited by James Loucky, Donald K. Alper and J.C. Day July 1, 2009
Protogaea / Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ; translated & edited by Claudine Cohen & Andre Wakefield July 1, 2009
Climate change and vulnerability / edited by Neil Leary ... [et al.] July 1, 2009
Authors of the storm : meteorologists and the culture of prediction / Gary Alan Fine July 1, 2009
Artifact : a cultural geography of Wyoming / Michael McClure ; foreword and overview Phil Roberts July 1, 2009
The middle path : avoiding environmental catastrophe / Eric Lambin ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise July 1, 2009
Global outlook for ice & snow / [editor, Joan Eamer ; maps and graphics, Hugo Ahlenius; authors, Pêal Prestrud ... et al.] July 1, 2009
Fossil ecosystems of North America : a guide to the sites and their extraordinary biotas / John R. Nudds, Paul A. Selden July 1, 2009
Worlds before Adam : the reconstruction of geohistory in the age of reform / Martin J.S. Rudwick July 1, 2009
Oil, water and climate : an introduction / Catherine Gautier July 1, 2009
Discontinuities in ecosystems and other complex systems / Craig R. Allen and C.S. Holling, editors July 1, 2009
Censoring science : inside the political attack on Dr. James Hansen and the truth of global warming / Mark Bowen July 1, 2009
The Columbia gazetteer of the world / edited by Saul B. Cohen July 1, 2009
Supercontinent : ten billion years in the life of our planet / Ted Nield July 1, 2009
Sing it pretty : a memoir / Bess Lomax Hawes July 1, 2009
How the ocean works : an introduction to oceanography / Mark Denny July 1, 2009
Producing knowledge, protecting forests : rural encounters with gender, ecotourism, and international aid in the Dominican Republic / Light Carruyo July 1, 2009
Innovation, science, and environment : Canadian policies and performance, 2008-2009 / edited by Glen Toner July 1, 2009
Ignoring the apocalypse : why planning to prevent environmental catastrophe goes astray / David Howard Davis July 1, 2009
Water policy for sustainable development / David Lewis Feldman July 1, 2009
Arctic spectacles : the frozen North in visual culture, 1818-1875 / Russell A. Potter July 1, 2009
Pacific lady : the first woman to sail solo across the world's largest ocean / Sharon Sites Adams with Karen J. Coates ; foreword by Randall Reeves July 1, 2009
The legacy of the Mastodon : the golden age of fossils in America / Keith Thomson July 1, 2009
Swimming up the Tigris : real life encounters with Iraq / Barbara Nimri Aziz July 1, 2009
Environment : an interdisciplinary anthology / selected, edited, and with introductions by Glenn Adelson ... [et al.] ; illustrations editor, Erin Sheley July 1, 2009
Big Bone Lick : the cradle of American paleontology / Stanley Hedeen ; foreword by John Mack Faragher July 1, 2009
A question of balance : weighing the options on global warming policies / William Nordhaus July 1, 2009
Local environmental movements : a comparative study of the United States and Japan / edited by Pradyumna P. Karan and Unryu Suganuma ; cartography by Dick Gilbreath July 1, 2009
Lost land of the dodo : an ecological history of Mauritius, Râeunion & Rodrigues / Anthony Cheke and Julian Hume July 1, 2009
Environmental policy analysis and practice / Michael R. Greenberg July 1, 2009
River science at the U.S. Geological Survey / Committee on River Science at the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies July 1, 2009
Cultural landscapes : balancing nature and heritage in preservation practice / Richard Longstreth, editor July 1, 2009
Cartographia / Vincent Virga and the Library of Congress ; introduction by Ronald E. Grim ; afterword by James H. Billington July 1, 2009
Ecological restoration of aquatic and semi-aquatic ecosystems in the Netherlands (NW Europe) / guest editors, P.H. Nienhuis & R.D. Gulati July 1, 2009
Marine natural resources and technological development : an economic analysis of the wealth from the oceans / Marco Colazingari July 1, 2009
The SAGE handbook of environment and society / edited by Jules Pretty ... [et al.] July 1, 2009
Nature's clocks : how scientists measure the age of almost everything / Doug Macdougall July 1, 2009
Canada rocks / Nick Eyles and Andrew Miall July 1, 2009
Darkening peaks : glacier retreat, science, and society / edited by Ben Orlove, Ellen Wiegandt, and Brian H. Luckman July 1, 2009
The formation and future of the upper Texas coast : a geologist answers questions about sand, storms, and living by the sea / John B. Anderson July 1, 2009
Human impacts on ancient marine ecosystems : a global perspective / edited by Torben C. Rick and Jon M. Erlandson July 1, 2009
A primer of GIS : fundamental geographic and cartographic concepts / Francis Harvey July 1, 2009
The state of health atlas : mapping the challenges and causes of disease / Diarmuid O'Donovan July 1, 2009
Climate change and adaptation / edited by Neil Leary ... [et al.] July 1, 2009
Ecology : a pocket guide / Ernest Callenbach July 1, 2009
Glacial geology and geomorphology : the landscapes of Ireland / A. Marshall McCabe July 1, 2009
The atlas of endangered species / Richard Mackay July 1, 2009
A love of the land : selected writings of John Fraser Hart / edited with an introduction by John C. Hudson July 1, 2009
An environmental history of Latin America / Shawn William Miller July 1, 2009
Our waters : joining hands across borders : first assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters / Economic Commission for Europe July 1, 2009
Snow and climate : physical processes, surface energy exchange and modeling / edited by Richard L. Armstrong, Eric Brun July 1, 2009
A Bibliography of East European travel writing on Europe / edited by Wendy Bracewell, Alex Drace-Francis July 1, 2009
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