Earth Sciences

One of the first interdisciplinary discussions of taphonomy (the study of how fossil assemblages are formed) and paleoecology (the reconstruction o...

From cave paintings to the latest Siberian finds, woolly mammoths have fascinated people across Europe, Asia and North America for centuries. Remai...

How Japanese coastal residents and transnational conservationists collaborated to foster relationships between humans and sea life  Drawing the Sea...

Winner of the 2002 Phi Beta Kappa Award in ScienceMankind has recently come to the shocking realization that our ancestors survived hundreds of abr...

Breathtaking in scope, this is the first survey of the entire ecological history of life on land--from the earliest traces of terrestrial organisms...

The story of life's splendid drama has captivated generations of the general public, just as it has intrigued biologists, especially those who bega...

Peter J. Bowler seeks to recover some of this lost history in this work, giving an account of evolutionary morphology and its relationships with pa...

Breathtaking in scope, this is the first survey of the entire ecological history of life on land—from the earliest traces of terrestrial organisms ...

World Oceans: A Reference Handbook offers an in-depth discussion of the world's oceans. It discusses the marine life that is dependent on the sea a...

The theory of plate tectonics transformed earth science. The hypothesis that the earth’s outermost layers consist of mostly rigid plates that move ...

The Isle of Wight is a geological gem with its 110km (68 mile) long coastline displaying a range of rocks dating from Lower Cretaceous to Oligocene...

A newly revised and fully updated edition of the market-leading introduction to paleontology Designed for students and anyone else with an interest...

The fiftieth anniversary edition of a landmark publication showcasing prehistoric North American landscapes and ecosystems, from a celebrated paleo...

This memoir follows the sixty-year meteorology career of Robert M. Atlas.   As a young child, Robert M. Atlas would often look up at the sky, obser...

The most comprehensive and up-to-date volume on environmental chemistry available today, this is the standard reference for any chemical or environ...

A valuable resource for geologists, engineers, and students across multiple disciplines, this is the most comprehensive and in-depth study of the d...

In Abundant Earth, Eileen Crist not only documents the rising tide of biodiversity loss, but also lays out the drivers of this wholesale destructio...

What can the interactions of ancient mammals and their environments tell us about the present—and the future?Classic paleontology has focused on th...

In Abundant Earth, Eileen Crist not only documents the rising tide of biodiversity loss, but also lays out the drivers of this wholesale destructio...

The Climate Change Debate: A Reference Handbook provides an in-depth look at climate change facts and statistics. It also discusses debate surround...