The story of our home planet and the organisms spread across its surface is far more spectacular than any Hollywood blockbuster, filled with enough plot twists to rival a bestselling thriller. But only recently have we begun to piece together the whole mystery into a coherent narrative. Drawing on his decades of field research and up-to-the-minute understanding of the latest science, geologist Andrew H. Knoll delivers a biography of Earth, charting...

"A nonfiction primer on all thing volcanoes, including the different types of volcanoes, the work of volcanologists, and more." --

When natural disasters happen they grab headlines around the world. People, creatures, and the environment are all impacted when nature gets out of control. Natural disasters can be upsetting to live through, but scientists today better understand their causes and how we can protect ourselves and others. Natural Disasters: Investigate Earth's Most Destructive Forces with 25 Projects teaches readers about some of the natural disasters throughout

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Presents a tour of Earth's natural structures, weather patterns, ocean phenomena, and constantly changing features.

"How old is the earth? Where is the ice three miles thick? Why are volcanoes so dangerous? Where are the wettest and driest spots on the planet? Find the answers to these questions--and many more--in Earth by the numbers."--Dust jacket flap.

"Award-winning children's author Anita Ganeri takes curious kids who love learning to the most incredible locations in the world. This science book for kids includes breathtaking images and mind-blowing facts about our majestic home - Earth! Turn the pages to discover natural wonders, stunning vistas and other jaw-dropping places from around the world. Over 100 far-flung locations around the globe with areas so incredible you'll barely be able to...

Presents concepts in earth sciences using lively descriptions and cartoon illustrations personifying each concept.

This milestone study -- the first and still the most popular work on Atlantis -- has influenced countless scholars the world over since its publication in 1882. This edition of Atlantis: The Antediluvian World reproduces the illustrated classic that established the modern science of Atlantology -- research based on the belief that there once existed opposite the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea the remnant of an Atlantic continent which was home to...

The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano — Krakatoa.

The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa — the name has since become a byword for a cataclysmic disaster — was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly

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Weaving together science with the human human story of our ambition to control rain, Barnett tells the story of rain-- elemental, mysterious, precious, and destructive.