ecology

Describes current fisheries failings, and provides recommendations for more sustainable practices (e.g., food and livelihood security, interdisciplinary approaches, ecosystem-based and community-based management, governance reforms, reduced capacity, and accountability.

Readers will learn about the environment and how it's sustainable.

Oil has been produced in 31 states in the United States and in the waters off its coasts. Approximately 17 percent of U.S. oil is produced by offshore oil wells.

Polar regions are the areas close to Earth?s two poles. Penguins can only be found in the southern polar region.

Describes how the world's forests are being destroyed, some of the causes and consequences of this destruction, and some ways of preventing it.

An interactive game where Bill Nye the Science Guy asks multiple choice questions on earth's history, resources, and environment topics covered in the Bill Nye the Science Guy programs, Climate, Farming, Garbage, and Pollution Solutions and Water Cycle. For two players or two teams, with plays up to 30 minutes, the game contains over 150 questions that are completely randomized, so students can play multiple times without seeing the same questions.

This title shows how the many food chains in an ecosystem come together and overlap to create food webs. This title explains what a food chain and food web is and the major players that make them, like producers, consumers, and decomposers.

"Has the Gulf of Mexico recovered from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill? As the tenth anniversary of the disaster approaches, this question is regularly posed. An international team of scientists has spent nearly that long studying its environmental impact ... For insight into the future, we journey to the Campeche region of Mexico that is still suffering four decades after the 1979 Ixtoc oil spill. ... "--Container insert.

Spring rains change Water from a tumbling creek to a roaring river and bring Tree nutrients it needs to stretch toward the sky. As Sun's rays intensify, the sprouts and fruits and insects of the forest grow and bloom and develop, all working together in harmony. Even Fire, whose work causes Tree to ache from the inside, brings opportunity for the next generation of flora and fauna. Paired with the vivid, organic imagery of Dominique Ramsey, Liz Garton Scanlon's poetic tribute to our planet's resilience is a resonant story of life, death, and regeneration.

"A colorful information book filled with 100 fascinating and mind-blowing facts. Scientists and historians have discovered a lot about our past, our future and how the world works, but SO MUCH remains unknown. What is dark matter? How fast could a T. rex run? How did Mary Queen of Scots keep her dying wishes secret from her enemies? This exciting book explores the edges of human knowledge and the vast world of science just waiting to be uncovered"--Publisher's description.