environmental conditions

"In this lyrical and intimate tapestry of five stories dealing with life, loss, and survival in modern-day India, Meera Subramanian travels in search of the ordinary people and micro-enterprises redeeming India's natural world"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the diverse landscapes and the environmental issues of the fifty-four nations of Africa, detailing concerns like deforestation, pollution, and climate change and also discusses how the legacy of colonialism has contributed to the environmental problems of today and how creative solutions bring hope for conservation.

Text and illustrations explore the habitats, ecosystems, and biomes of Australia, and look at the plant and animal life found there.

When painter Winslow Homer first sailed into the Gulf of Mexico, he was struck by its "special kind of providence." Indeed, the Gulf presented itself as America?s sea?bound by geography, culture, and tradition to the national experience?and yet, there has never been a comprehensive history of the Gulf until now. And so, in this rich and original work that explores the Gulf through our human connection with the sea, environmental historian Jack E. Davis finally places this exceptional region into the American mythos in a sweeping history that extends from the Pleistocene age to the twenty-first century.

The Great Lakes?Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior?hold 20 percent of the world?s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan?s compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come.

"Alone in the rainforest, Joe is suddenly caught in a tropical storm. He uses his science skills to observe the habitat around him to build shelter, find food, and search for help."--Provided by publisher.

"A personal, lyrical, and idiosyncratic ode to our national parks"--.

"Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the 'population' of this geographic wonderland. The Amazon River basin teems with life--animal and plant alike. It's a rainforest that is home to an estimated 390 billion individual trees, 2.5 million species of insects, and hundreds of amazing creatures and plants that can either cure diseases, or, like the poison dart frog, kill with a single touch. 'Where Is the Amazon?' reveals the amazing scale of a single rainforest that we are still trying to understand today and that, in many ways, supports our existence on this planet"--Provided by publisher.