effect of human beings on

Describes the process of erosion, explaining what it is and how it affects the environment.

"What's your human footprint? Well, it's 13,056 pints of milk; 28,433 showers; 12,888 oranges; 14,518 candy bars; 43,371 cans of soda; and $52,972 worth of clothes, all in one lifetime. And that's just a fraction of the mountain of stuff you'll consume. Think of that times six billion other footprints. Makes you want to step more lightly on the Earth!"--P. [4] of cover.

A geographic survey of the earth's rainforests, their climate and ecological importance.

An environmental history of the Nashua River, from its discovery by Indians through the polluting years of the Industrial Revolution to the ambitious clean-up that revitalized it.

Provides descriptions of each of Earth's seven different biomes--areas with special kinds of climates, including rain forest, desert, grassland, temperate forest, taiga, tundra, and aquatic, and discusses the effects of humans on biomes.

Describes the world's diverse habitats and the close relationships between plants and animals, including humans, who must share those habitats.

Enna hopes that her new knowledge of how to wield fire will help protect her good friend Isi--the Princess Anidori--and all of Bayern against their enemies, but the need to burn is uncontrollable and puts Enna and her loved ones in grave danger.

Environmentalist Bill McKibben offers an optimistic assessment of the future of the planet, exploring how efforts to stop global warming have impacted the environment and possibly changed Earth for the better.

In a near future in which the diminishing oil supply has led to mass rioting, sixteen-year-old Faye is sent to an educational facility for "delinquents and crazies," where she is tormented by strange visions of a being sent to destroy the earth in order to save it.