Earth Sciences
8 books
Earth Sciences
425
Agnes Giberne - Ocean of Air - Meteorology for Beginners
This is an immensely readable book explaining anything to do with air — the atmosphere, wind and clouds, and life. This 1896 explanation has since been overtaken by more specific scientific discoveries, but the...
9 hours 52 minutes
Earth Sciences
537
US Global Change Research Program - Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II: Impacts, Risks and Adaption in the United States
Are you interested in learning about climate change and its current and future effects on the United States? The Fourth National Climate Assessment – Volume II is a 2018 report written in non-technical language by the...
8 hours 48 minutes
Nature
584
US Comm. for the Global Atmospheric Research Program - Understanding Climatic Change
Understanding Climatic Change — A Program for Action is a 1975 report by the US Committee for the Global Atmospheric Research Program. Already at this time, it was understood that a climate change was taking place,...
7 hours 37 minutes
Nature
638
Edmund Christopherson - Night The Mountain Fell; The Story Of The Montana-Yellowstone Earthquake
A severe earthquake, centered in the vacation area of West Yellowstone, Montana, shook the ground and its inhabitants and visitors on August 17, 1959, at 11.37 pm. A mountainside fell, a lake formed, roads and houses...
1 hour 55 minutes
Nature
488
Edward Tyson Allen - Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest
Written by a forester, this book aims to educate people on the importance of maintaining forests and those events which pose a danger to forests. It looks at forests from multiple points of view, the public,...
4 hours 25 minutes
Chemistry
432
John Mastin - Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones
This is a good basic introduction to gemstones and their analysis. Admittedly a lot of the scientific tests have been superseded, but the basic properties never change. The first part of the book concentrates on...
2 hours 58 minutes
