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Mars, the red planet, is ingrained in our culture, from David Bowie's extra-terrestrial spiders to Captain Scarlet to War of the Worlds. It has inspired hundreds of authors, scientists and science-fiction writers - but why? What is it about this particular planet that makes it so intriguing? Ancient mythologies defined Mars as a violent harbinger of war, star-gazers puzzled over its peculiar motion, and astrologers defined human personalities by its position and bizarre dance through the sky.

The Flat Earth Clues book gives you 12 compelling reasons why you should rethink the globe model that you have been taught. Before you were born, before your parents, your grandparents, before you even had a family line. There was the illusion, the trick, the lie that you lived on a small spinning rock flying through space. You thought it was true, because children don't believe in lies. And you grew up, and it was still true, because science is never wrong....

Disaster relief as we know it did not exist when the deadliest tornado in U.S. history gouged a path from southeast Missouri through southern Illinois and into southwestern Indiana. The tri-state tornado of 1925 hugged the ground for 219 miles, generated wind speeds in excess of 300 miles per hour, and killed 695 people.

Drones are revolutionizing ocean conservation. By flying closer and seeing more, drones enhance intimate contact between ocean scientists and activists and marine life. In the process, new dependencies between nature, technology, and humans emerge, and a paradox becomes apparent: Can we have a wild ocean whose survival is reliant upon technology? In Oceaning, Adam Fish answers this question through eight stories of piloting drones to stop the killing of porpoises, sharks, and seabirds and to check the vitality of whales, seals, turtles, and coral reefs.

Survive the Season: Gulf States is your essential guide to staying safe and prepared through every season in one of America’s most disaster-prone regions. Whether you’re facing Category 5 hurricanes, flash floods, or relentless heatwaves, this handbook offers clear, actionable steps to protect yourself, your family, and your property year-round.

Regen on Purpose is a podcast for leaders who sense that sustainability alone isn’t enough.Hosted by Karen Gray, the podcast explores what it really takes to move from sustainability to regeneration designing and delivering systems that become healthier over time.Drawing on three decades of experience in delivery leadership, people development, and transformation, each episode looks at why change often struggles to hold, and how leadership decisions, delivery choices, and learning environments shape long-term outcomes.This is a space for thoughtful conversations about building what lasts for...

Hi, my name is Fujiko, and I like to research and talk about possible propositions for various environmental issues! This podcast is informational, yet also entertaining at the same time, through jokes, rhymes, and more! Episodes in Pro-Planetary Propositions will allow you to gain knowledge and learn how we, as humans, can try to solve or at least fix these global problems. If you're interested in Biology, Environmental Science, Chemistry, and simply just caring for the earth, go check this out!

El agua subterránea es de las principales fuentes de abastecimiento en la actualidad, mediante la Perforación de pozos y la instalación de equipos de bombeo sumergibles es como se logra su aprovechamiento. Los pozos de agua profundos tienen una gran variedad de dimensiones en cuanto a su profundidad y diámetro, así como su estructura que puede ser de pvc en sus distintos grados de especificación, así como en acero al carbón entre otras aleaciones.

Earth, from space, looks like a shimmering gem suspended in an inky, infinite expanse. But this serene image masks the magnificent and volatile interior forces that make life possible for millions of species on the surface. The placid appearances of our neighboring planets similarly belie their powers—and science fiction-worthy features, like diamond rain.

The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look...

Scientists' understanding of life is progressing more rapidly than at any point in human history, from the extraordinary decoding of DNA to the controversial emergence of biotechnology. Featuring pioneering biologists, geneticists, physicists, and science writers, Life explains just how far we've come - and takes a brilliantly educated guess at where we're heading.

For almost 500 years, human beings have been finding ways to circle the Earth - by sail, steam, or liquid fuel; by cycling, driving, flying, going into orbit, even by using their own bodily power. The story begins with the first centuries of circumnavigation, when few survived the attempt: In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan left Spain with five ships and 270 men, but only one ship and 35 men returned, not including Magellan, who died in the Philippines. Starting with these dangerous voyages, Joyce Chaplin takes us on a trip of our own as we travel with Francis Drake, William Dampier, Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, and James Cook.

In December 1929, in a cave near Peking, a group of anthropologists and archaeologists that included a young French Jesuit priest named Pierre Teilhard de Chardin uncovered a prehuman skull. The find quickly became known around the world as Peking Man and was acclaimed as the missing link between erect hunting apes and our Cro-Magnon ancestors. It also became a provocative piece of evidence in the roiling debate over creationism versus evolution.

The story begins on a windswept beach in Barbados, from where we follow the ascent of a weather balloon that will travel along the jet stream all around the world. From this viewpoint we observe the effect of the jet in influencing human life around the hemisphere, and witness startling changes emerging. What is the jet stream and how well do we understand it? How does it affect our weather and is it changing? These are the main questions tackled in this book.

Miguel Miranda é geofísico e durante dez anos dirigiu o IPMA. José Manuel Fernandes é jornalista mas antes pensou que ia ser biólogo. Uma conversa sobre Ciência com o nosso planeta como pano de fundo.

The Pledgeball podcast is what happens when sport, culture and climate action meet.Hosted by our CEO Katie Cross and football YouTube royalty Laurence McKenna, each episode welcomes a new guest to explore the intersection of sport and sustainability, from football clubs and players to creators, campaigners and voices from beyond the sporting world. Together, they dig into practical, realistic actions fans and communities can take, from travel and food to fast fashion and the systems around the game we love.Courtesy of some very special guests, we'll keep you updated on the goings on in the ...

Geologist and writer Ian Jackson reads a selection of stories from pages of his five books about northern rocks and their connections with our landscape ….and us. The stories of this first series – Time travelling - begin almost 500 million years ago and end with the Roman conquest of the north.

Podcast dla wszystkich, którzy kochają mapy, geografię i interesują się procesami, które stworzyły świat wokół nas. Zaprasza dziennikarz, podróżnik i geograf - Marcin Nowak

Tempeste, alluvioni, siccità, scioglimento dei ghiacciai, inquinamento dei fiumi e dei mari. Sono tanti i cambiamenti che il nostro paesaggio sta attraversando a causa della crisi climatica. Cambiamenti che hanno un impatto gigantesco sulle comunità, sull’economia e sull’ambiente, a partire dalla risorsa naturale per eccellenza, quella che regola il ritmo dei monti, salvaguarda la biodiversità, e ci dà la vita: l’acqua. Goccia a goccia - La sfida della gestione dell’acqua in un mondo che cambia è un podcast di Viveracqua prodotto da Will Scritto da Alice Facchini e raccontato da ...

Xia, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, investigates the impacts of engineered landscapes, the market pressures of development, and the ecological activism and political scrimmages that have carved our contemporary coastline—and foretell even greater changes to our shores. From the beaches of the Mexican border up to the sheer-cliffed North Coast, the voices of Indigenous leaders, community activists, small-town mayors, urban engineers, and environmental scientists commingle. Together, they chronicle the challenges and urgency of forging a climate-wise future.