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Explore and understand the natural and human wonders of our planet.

Now, in its third edition, this landmark encyclopedia celebrates our planet and explains the science underpinning the forces and processes that have made and shaped it. Artworks, photographs, terrain models, and maps are combined to capture the power of landscapes and natural events and show their hidden sides, explaining, for example, how an earthquake is triggered and how burning fossil fuels is driving a climate emergency.

In this earth book, you will find:

-More than 3,000 photographs, artworks, and maps

-A 40-page timeline of Earth''s history includes human evolution and the story of human colonisation of the planet

-Sections which explore human impact features - on subjects from deforestation to population growth

-An atlas section includes original maps centred on Earth''s seven major tectonic plates

Parts of the book lay out systematic and in-dep

Earth

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      Publisher Dorling Kindersley Ltd
      Published 5 February 2024
      ISBN-13 9780241515617
      978-0241515617
      ISBN-10 241515610
      Also in:
      Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Earth sciences

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Explore and understand the natural and human wonders of our planet.

      Now, in its third edition, this landmark encyclopedia celebrates our planet and explains the science underpinning the forces and processes that have made and shaped it. Artworks, photographs, terrain models, and maps are combined to capture the power of landscapes and natural events and show their hidden sides, explaining, for example, how an earthquake is triggered and how burning fossil fuels is driving a climate emergency.

      In this earth book, you will find:

      -More than 3,000 photographs, artworks, and maps

      -A 40-page timeline of Earth''s history includes human evolution and the story of human colonisation of the planet

      -Sections which explore human impact features - on subjects from deforestation to population growth

      -An atlas section includes original maps centred on Earth''s seven major tectonic plates

      Parts of the book lay out systematic and in-dep

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