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‘Very entertaining’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘A thoroughly enjoyable book, brimming over with historical nuggets and contemplations about the future’ NEW YORK TIMES Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Winchester returns with a thought-provoking history of the wind, written in his edifying and...

In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks readers through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries, and the million years after the impact, tracking the sweeping disruptions that overtook this one spot, and imagining what might have been happening elsewhere on the globe...

 Worlds in Collision - written in a brilliant, easily understandable, and entertaining style and full to the brim with precise information-can be considered one of the most important and most challenging books in the history of science. Not without reason was this book found open on Einstein's desk after his death. For all those who have ever wondered about the evolution of the earth, the history of mankind, traditions, religions, mythology or just the world as it is today, Worlds in Collision is an absolute must-listen! 

Although we usually think of technology as something unique to modern times, our ancestors began to create the first technologies millions of years ago in the form of prehistoric tools and weapons. Over time, eight key technologies gradually freed us from the limitations of our animal origins.

A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024 LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION, AND THE FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD The trillion-dollar battle for the resources to power our future. Oil and gas defined the twentieth century. Now...

A story of defiance and determination by a controversial scientist, this is Lee Berger's own take on finding Homo naledi, an all-new species on the human family tree and one of the greatest discoveries of the 21st century. In 2013, Lee Berger, a National Geographic explorer-in-residence, heard of a cache of bones in a hard-to-reach underground cave in South Africa. He put out a call around the world for petite collaborators - men and women small and adventurous enough to be able to squeeze through eight-inch tunnels to reach a sunless cave forty feet underground. It worked.

Le Jour du Dépassement, le réchauffement climatique, l’économie circulaire… Nos enfants entendent ces mots partout, mais qui prend le temps de les leur expliquer ? Dans ce podcast, Matthieu Bruckert, papa de cinq enfants, répond aux questions de sa petite dernière comme de ses grands ados, sur le monde dans lequel ils grandissent. En quelques minutes, avec des mots simples et des images du quotidien, chaque épisode éclaire une notion du climat, de la nature ou de la consommation. Il y a trois types d'épisodes :Comprendre, pour expliquer simplementRencontrer, avec le témoignage de ...

What is biochar, what can you actually do with it and how does it improve the environment? Join host Al Levy and Georgia Wood Char founder Scott Ledford for conversations about turning Georgia wood waste into something useful for farms, gardens and golf courses, and yes, the environment too!From the plant in Commerce, Georgia, to the people putting biochar to work, Scott shares what he’s learning, the challenges along the way and why this work matters to him. We talk soil, water, nutrients and carbon without making you wade through a science textbook. Whether you grow for a living, care for ...

'Steve Brusatte, the author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, brings mammals out from the shadow of their more showy predecessors . . . In this beautifully written . . . terrific book, he tells the extraordinary story of how mammals came to be and makes the case for them as creatures who...

*Revised and updated for the twenty-first century* In this updated, illustrated companion volume to Merlin's Tour of the Universe, we visit again with Merlin, a timeless space traveler from Planet Omniscia, who answers a collection of imaginative questions about the cosmos from Earthlings of all...

Robert Pavlis, a gardener for over four decades, debunks common soil myths, explores the rhizosphere, and provides a personalized soil fertility improvement program in this three-part popular science guidebook. Soil Science for Gardeners is an accessible, science-based guide to understanding soil fertility and, in particular, the rhizosphere - the thin layer of liquid and soil surrounding plant roots, so vital to plant health.

Read the weather's clues and signs with this eye-opening and enthralling guide from Sunday Times-bestselling author Tristan Gooley, pioneer in the art of natural navigation 'This book finally explains what weather is and the fundamental why. Clouds now have real meaning!' - READER REVIEW...

Speaking to experts in fields as diverse as oil production and ecology, and visiting the places that have escaped recent human activity to discover how they have adapted to life without us, Alan Weisman paints an intriguing picture of the future of Earth. Exploring key concerns of our time, this absorbing thought experiment reveals a powerful - and surprising - picture of our planet's future.

Why past climate change tells us it's almost too late. A warning and a rallying-cry. 'Read it and weep, or read it and win' Chris Packham A global refugee crisis. Extreme storms. Agriculture devastated. Economic ruin. Societal collapse. These are not just possibilities but likely outcomes of our...

In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes listeners across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides. In the Arctic, White shimmies under the ice with an Inuit elder to hunt for mussels in the dark cavities left behind at low tide; in China, he races the Silver Dragon, a 25-foot tidal bore that crashes 80 miles up the Qiantang River; in France, he interviews the monks that live in the tide-wrapped monastery of Mont Saint-Michel; in Chile and Scotland, he investigates the growth of tidal power generation.

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Hvordan bliver EU's ambitioner om mere biodiversitet til konkret natur i Danmark? Vi tager med forskere, politikere og naturforkæmpere ud, hvor beslutningerne får betydning.Første sæson består af fire programmer, der hver udkommer som både en kort dokumentarisk filmepisode og en længere podcast på 20-25 minutter. Podcasten udgives i både lyd- og videoformat, så man kan vælge mellem at lytte og se med.Produceret af Løvgreen & Co.

Resilience Recorded is a podcast from the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Global Resilience Partnership, and Future Earth. It brings the latest science into conversation with the people who are trying to change how we live on this planet. It draws on the Resilience Science Must-Knows, nine insights developed with input of some 200 experts and decision-makers from more than 130 organisations. Subscribe to our podcast by searching for “Rethink Recorded” on Spotify or any of the major podcast platforms. Read more: https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/synthesis-reports/...

「新しいエネルギーで、日本の産業や地域をどう元気にできるか」。 長年エネルギー問題の現場取材を重ね、米ハーバード大学留学で現地のエネルギー転換を研究してきたテレビ朝日アナウンサー・山口豊がナビゲーターを担当するビデオPodcast番組。 世界をリードする技術開発者や地域創生に挑むリーダーたちとの対話を通じ、持続可能な社会に向けた「日本の新たな可能性」を視覚的・立体的に分かりやすくお届けします。 配信｜毎週金曜...

This audiobook narrated by Tom Lawrence describes the revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of dinosaurs In just the past twenty years, we have learned more about dinosaurs than we did in the previous two centuries. This book describes the extraordinary advances in...