To the average office-dweller, marine scientists seem to have the good life: cruising at sea for weeks at a time, swimming in warm coastal waters, living in tropical paradises. Butocean scienti
Kids are fascinated by the amazing power of earthquakes – one of nature's most dramatic displays. Colorful illustrations and kid-friendly text make complex geological science fascinating and easy to u
To the average office-dweller, marine scientists seem to have the good life: cruising at sea for weeks at a time, swimming in warm coastal waters, living in tropical paradises. But ocean scientists wh
"" An] absorbing survey of oceanography . . . this] elegant study is an excellent resource."--Publishers Weekly"A fascinating examination of the earth's oceansThis exhaustive overview of oceanography
Jump in and travel the world to learn all about volcanoes -- what they are, how they work, and why they're so explosively fascinating. Adorable illustrations and kid-friendly text make compl
A friendly crow gives boys and girls a bird's-eye view of earthquakes in action and introduces the basics of plate tectonics, and includes a step-by-step experiment for creating a kid-sized earthquake
Volcano Vulcan, Dragon Explorer describes how volcanoes act and erupt in different ways, what happens after an eruption, and how scientists are discovering ways to predict a volcano's behavior. Reprint.
Marcia McNutt, director of the U.S. Geological Survey, introduces this collection of stunning photographic essays drawn from National Geographic publications on one of nature's most spectacular and in
