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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...

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.

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*Fully revised and updated for the 21st century* The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry takes readers on an odyssey into the deepest, darkest depth of the universe and back again with his extra-terrestrial tour guide, Merlin. Merlin is a timeless visitor...

Welcome to the Carbon Accounting and Management Podcast presented by North Star Carbon Management. If you're a professional responsible for managing your organization's carbon footprint, this podcast is for you. We bring you expert insights, emerging technologies, and actionable strategies to excel in the complex world of carbon management.

Published in 1951, The Sea Around Us is one of the most remarkably successful books ever written about the natural world. This classic work remains as fresh today as when it first appeared. Carson's writing teems with stunning, memorable images - the newly formed Earth cooling beneath an endlessly overcast sky, the centuries of nonstop rain that created the oceans, giant squids battling sperm whales hundreds of fathoms below the surface, and incredibly powerful tides moving 100 billion tons of water daily in the Bay of Fundy.

In the final book of his astonishing career, Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us. These luminous, entertaining essays travel both the vastness of the cosmos and the intimacy of the human mind, posing such fascinating questions as how did the universe originate and how will it end, and how can we meld science and compassion to meet the challenges of the coming century?

Viruses are the world's most abundant life form, and now, when humanity is in the midst of a close encounter with their immense power, perhaps the most feared. But do we understand viruses? Possibly the most enigmatic of living things, they are sometimes not considered a life form at all...

A Geology and Earth Science Podcast. Join Chris, an award-winning geology teacher, and Jesse, a geoscience professor, in discussing the amazing features of our planet and their impact on your everyday life. No prior knowledge required. New episodes coming at you every week. Listen, subscribe, share with someone you know!

What does it mean to be female? Mother, carer, the weaker sex? Think again. In the last few decades a revolution has been brewing in zoology and evolutionary biology. Lucy Cooke introduces us to a riotous cast of animals, and the scientists studying them, that are redefining the female of the species. Meet the female lemurs of Madagascar, our ancient primate cousins that dominate the males of their species physically and politically. Or female albatross couples, hooking up together to raise their chicks in Hawaii.

Rare Stones of Aotearoa explores the geology, history and enduring mysteries behind some of New Zealand’s most unusual stones. From Goodletite and Aotea Stone to rare sapphires, fuchsite, polychrome schist and fluorescent rocks, each episode follows the evidence through old reports, museum specimens, scientific research and the landscapes where these stones were found. It is a podcast about remarkable rocks, the people who discovered and studied them, and the questions that still remain unanswered.

Want to discover what three Aussie nerds in a Swedish heavy metal bar think about water? Are you fascinated by the impact of AI on water or wondering why water rarely gets the media attention it deserves?Listen to the Australian Water Partnership’s new podcast, Aquaholics, where you’ll be invited to Gali Guwali or ‘speak water’.Join AWP General Manager, Sarah Ransom, Kamilaroi water scientist and academic, Professor Bradley Moggridge, Healthy Land and Water’s Dr Andrew O’Neill as they chat to MC, AWP’s Head of Communication, Kylie Johnson about some of the biggest issues facing ...

Grasp the awe-inspiring geology of Earth's most explosive natural disasters in this accessible earth science guide. Perfect for an engaging commute or a relaxing weekend of learning, this journey pulls you past glowing lava fields and deep into the subterranean forces shaping our globe. Satisfy...

Solve Earth's ultimate scientific cold case and explore the dramatic mass extinction that erased a prehistoric dynasty. Perfect for deep-dive listening on your commute, this mind-expanding investigation transports you to the late Cretaceous right before catastrophe struck. Step into the shoes of...

Uncover the awe-inspiring astronomy and hidden physics of our solar system during your next relaxing walk or commute. Perfect for satisfying your deep curiosity about the natural world, this jargon-free guide transforms complex astrophysics into an inviting, educational escape. Feel the...

Was bedeutet das Ende des Braunkohlenbergbaus für die Erft, das Grundwasser und die Menschen im Rheinischen Revier? In Wasser.Welle. spricht Moderatorin Anna Hecker mit Fachleuten des Erftverbandes über die wasserwirtschaftlichen Herausforderungen des Strukturwandels im Rheinischen Revier. Dabei geht es um den Umbau der Erft, den Wiederanstieg des Grundwassers, Hochwasser- und Starkregenvorsorge sowie um die Frage, wie eine sichere und nachhaltige Wasserwirtschaft der Zukunft aussehen kann. Verständlich, nah an der Region und mit unterschiedlichen fachlichen Perspektiven zeigt Wasser.Welle....

What would happen if New Zealand were cut off from the rest of the world?If the ships stopped arriving tomorrow, could we maintain a comfortable lifestyle for our population? What do we actually have on these islands — and, more importantly, what do we lack?At The End Of The World is a resource-by-resource audit of a country at the end of the supply chain. Each episode takes one of the foundations of modern life and asks a blunt question: can we make this ourselves, or do we only know how to buy it?Season one covers the six things a society runs on — food, shelter, water, energy, minerals ...

In the early twentieth century, paleoanthropologists interpreted the differences between specimens of an expanding human fossil record as reflecting taxonomic and evolutionary diversity. Why, then, in the 1940s, did geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky reconfigure human evolution into one...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. It is midnight in Las Vegas, and a beam of light powerful enough to be seen from space is shooting straight up into the desert sky — drawing insects by the hundreds of thousands, and the bats that feed on them, into an ecosystem that exists for no...