Extreme scientists exploring nature's mysteries from perilous places
Extreme scientists battle some of the Earth's most intense conditions, from hurricanes to caves to the crowns of towering redwoods, in order to save lives, preserve species, and help us to better understand the way our planet works.
Main Author: | Jackson, Donna M., 1959- |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children,
2009.
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Scientists in the field
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Series: Scientists in the field (Houghton Mifflin)
Once a wolf: how wildlife biologists fought to bring back the gray wolf
The wildlife detectives: how forensic scientists fight crimes against nature
Anthropologist: scientist of the people
Hidden worlds: looking through a scientist's microscope
Swimming with hammerhead sharks
The bug scientists
Looking for life in the universe: the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Project UltraSwan
The woods scientist
The tarantula scientist
Gorilla doctors: saving endangered great apes
The prairie builders: reconstructing America's lost grasslands
Diving to a deep-sea volcano
Quest for the tree kangaroo: an expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea
Emi and the rhino scientist: saving species from extinction
Tracking trash: flotsam, jetsam, and the science of ocean motion
The whale scientists: solving the mystery of whale strandings
The mysterious universe: supernovae, dark energy, and black holes
Science warriors: the battle against invasive species
Extreme scientists: exploring nature's mysteries from perilous places
The frog scientist
Saving the ghost of the mountain: an expedition among snow leopards in Mongolia
Whaling season: a year in the life of an arctic whale scientist
The bat scientists
The hive detectives: chronicle of a honey bee catastrophe
Kakapo rescue: saving the world's strangest parrot
Project seahorse
The elephant scientist
The manatee scientists: saving vulnerable species
The mighty Mars rovers: the incredible adventures of spirit and opportunity
The polar bear scientists
The dolphins of Shark Bay
Eruption!: volcanoes and the science of saving lives
Sea turtle scientist
Stronger than steel: spider DNA and the quest for better bulletproof vests, sutures, and parachute rope
The tapir scientist: saving South America's largest mammal
The wild horse scientists
Beetle busters: a rogue insect and the people who track it
Chasing cheetahs: the race to save Africa's fastest cats
The park scientists: Gila Monsters, Geysers, and Grizzly Bears in America's Own Backyard
The call of the osprey
Inside Biosphere 2: earth science under glass
The octopus scientists
Crow smarts: inside the brain of the world's brightest bird
The great white shark scientist
Mission to Pluto: the first visit to an ice dwarf and the Kuiper belt
Amazon adventure: how tiny fish are saving the world's largest rainforest
Eye of the storm: NASA, drones, and the race to crack the hurricane code
Impact!: asteroids and the science of saving the world
Life on Surtsey, Iceland's upstart island
Backyard bears: conservation, habitat changes, and the rise of urban wildlife
The hyena scientist
The next wave: the quest to harness the power of the oceans
The orca scientists
Eclipse chaser: science in the Moon's shadow
Saving the Tasmanian devil: how science is helping the world's largest marsupial carnivore survive
The tornado scientist: seeing inside severe storms
The big one: the Cascadia earthquakes and the science of saving lives
Condor comeback