Crossroads of the Natural World (eBook)

Exploring North Carolina with Tom Earnhardt

Tom Earnhardt (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
328 Seiten
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-0700-9 (ISBN)

Infos

In this richly illustrated love letter to the wild places and natural wonders of North Carolina, Tom Earnhardt, writer and host of UNC-TV's Exploring North Carolina and lifelong conservationist, seamlessly ties deep geological time and forgotten species from our distant past to the unparalleled biodiversity of today. With varied topography and a climate that is simultaneously subtropical, temperate, and subarctic, he shows that North Carolina is a meeting place for living things more commonly found far to the north and south. Highlighting the ways in which the state is a unique ecological crossroads, Earnhardt's research, insightful writing, and stunning photography will both teach and inspire. Crossroads of the Natural World invites readers to engage a variety of topics, including the impacts of invasive species, the importance of forested buffers along our rivers, the role of naturalists, and the challenges facing the state in a time of climate change and sea-level rise. By sharing his own journey of more than sixty years, Earnhardt entices North Carolinians of every age to explore the natural diversity of our state.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.4.2013
• Vorwort: William G. Ross
• Zusatzinfo: 128 color plates, index
• Verlagsort: Chapel Hill
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 200 x 200 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
• Schlagworte: American Indian history for North Carolina • Biodiversity in North Carolina • crossroads of the natural world • Crossroads of the natural world, North Carolina • Dealing with a looming bio-deficit • Defining naturalists and “notanologists” • Defining naturalists and “notanologists” • Earning a green “C” by planting native • Earning a green “C” by planting native • essays north carolina • exploring north carolina • Finding muses and mentors in the natural world • geologic history of North Carolina • Invasive alien plants and animals • natural carolina natural history • Nature’s Calendar—Phenology—in North Carolina • Nature’s Calendar—Phenology—in North Carolina • North Carolina • north carolina biology • north carolina ecosystem • north carolina ice age • north carolina indigenous people • north carolina outer banks • piedmont mountains • sea-level rise along North Carolina’s ephemeral coastline • sea-level rise along North Carolina’s ephemeral coastline • Stewardship and awe for the natural world • Stream buffers and river basins in North Carolina • The Triassic Basin and clay in North Carolina—research, pottery and dinosaurs • The Triassic Basin and clay in North Carolina—research, pottery and dinosaurs • three elephants of North Carolina and other mega fauna • tom earnhardt • triassic basin • Understanding plant communities and natural boundaries • uwharrie mountains
• ISBN-10: 1-4696-0700-X / 146960700X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-0700-9 / 9781469607009