National Geographic: 70s

Science & Math

Unknown, Author

Earth Sciences

Macmillan Education Australia

National Geographic Vol. 165, No. 6 June 1984

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Nature & Ecology

National Geographic Society

Big Birds Shape Book (Sesame Street)

HarperCollins, Publishers

Discovering Life on Earth.

Children's Books

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

Science, Nature & How It Works

Little. Brown and Company

Desert Trek (World Explorer Series)

Cedric Milner

The Egg and Sperm Race: A Guide to the Human Body

Rolph Mic Balkwill Fran

HARPER/COLLINS

Factfinder: Animal World (Factfinders)

Peter Eldin

Collins

With a body twisted by adolescent scoliosis and memories of the brutal death of a woman he loved, Lynn Schooler kept the world at arm's length, drifting through the wilds of Alaska as a commercial fisherman, outdoorsman, and wilderness guide. In 1990, Schooler met Japanese photographer Michio Hoshino, and began a profound friendship cemented by a shared love of adventure and a passionate quest to find the elusive glacier bear, an exceedingly rare creature, seldom seen and shrouded in legend. But only after Hoshino's tragic death from a bear attack does Schooler succeed in photographing the animal -- completing a remarkable journey that ultimately brings new meaning to his life.

The Blue Bear : A True Story of Friendship, Tragedy, and Survival in the Alaskan Wilderness

Lynn Schooler

HarperCollins Canada, Limited

Wood Thrush, Kentucky Warbler, Eastern Kingbirdmigratory songbirds are disappearing at a frightening rate. By some estimates, we may already have lost almost half the songbirds that filled the skies only 40 years ago. Bridget Stutchbury, in a narrative as colourful as the creatures she studies, demonstrates why this decline should concern us all. The expert ornithologist and naturalist convincingly argues that songbirds truly are the canaries in the coal mineexcept the coal mine looks a lot like Earth and we are the hapless excavators. 
Following the birds on their 10,000-kilometre migratory journey, Stutchbury looks at the most threatening factors: pesticides, still a major concern decades after Rachel Carson first raised the alarm; the destruction of vital habitat, from the boreal forests of Canada to the tropical jungles of Brazil to the vast grasslands of Argentina; coffee plantations, which push birds out of their forest refuges so we can have our morning fix; the bright lights and structures in our cities, which prove a minefield for migrating birds; the notorious cowbirds that force songbirds to act as surrogate mothers to their own voracious young; and global warming. We may well wake up in the near future and hear no songbirds singing. We won’t only be missing their cheery calls, we’ll be missing a vital part of our ecosystem. Without songbirds, our forests face insect infestations, and our trees, flowers and gardens lose a crucial element in their reproductive cycle. What does this very real threat mean for our ecosystem, and ultimately, us?
A perfect full moon rose in the east as I paddled back to shore before it got dark, the martins safely tucked in for the night. Big storms had been brewing over land since late afternoon, and . . . a distant lightning bolt lit up the bottom of the clouds briefly. I was tired and heading home at day’s end, but as I paddled against a headwind, I thought about the hundreds of thousands of songbirds that must be hidden in the forests and fields around me, only minutes away from taking to the sky. One by one, the warblers, tanagers, thrushes and countless others would be in the air and heading southward with uncanny navigation skills, not knowing exactly where they would land, but driven by instinct born of the successful migration of their ancestors. fromSilence of the Songbirds

Silence Of The Songbirds

Stutchbury, Bridget

Biological Sciences

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Rarely has there been a time when the fate of every one of theearth’s inhabitants has been in peril. Such is our present age. 
This generation of decision makers and consumers will, one wayor another, decide the future of the planet. What you see around youand whatyou are living inis a world that is being rapidly and irrevocably degraded byan invisible, odourless gas. It accumulates every time you drive your car, cooka meal or turn on a light. These are seemingly benign acts, but multiply thosemundane daily actions six billionfold and the accumulation of injury toour environment becomes frighteningly clear.
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Weather Makers

FLANNERY, Tim

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