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Desert Encounters - cover

Desert Encounters

Yves Earhart

Verlag: Publifye

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"Desert Encounters" offers a compelling exploration of life's remarkable adaptations in Earth's most challenging arid environments, focusing on the Sahara, Gobi, and Sonoran deserts as living laboratories of evolution and survival.Through a combination of decade-long field observations and cutting-edge scientific analysis, the book reveals how seemingly hostile environments support complex networks of life through fascinating adaptations and ecological relationships. The book progresses systematically from the fundamental elements of desert formation, including wind patterns and soil composition, to specific evolutionary innovations like the Saharan silver ant's heat-reflective coating and nurse plant relationships in the Sonoran Desert.What makes this work particularly valuable is its integration of traditional field studies with modern technology, including satellite imaging and genetic sampling, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of desert ecosystems and their intricate dynamics. By connecting environmental science with evolution and climatology, the book demonstrates how desert ecosystems serve as crucial indicators of climate change while challenging the perception of deserts as lifeless wastelands.The accessible academic writing style, supported by detailed maps and data visualizations, makes complex scientific concepts understandable to readers with basic science knowledge, whether they're environmental scientists, students, or nature enthusiasts interested in understanding how life thrives in Earth's most extreme environments.
Verfügbar seit: 11.01.2025.
Drucklänge: 104 Seiten.

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