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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"When a teaspoon of soil contains millions of species, and when we pave over the earth on a daily basis, what does that mean for our future? What is the risk to our food supply, the planet's wildlife, the soil on which every life-form depends? Who much undeveloped, untrodden ground do we even have left? Paul Bogard set out to answer these questions in The Ground Beneath Us, and what he discovered is astounding. From New York (where more than 118,000,000...
Author
Series
Publisher
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Publication Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Take a journey down into the ground and discover all the fascinating creatures that live in burrows, dens, tunnels and nests. Along with foxes, rabbits and ants, find out about burrowing birds, tunnelling tarantulas, and strange blind rats that live underground."-- Amazon
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Publication Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Down where worms wriggle and microbes squirm, there's a whole world waiting to be discovered... Under Your Feet delves beneath the Earth's surface and explores the diverse wonders hidden there. Encounter creatures of the deep and marvel at the mind-boggling size of the humongous fungus--the biggest organism in the world. Learn how one handful of ordinary soil contains more organisms than there are people on Earth, and carry out experiments using dirt...
Author
Publisher
Wordsong, an imprint of Highlights
Publication Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems explores the underground, from animal burrows and subways to caves and magma. Includes scientific and personal notes on the poems.