Planet Earth Series

Discusses meteorological phenomena and the modern problems arising from pollution. Presents efforts to harness wind energy.

Edge of the sea (Planet earth) [Hardcover]

Describes the characteristics of a desert, explains how plants and animals have adapted to the arid conditions, tells the stories of desert explorers, and suggests ways to stop the growth of deserts

Presents illustrated accounts of some relatively recent major earthquakes and discusses the developments in seismology that have made earthquakes predictable.

Time-Life Book series entitled Planet Earth; this volume featuring Underground Worlds. Explorers of a stygian realm; the birth of speleology; masters of making do; the lure of the abyss; Europe's premier show cave; a profusion of water-worked wonders; a caver's inventive gear; the hardy denizens of darkness; and a new continent of Karst.

A Time-Life Planet Earth book. "God's Great Plow"; The Animated Life of Glaciers; Phantom Fleets of the Polar Seas; Pioneers in Antarctica; A Continental Laboratory; Magnificent Rivers of Ice; A Gallery of Ice-draped Mountains; Contrasting Worlds of Moving Ice; The Glacier's Far-flung Footprints; Tormented Migrations to Doom; Captain Scott's Gifted Chronicler.

Presents evidence supporting Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift. Explains plate tectonics and discusses what is known of the earth's crust and upper mantle.