Green Planet How Plants Keep the Earth Alive |
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| Author:
| Rice, Stanley A. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-7922-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2009 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $22.95 |
Book Description:
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Plants are not just a pretty part of the landscape; they keep the entire planet, with all of its human and nonhuman inhabitants, alive. Stanley Rice documents the many ways in which plants do this by making oxygen, regulating the greenhouse effect, controlling floods, and producing all the food in the world. Plants also create natural habitats for all organisms in the world. With illustrations and clear writing for non-specialists,
Green Planet helps general readers realize...
More DescriptionPlants are not just a pretty part of the landscape; they keep the entire planet, with all of its human and nonhuman inhabitants, alive. Stanley Rice documents the many ways in which plants do this by making oxygen, regulating the greenhouse effect, controlling floods, and producing all the food in the world. Plants also create natural habitats for all organisms in the world. With illustrations and clear writing for non-specialists, Green Planet helps general readers realize that if we are to rescue the Earth from environmental disaster, we must protect wild plants.