Applies a scientific method for examining erosion by gathering facts, creating a hypothesis, designing an experiment, and finally reaching a conclusion. The text offers six experiments which provides evidence of erosion by weathering.

Though not traditionally thought of as strategic natural resources, glaciers are a crucial part of our global ecosystem, playing a fundamental role in the sustaining of life around the world. Comprising three quarters of the world's freshwater, they supply a steady flow of water for agriculture, livestock, industry and human consumption. Without them, many of the planet's rivers would run dry shortly after the winter snow-melt. A single mid-sized...

"Did you know that earthquakes change the Earth's surface? Find out how in How Earthquakes Shape the Earth"--Back cover.

"Did you know that wind changes the Earth's surface? Find out how in How Wind Shapes the Earth."--Back cover.

"With wind and water, nature shapes our planet in amazing ways. Photos of geological marvels accompany lyrical verse in this exploration of the forces of weathering and erosion"--

Our planet has over 400,000 glaciers and ice caps scattered across its surface, some 5.8 million square miles of ice. Fascinatingly, where there are glaciers, there are people, and the two have been interacting for the entirety of human history. But we know so little about that interaction, those human stories of glaciers. The Secret Lives of Glaciers explores glacier diversity in Iceland, highlighting the rich social and cultural context and variability...

Examines the different forces of erosion, such as wind, waves, acid rain, and glaciers, and explains how those forces affect the topography of the earth.

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