336 pages , John Wiley & Sons , 2020-04-14 Biogeochemical Cycles: Ecological Drivers and Environmental Impact is a collection of the latest information on the techniques and methods currently used in this field, focusing on biological and/or ecological effects of biogeochemical elemental cycles including carbon, nitrogen, major and trace elements, chemical weathering on ...[Read More]
2018 The leaf is an organ optimized for capturing sunlight and safely using that energy through the process of photosynthesis to drive the productivity of the plant and, through the position of plants as primary producers, that of Earth’s biosphere.^It is an exquisite organ composed of multiple tissues, each with unique functions, working synergistically to: (1) deliver water, nutrien...[Read More]
Forest Language Download PDF Watch Edit This article is about a community of trees. For other uses, see Forest (disambiguation). For broader coverage of this ...
196 pages , American Chemical Society , 2015 The living world runs on genomic software - what Dawn Field and Neil Davies call the 'biocode' - the sum of all DNA on Earth. In Biocode, they tell the story of a new age of scientific discovery: the growing global effort to read and map the biocode, and what that might mean for the future. The structure of DNA was identified ...[Read More]
236 pages , Bloomsbury Publishing , 2013-11-20 For over a hundred years, Aliens have been trying to take over the Earth, but every time they have failed, often in the most unlikely ways. Well, no more! We Will Destroy Your Planet offers our future alien overlords all of the information necessary to bring humanity to its knees. Planning for an interstellar, or even interg...[Read More]
Frontiers Media SA , 2016-08-05 Enzymes are nature’s biocatalysts empowered with high catalytic power and remarkable substrate specificity. Enzymes perform a wide range of functions throughout nature, and guide the biochemistry of life with great precision. The majority of enzymes perform under conditions considered normal for mesophilic, neutrophilic, terrestrial microorganis...[Read More]
Long ago, from the fires of our Sun's birth, twin planets emerged: Venus and Earth. Nature draped one world in the greens and blues of life while enveloping the ...
122 pages , Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company , 2008 Life on Earth,Fifth Edition,introduces readers to biology through real-world applications and expanded human-interest case studies that run throughout each chapter. From the authors of the highly successful Biology: Life on Earth, Eighth Edition, Life on Earth,Fifth Edition,provides the most extensive environmental ...[Read More]