Author : Brenda McGee
Publisher : PRUFROCK PRESS INC.
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 32,64 MB
Release : 2007-07
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : 1593632606
Frontiers Book 3: Geology, Astronomy, and Ecology is the last book in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 6. Students will investigate questions such as "What is the rock cycle?" "What is plate tectonics theory?" and "Who was Alfred Wegener?" In this book, students will discover the frontiers of today, but not before they learn to ap
Author : Victoria Meadows
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 29,12 MB
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0816540063
Are we alone in the universe? How did life arise on our planet? How do we search for life beyond Earth? These profound questions excite and intrigue broad cross sections of science and society. Answering these questions is the province of the emerging, strongly interdisciplinary field of astrobiology. Life is inextricably tied to the formation, chemistry, and evolution of its host world, and multidisciplinary studies of solar system worlds can provide key insights into processes that govern planetary habitability, informing the search for life in our solar system and beyond. Planetary Astrobiology brings together current knowledge across astronomy, biology, geology, physics, chemistry, and related fields, and considers the synergies between studies of solar systems and exoplanets to identify the path needed to advance the exploration of these profound questions. Planetary Astrobiology represents the combined efforts of more than seventy-five international experts consolidated into twenty chapters and provides an accessible, interdisciplinary gateway for new students and seasoned researchers who wish to learn more about this expanding field. Readers are brought to the frontiers of knowledge in astrobiology via results from the exploration of our own solar system and exoplanetary systems. The overarching goal of Planetary Astrobiology is to enhance and broaden the development of an interdisciplinary approach across the astrobiology, planetary science, and exoplanet communities, enabling a new era of comparative planetology that encompasses conditions and processes for the emergence, evolution, and detection of life.
Author : Brenda McGee
Publisher : PRUFROCK PRESS INC.
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 46,14 MB
Release : 2007-07
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : 1593632592
Frontiers Book 2: Geography, Explorers, and Literature is the second of three books in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 6. Students are introduced to explorers of the past and pioneers that believed in Manifest Destiny and the Westward expansion of the United States. In this book, students will discover the frontiers of today, but
Author : Brenda McGee
Publisher : PRUFROCK PRESS INC.
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 32,71 MB
Release : 2007-07
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : 1593632584
Frontiers Books 1: Pioneers, Genetics, and Energy is the first of three books in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 6. Students will explore forgotten pioneers in Westward expansion, the Civil Rights Movement, and medicine. In this book, students will discover the frontiers of today, but not before they learn to appreciate the forgo
Author : Martin Siegert
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 11,8 MB
Release : 2021-11-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 2889716724
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,53 MB
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309219248
The 2001 National Research Council (NRC) report Basic Research Opportunities in Earth Science (BROES) described how basic research in the Earth sciences serves five national imperatives: (1) discovery, use, and conservation of natural resources; (2) characterization and mitigation of natural hazards; (3) geotechnical support of commercial and infrastructure development; (4) stewardship of the environment; and (5) terrestrial surveillance for global security and national defense. This perspective is even more pressing today, and will persist into the future, with ever-growing emphasis. Today's world-with headlines dominated by issues involving fossil fuel and water resources, earthquake and tsunami disasters claiming hundreds of thousands of lives and causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damages, profound environmental changes associated with the evolving climate system, and nuclear weapons proliferation and testing-has many urgent societal issues that need to be informed by sound understanding of the Earth sciences. A national strategy to sustain basic research and training of expertise across the full spectrum of the Earth sciences is motivated by these national imperatives. New Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences identifies new and emerging research opportunities in the Earth sciences over the next decade, including surface and deep Earth processes and interdisciplinary research with fields such as ocean and atmospheric sciences, biology, engineering, computer science, and social and behavioral sciences. The report also identifies key instrumentation and facilities needed to support these new and emerging research opportunities. The report describes opportunities for increased cooperation in these new and emerging areas between EAR and other government agency programs, industry, and international programs, and suggests new ways that EAR can help train the next generation of Earth scientists, support young investigators, and increase the participation of underrepresented groups in the field.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 20,2 MB
Release : 2002-02-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309070376
In preparing the report, Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millenium , the AASC made use of a series of panel reports that address various aspects of ground- and space-based astronomy and astrophysics. These reports provide in-depth technical detail. Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millenium: An Overview summarizes the science goals and recommended initiatives in a short, richly illustrated, non-technical booklet.
Author : Angelo Pio Rossi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 48,9 MB
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 331965179X
This book provides an up-to-date interdisciplinary geoscience-focused overview of solid solar system bodies and their evolution, based on the comparative description of processes acting on them. Planetary research today is a strongly multidisciplinary endeavor with efforts coming from engineering and natural sciences. Key focal areas of study are the solid surfaces found in our Solar System. Some have a direct interaction with the interplanetary medium and others have dynamic atmospheres. In any of those cases, the geological records of those surfaces (and sub-surfaces) are key to understanding the Solar System as a whole: its evolution and the planetary perspective of our own planet. This book has a modular structure and is divided into 4 sections comprising 15 chapters in total. Each section builds upon the previous one but is also self-standing. The sections are: Methods and tools Processes and Sources Integration and Geological Syntheses Frontiers The latter covers the far-reaching broad topics of exobiology, early life, extreme environments and planetary resources, all areas where major advancements are expected in the forthcoming decades and both key to human exploration of the Solar System. The target readership includes advanced undergraduate students in geoscience-related topics with no specific planetary science knowledge; undergraduates in other natural science domains (e.g. physics, astronomy, biology or chemistry); graduates in engineering and space systems design who want to complement their knowledge in planetary science. The authors’ backgrounds span a broad range of topics and disciplines: rooted in Earth geoscience, their expertise covers remote sensing and cartography, field mapping, impact cratering, volcanology and tectonics, sedimentology and stratigraphy exobiology and life in extreme environments, planetary resources and mining. Several generations of planetary scientists are cooperating to provide a modern view on a discipline developed from Earth during and through Space exploration.
Author : Tetyana Milojevic
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,61 MB
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 2889666182
The Topic Editors would like to acknowledge Dr. Yuko Kawaguchi for her contribution in designing and organizing this editorial project.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 21,34 MB
Release : 2001-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 030907133X
Basic Research Opportunities in Earth Science identifies areas of high-priority research within the purview of the Earth Science Division of the National Science Foundation, assesses cross-disciplinary connections, and discusses the linkages between basic research and societal needs. Opportunities in Earth science have been opened up by major improvements in techniques for reading the geological record of terrestrial change, capabilities for observing active processes in the present-day Earth, and computational technologies for realistic simulations of dynamic geosystems. This book examines six specific areas in which the opportunities for basic research are especially compelling, including integrative studies of the near-surface environment (the "Critical Zone"); geobiology; Earth and planetary materials; investigations of the continents; studies of Earth's deep interior; and planetary science. It concludes with a discussion of mechanisms for exploiting these research opportunities, including EarthScope, natural laboratories, and partnerships.
