Coastlines

Author: Emily Nathan
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 1984858351
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
A wanderlust-inspiring photography collection of the world’s most stunning waterways and coastlines from the premier online curator of travel photography, Tiny Atlas Quarterly. From tropical beaches in Hawai’i and icy fjords in Greenland to lush mangrove swamps in the Cuban Cayos and forested islands in Vietnam, coastlines and waterways are some of the world’s most beloved places and most precious habitats. With hundreds of awe-inspiring photos from locations far and wide, Coastlines is a visual tour of these magical watery places and a treasure trove of curated travel information. Water lovers, beach bums, and armchair travelers will enjoy this tranquil exploration of the world’s many vast and varied shores.

Coastlines Around the World

Author: Jen Green
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781435828711
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Explains what coastlines are, why they form, the forces that shape them, how plants and animals survive in coastline conditions, and looks at different coastlines and coastline cities around the world.

Coastlines, Structures and Breakwaters

Author: N. W. H. Allsop
Publisher: Thomas Telford
ISBN: 9780727726681
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 364

Book Description
This work is a collection of papers from the 1998 Coastlines, Structures, and Breakwaters conference and draws together a diverse sampling of extensive and recent advances that EU countries have made in the design, study and construction of significant breakwater structures.

My Tiny Atlas

Author: Emily Nathan
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 0399582266
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
A wanderlust-inspiring and transporting collection of photos from some of the world's most astounding places, organized thematically—vistas, sunrises and sunsets, city streets and urban life, tropical jungles, dramatic architectural facades, food stalls and restaurants, and more—from the premier online curator of travel photography. As much an armchair travel companion as a guide to planning your next trip, My Tiny Atlas contains more than 200 lush, surprising, and stunning photos, along with stories about far-flung locales and tips for experiencing a new location like a local. From Tiny Atlas Quarterly—one of the most trusted sources for authentic, unusual, and inspiring travel photography—this book takes you to every continent and all corners of the world, from Paris, San Francisco, London, and Buenos Aires to the Arctic Circle, Tanzania, Tahiti, and Mongolia. My Tiny Atlas visually explores new destinations with an intimate, insider's view—not of the usual monuments and tourist attractions, but of the real people, mouth-watering food, verdant flora, bustling streets, wild animals, epic views, lazy rivers, architectural gems, and other details that make you feel what it's like to truly be in another place, whether or not you ever leave home.

The Coastlines of Florida

Author: Peggy Sias Lantz
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1561647691
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35

Book Description
This charmingly illustrated booklet explores Florida's 1,100-mile-long coastline and introduces children to the plants and animals that live along the shore. It was originally published as part of The Florida Water Story in 1998. This is one of a four part series that includes the Oceans, the Coral Reefs and the Wetlands of Florida. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series

The Archaeology of Prehistoric Coastlines

Author: Geoff Bailey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521250368
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
The Archaeology of Prehistoric Coastlines offers a conspectus of recent work on coastal archaeology examining the various ways in which hunter-gatherers and farmers across the world exploited marine resources such as fish, shellfish and waterfowl in prehistory. Changes in sea levels and the balance of marine ecosystems have altered coastal environments significantly over the last ten thousand years and the contributors assess the impact of these changes on the nature of human settlement and subsistence. An overview of coastal archaeology as a developing discipline is followed by ten case studies from a wide variety of places including Scandinavia, Japan, Tasmania and New Zealand, Peru, South Africa and the United States.

Coastlines

Author: Patrick Barkham
Publisher: Granta Books
ISBN: 1847088988
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
Told through a series of walks beside the sea, this is a story of the most beautiful 742 miles of coastline in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: their rocks, plants and animals, their views, walks and history, and the people who have made their lives within sight of the waves. As he travels along coastal paths, visits beaches and explores coves, Barkham reflects on the long campaign to protect our shoreline from tidal erosion and human damage and weaves together fascinating tales about every aspect of the coast - from ancient conquests and smuggler's routes, to exotic migratory birds and bucket-and-spade holidays - to tell a more profound story about our island nation and the way we are shaped by our shores.

Breakwaters, Coastal Structures and Coastlines

Author: Institute of Civil Engineers
Publisher: Thomas Telford
ISBN: 9780727730428
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 546

Book Description
These conference proceedings include 41 papers from the Seventh International Conference on Coastlines, Structures and Breakwaters organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline

Author: Kirk R. Johnson
Publisher: Chicago Review Press - Fulcrum
ISBN: 9781555917432
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"In this long-awaited sequel Kirk Johnson and Ray Troll are back on a road trip - driving, flying, and boating their way from Baja, California to northern Alaska in search of the fossil secrets of North America's Pacific coast. They hunt for fossils, visit museums, meet scientists and paleonerds, and sleuth out untold stories of extinct worlds. As one of the oldest coasts on earth, the west coast is a rich ground for fossil discovery. Its wonders include extinct marine mammals, pygmy mammoths, oyster bears, immense ammonites, shark-bitten camels, polar dinosaurs, Alaskan palms, California walruses, and a lava-baked rhinoceros. Join in for a fossil journey through deep time and discover how the west coast became the place it is today."--Provided by publisher.

Coast Lines

Author: Mark Monmonier
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226534049
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 243

Book Description
In the next century, sea levels are predicted to rise at unprecedented rates, causing flooding around the world, from the islands of Malaysia and the canals of Venice to the coasts of Florida and California. These rising water levels pose serious challenges to all aspects of coastal existence—chiefly economic, residential, and environmental—as well as to the cartographic definition and mapping of coasts. It is this facet of coastal life that Mark Monmonier tackles in Coast Lines. Setting sail on a journey across shifting landscapes, cartographic technology, and climate change, Monmonier reveals that coastlines are as much a set of ideas, assumptions, and societal beliefs as they are solid black lines on maps. Whether for sailing charts or property maps, Monmonier shows, coastlines challenge mapmakers to capture on paper a highly irregular land-water boundary perturbed by tides and storms and complicated by rocks, wrecks, and shoals. Coast Lines is peppered with captivating anecdotes about the frustrating effort to expunge fictitious islands from nautical charts, the tricky measurement of a coastline’s length, and the contentious notions of beachfront property and public access. Combing maritime history and the history of technology, Coast Lines charts the historical progression from offshore sketches to satellite images and explores the societal impact of coastal cartography on everything from global warming to homeland security. Returning to the form of his celebrated Air Apparent, Monmonier ably renders the topic of coastal cartography accessible to both general readers and historians of science, technology, and maritime studies. In the post-Katrina era, when the map of entire regions can be redrawn by a single natural event, the issues he raises are more important than ever.