Geology and the Environment de Paul Bierman

Geology and the Environment

Paul Bierman

Richard Hazlett

Dee Trent

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 iul 2023

In Bierman/Hazlett/Trent�s GEOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT: LIVING WITH A DYNAMIC PLANET, 8th EDITION, explore the relationship between humans and geology, including the hazards, processes and resources that surround us. With hundreds of new photographs and completely updated, rewritten and condensed text, this student-friendly book is filled with interesting and relevant stories of why geology matters. You�ll find clear learning objectives for all twelve chapters and extensive end-of-chapter summary materials to help you study more efficiently and better master the material.

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Paul Bierman, Ph.D., is a professor of environmental science and natural resources at the University of Vermont. Now in his 29th year at the university, Paul's areas of focus include understanding how humans and landscapes interact, using his expertise in hydrology, geochemistry and geomorphology. Paul teaches a variety of courses including earth hazards, climate change and science communication. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College and his doctorate from the University of Washington. Research interests include climates and measuring the rate at which Earth�s surface changes, which involves field work in such locations as central Australia and Greenland. Bierman directs UVM's Cosmogenic Nuclide Extraction Lab, one of only a handful of laboratories in the country dedicated to the preparation of samples for analysis of 10-Be and 26-Al from pure quartz. He manages the Landscape Change Program, an NSF-supported digital archive of historic Vermont landscape images used for teaching and research, available at uvm.edu/landscape. Paul's research is funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Geographic Society and the U.S. Army. In 1996, Paul was awarded the Donath medal as the outstanding young scientist of the year by the Geological Society of America; he has since received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation specifically for integrating scientific education and research. In 2005, Paul was awarded the NSF Distinguished Teaching Scholar award in recognition of his ongoing attempts to integrate these two strands of his academic life. Together, Paul, his graduate students, his undergraduate students and his collaborators have nearly 200 publications in refereed journals and books including a modern textbook, Key Concepts in Geomorphology. In his spare time, Paul enjoys walking, Nordic skiing, and cooking.