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Hardcover. Etat : New. This history of the coal industry explains the fuel's origin and how it supported the prosperity of the Western world, and its cost to health, both of the miners who extracted it and the general population who breathed its fumes. It also recounts the closure of Britain's mines since the 1980s, and the growing understanding of coal's part in the climate crisis.…

Hardcover. Etat : New. From the first evidence of flowing water some four billion years ago, this survey explains the development of the Earth's rivers over time. Illustrated with maps and photographs, it traces their transformation by the break-up of the supercontinent Pangea 200 million years ago and the Ice Ages that followed, their role as the cradle of early civilizations, and the environmental threats they now face from human intervention.…

Hardcover. Etat : New. Mike Leeder explores the ways in which the British Industrial Revolution was rooted in its geology, particularly its Carboniferous and iron deposits. After introducing figures such as James Watt who were instrumental in industrialization, he explains the geological conditions that created the Carboniferous environment and the social and human consequences of the Revolution, including urban growth and climate change, before looking at its legacy across different regions.…