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wildlife, wild places, wild weather
authors, David Burnie [and four others].
319 pages
illustrations (chiefly colour)
Summary: This book challenges and expands our understanding of our beautiful and mysterious planet. Would you believe that it snows in the Sahara Desert; that the 2011 Japanese earthquake was so powerful that it slowed Earth's rotation; that Niagara Falls can freeze over; that the kangaroo rat can live its entire life without drinking a drop of water? Extreme Earth is a tool to understanding our ever-changing planet and discovering the ingenious ways in which plants and animals have evolved over time to survive.