Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Hurricane hunter: Paul Flaherty: Tracking dangerous storms -- Cave woman: Hazel Barton: Mining microbes -- Skywalker: Steve Sillett: Scaling the Redwoods -- Want to dig deeper?: Trailblazing terms -- Source notes -- Index.
Summary:
Extreme scientists battle some of the Earth's most intense conditions, from hurricanes to caves to the crowns of towering redwoods, in order to save lives, preserve species, and help us to better understand the way our planet works.
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