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Create miniature versions of your favorite creatures! Realistic
Origami Animals shows you how to create 32 exquisite paper animals
designed by renowned origami master, Fumiaki Kawahata. This diverse
collection features many unusual models that will bring your
origami skills to the next level and help you to explore the
endless possibilities of paper folding. This full-color book has
detailed, step-by-step instructions showing you exactly how to fold
each of the 32 impressive animals, including: Bison--A sturdy model
with a distinctive hump and a beard Elk--Boasts an impressive rack
of antlers in a contrasting color Flying Squirrel--A kinetic piece
captured mid-flight with its "wings" outstretched Dachshund--An
adorable "stretched" pup who makes an amusing companion Kangaroo--A
muscular marsupial with a sweet little joey peeking out from its
pouch Gorilla--A powerful presence with a furrowed brow that will
make you think twice before going too close And many more!
Kawahata's clever projects draw their realism from unique and
innovative folding patterns--no wet folding required!
To understand the global warming mechanism, global mapping of
primary production was carried out under the GCMAPS program. The
program was concerned with marine and terrestrial environmental
changes, which affect carbon cycle on the regional and global
scales. On the regional scale, warm phase of ENSO (El Nino /
Southern Oscillation) has been shown to affect economic activities
in many countries. The keyword for understanding mechanism of
global warming is primary productivity . The earth observation
satellites (EOS) like the ADEOS of Japan, and the SeaWiFS, Sea Star
and Terra of the U.S.A. provided much required data for modeling
and verification of primary production estimates on both land and
ocean.
The knowledge gained during the GCMAPS program has been documented
in this book. Interpretation of the data suggests that global
warming, which causes temperature and sea level rise, and changes
in climate and ecosystems, is likely to have the largest influence
on mankind. The first half of this book discuss changes in marine
environments. Physical and chemical oceanographic properties of the
equatorial Pacific and Indian Oceans are presented. Changes in
partial pressure of carbon dioxide, flux and composition of
settling particles and biological communities in the surface ocean
have also been discussed. In addition to this, over hundred years
of environmental records based upon coral skeletons are presented.
Estimations of primary production and its utilization in validating
satellite imagery data were conducted in the western North Pacific.
Primary productivity estimates based upon the validated satellite
imagery are presented on the global scale. Climate change modeling
of primary production in global oceans is also presented.
The latter half of this book deals with changes in terrestrial
environments. Primary productivity estimates for different types of
ecosystems (e.g., forest, grassland) are presented together with
soil carbon dynamics. Also, biomass and productivity estimation and
environmental monitoring based upon remote sensing techniques are
presented with a model analysis of the relationship between climate
perturbations and carbon budget anomalies in global terrestrial
ecosystems. This book elucidates integrated aspects of the global
carbon cycle involving marine and terrestrial environments.
* Discusses a current understanding of the biogeochemical processes
on land and ocean
* Provides global mapping of primary production based on satellite
imagery data and modeling
* Presents the latest interpretations of relationships between
carbon cycle and climatic change"
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