Deserts Driest Places on Earth

DETAILS:

• Publisher: VIGYAN PRASAR
  
• Author : Subodh Mahanti
  
• Language: English
  
• Pages: 152 (Throughout Color Illustrations)
  
• Cover: Paperback
  
• Weight 180 gm
  
• Edition: 2008
  
• ISBN: 9788174801647

ABOUT THE BOOK

Deserts constitute the second most extensive environment system of the Earth. They are an important sub-component of the global climate system. The book briefly describes how deserts are formed, some great deserts of the world, and desertification, desert landforms, mineral resources in deserts, water in deserts, desert plants, desert animals, and people living in deserts. The book provides a bird’s eye view on the factors accelerating process of desertification and how it will have devastating consequences for both humans and the environment and its possible impact on the climate of even those regions that are quite remote from the actual desert areas and how to stop it.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Subodh Mahanti did his BSc (Honours) from Burdwan University (1976)and MSc from Banaras Hindu University (1978). He was awarded BHU Gold Medal for standing first in MSc. He did his PhD in Organic Chemistry (1982) and subsequently worked in Molecular Biology. For the last 14 years he has been working in Vigyan Prasar. Besides his research papers, he has written more than 300 popular science articles. He has edited/authored/co-authored more the 20 books. Dr. Mahanti has been awarded FIE Foundation National Award (2000), NCSTC National Award (2003), Delhi Hindi Academy Award (2006) and Dr. Meghand Saha Award (2005) for his contributions in the field of Science Popularisation. Dr. Mahanti is a Fellow of the NCSTC Network.